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@Joelsherman1 The Brewers have traded Nestor Cortes to the Padres for OF Brandon Lockridge

Plus around the 10th hardest remaining schedule. At least Sox not missing 10 players like the Twins...and nearly their entire bullpen.

Cue Schiffren swing change comments on Curtis Lake Mead whenever he comes up…

https://www.tankathon.com/mlb 25-26% odds for #1 pick somehow it probably goes to Braves (#2) or Orioles (#5)

Looks like the Twins and eventually the Guardians will run out of resources eventually in the Central. Down to Detroit, KC if they get a new stadium, and the White Sox. Kwan might get moved as early as the offseason as he hits arbitration. Who knows what happens with closer Clase.

"Yes, Miller is amazing, but you know who else might be amazing? De Vries, a switch-hitting shortstop who might have the highest ceiling of any player in the minor leagues. The A's loved Miller, but this was likely not a hard decision for a team prioritizing its future years in Las Vegas over its Sacramento present. Get ready for the Leo de Vegas shirts. Thursday might have been the apex of Preller as a concept; he has never been shy about trading high-ceiling prospects when a star is on the table. From Thursday morning to Thursday afternoon, the Padres traded away 13 prospects for Miller, designated hitter Ryan O'Hearn, outfielder Ramon Laureano, infielder Will Wagner and starting pitcher Nestor Cortes Jr. These were not insignificant prospects, either." yahoo.com/sports SS Leo De Vries (#1) RHP Braden Nett (#3) LHP Boston Bateman (#4) SS Cobb Hightower (#6) RHP Ryan Bergert (#7) RHP Tyson Neighbors (#12) RHP Henry Baez (#13) RHP Eduarniel Nunez (#17) C Brandon Valenzuela (#26) 1B Victor Figueroa (#29) RHP…

"This all makes more sense when you consider the Twins are reportedly $440 million in debt (they save $70 million from the Correa trade alone), but that's a galling amount of talent to part with and still consider yourself a big-league team. Fans can stop watching this team this year and, sadly, probably for a while." "Luis Robert is essentially a reclamation project, given his struggles since his All-Star season in 2023, but you would have to imagine he'd be fine with removing himself from the White Sox organization in any way possible. Instead, he'll remain with a team currently holding a 40-69 record. At least there are fewer ignominious records for the Sox to break this season."

Nope. The Padres were all-in, later adding Ryan O'Hearn and Ramon Laureano from the Baltimore Orioles and catcher Freddy Fermin from the Kansas City Royals. Just like that, the Padres addressed all three of their glaring holes -- left field, DH and catcher -- while also adding one of the game's premier relievers. Indeed, already possessing arguably the game's best bullpen, the Padres now look like the team you won't want to play in October, when they'll run out one dominant reliever after another, inning after inning. The offense is now improved as well. Of course, they still have to get to the postseason, but this is a team that now looks capable of chasing down the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL West title, which San Diego last won in 2006. espn.com LF DH C were their obvious offensive holes. Now they have the best bullpen in the game for two consecutive years down the stretch.

there you go, corrected JR won't invest 33% of payroll into Robert next year. Period. End of story.

The fucking problem is we don't have any future outfielders...just Braden. Can barely figure out how to get two catchers into the lineup and now we have way way too many infielders. No list needed to figure out that. This stupid franchise deserves to be contracted.

How can they decide that without seeing the final two months play out? Blind faith alone? The last month of play has now convinced them he's finally back to 2023 peak Robert?

Sounds a lot like Luke Keaschall.

Saw where one of the first grades for this was just a C+ for Baltimore. What gives? 6:37 70 Done clutchpoints.com San Diego solved a lot of the problems in their pitching staff when they brought in Miller and Sears. However, their offensive issues remained a big concern. However, O'Hearn's bat is a massive upgrade at first base. Luis Arraez was not doing terribly, but the gap between him and the All-Star is a massive one. He and Laureano strengthens what was already a good staring lineup. The one downside to the trade was just how many prospects the Padres had to part ways with. According to MLB Network's Jon Morosi, Bateman highlights a list of six top prospects that left San Diego to make the deal happen. Blockbuster trades at the MLB trade deadline can gut a team's farm system. The Padres proved that in the span of just two trades this season.

Maybe trade some of them for ACTUAL outfield help under age 27 lol.

Robert will nosedive from here on out and take the $2 million buyout.

White Sox are sure generous. Not giving Rodon a QO yet another example.

Except frozen JR spending going into that expected labor impasse offseason lol.

Great we have about five 3B now...it's also Bonemer's best position, arguably. Jeral Perez ends up there too. Maybe Antonacci...if he's not at second.

"relief prospect Ben Peoples and Triple-A pitcher Duncan Davitt, a source told MLB.com" rest of Houser deal Rays also traded Taj Bradley along with Littell from rotation these last two days... more cost savings lol Feel sorry for Rays' fans as well.

Love the caveat "former top prospect." Hope Robert goes into the tank for the rest of the season and they just give him the buyout...needs Moncada phantom injury. Then can pop up the last week or two of the season.

He's now the centerpiece of the rebuild again lol...Rebuild 2.0. Or is it 4.0 under JR??? Late 80s White Flag/1998-2000 2016-2019 2023-2028

Sunk cost fallacy. See Kimbrel, Craig.

Schiffren will be happy at least... Maybe knocking down all of the 2019-2021 core in the press and all those background noise rumors about work ethic and coachability came back to bite them??? At least Vaughn was able to escape.

Like the Dodgers...Conforto has been a massive disappointment. Getz overvalued him compared to Mullins and Philly decided they could live with Marsh and some minor tweaks.

Ishbia certainly isn't even dumb enough to write a $22 million check for a highly demotivated Robert. He can just DeWanna Bonner (WNBA) his way off the team and join any organization he wants next season on a one year FA contract Hays Austin Hays signed with Cincy. He doesn't need the money like Rodon did in 2021/22.