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Might as well bring back Shaw too. Most valuable pitcher the second half. He wasn't even making $1 million, right?

Wonder what the record is for a one year option being declined? $21 million has to be pretty darned close. Looks like Rodon turned down $22.5 million in the SF deal to take 6/$162 from the Yankees. From $3 million to $44 million to $162, not bad at all!!

You deal Banks, you're down to Crochet and Eder/Peralta/Shuster from the LH side. Most likely Shuster, with Eder starting in the minors at AA or AAA. Lambert would certainly be fine as a throw in....but he's also going to be one of the few more experienced vets, so no reason to trade him unless someone actually offers a player that you value more than him for the future (no, that bar isn't very high at all.)

A lot of teams are going to ask for an exclusive negotiating window to ink a long-term extension if they're going to trade for him for just the 2024 season. Not unlike the Sweaty Freddy Garcia situation in 2004-05...Friends and Family. "Only" $128 million left on Giancarlo Stanton's deal (including $10 million buyout for 2028), the White Sox could get $64 million from NY and invest half of it into scouting/coaching/talent evaluation/analytics. That would allow NYY to roster Cole, Soto (with a new extension), Judge and either Yamamoto or an outside shot at Ohtani.

Right, $11 million must have been a year or two ago...at any rate, it was the bargain basement deal of all-time for JR.

Just don't think JR feels the reward for gambling on a rebound from GIO is worth it. Too much water under the bridge. No idea about Flaherty, but he has been going downhill for what seems like 3 years now...didn't watch him pitch for the Orioles at all. If he comes in below $10 million on a one year deal, or Montas...but I don't see that happening with either how crazy this current market is. Let's not forget that JR didn't even want to take the risk of holding on to Tim Anderson in 2024 at what, $11ish million??? WIth that 2020-2022 track record and Amed Rosario the best FA on the market?

Either one of those guys on the White Sox in 2024 would be pretty shocking if they're actually trading Cease...it makes zero sense to spend that type of money and years (Giolito likely to get at least 3 at a minimum) that will be required. If you can find that next "bargain zone" of guys in that tranche of projects (like Derek Holland in past years) between $5-9 million, sure....go for it. You might sign three and get a positive net trade return back on just one of them, based on past odds of success with this flip strategy.

It ranges from 20-30% for most MLB teams now, depending on the market size/local RSN deal. Used to be much closer to 40-55% for the majority of teams as recently as the 80's and early 90s.

Kristian Robinson or Raul Mondesi, lol?

The White Sox would end up making money on that deal, lol...and there would be plenty champing at the bit if that was the offer, even for the worst team in baseball in what happens to be a fairly expensive city to live in.

Right. Just saying from watching him quite a bit I would never invest $200+ million into him. He has a sneaky propensity for looking better on paper than he does in reality...very very streaky, like the pitching equivalent of Carlos Lee. Not even sure he's got three good years left.

Someone could always go after Snell with a extremely high yearly salary but much shorter term deal...2, definitely no more than 3 or 2 plus a legit option possibility based on incentives met.

26 year old bat only...sounds familiar.

Let's not get rid of Sheets so quickly. He's the cat with nine lives now that Leury is gone. (Honestly think I'd rather watch Palka or Viciedo get those at-bats. Virtually anyone in the entire org but Lee until he hits at least .230-.240 at Charlotte.)

No Lee should be in the minors. I don't care what he hits ... I'm getting the veteran equivalent of Hedges Nola Maldonado and giving him 60% of the reps with the most important pitchers until Perez/Lee and eventually Quero prove themselves. We did do this ages ago with that Cuban catcher from the Nats but he didn't work out nearly as well as Narvaez...since I can't even remember his name anymore.

"The Padres left catcher Brandon Valenzuela unprotected from the Rule 5 Draft, meaning he can potentially be selected by any club but must remain on that team's big league roster for the season. It'll be interesting to see whether another team bites on a 23-year-old defense-first catcher who posted a .711 OPS between High-A Fort Wayne and Double-A San Antonio last season." AJ Casavell mlb.com

Angel Pagan from Twins to Reds' bullpen...Cincy shoring up middle relief

Yet the Brewers are considering a total rebuild with Woodruff and Burnes on the way out and Yelich having what is likely to be his last solid season after struggling in 2021-22 compared to recent heights...he was very good but not great in 2023. The massive power numbers are likely gone for good, though. Not to mention the loss of Counsell and some of his key staff...as well as Stearns to NYM.

Plus Votto coming off the books...

https://www.mlb.com/news/yoshinobu-yamamoto-potential-mlb-landing-spots-ranked All of these teams will come into play when Yamamoto eventually signs… Including Reds, Braves, AZ, Twins…that’s nearly 1/2 the teams in MLB.

6. Carson Spiers 5. Graham Ashcraft 4. Nick Lodolo 3. Nick Martinez 2. Someone like Gilbert Cease Montgomery Glasnow 1. Hunter Greene

The Padres have to be in on Cease simply due to his comparative affordability...their #9 MiLB system and losing Wacha Lugo Snell and now Martinez from their starting/long relief core. That just leaves Musgrove and Darvish. If you don't attempt to fill out the rotation and you deal Soto...you basically have to dump Bogaerts and/or Machado as well. Hard to imagine Preller doing that...he's too stubborn.

Practically every single team that lost their RSN carriage deals and corresponding revenues last season should be seriously considering Cease in the face of that daunting $500-600 million for Ohtani alone.

Well, they have to know the entire Braves' system already after the Bummer trade....just a matter of dialing down on their Top 3-5 guys that were never going to be part of that recent deal.

Burger's age (27) was considered a huge issue last season...but Busch just turned 26 in November.