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Hicks and Eddie Rosario. Merrifield. Naquin already rejected, seemingly.

Knowing Boras, it will go into the spring since they’re $50-75 million apart on Snell offers and what he targeted as their values. Maybe as much as $240 vs $140 million spreads. Another team will suffer an injury in ST…and teams will feel time pressure of not starting the pitcher on a routine too late and Snell or Montgomery being more susceptible to an early season injury trying to catch up too fast.

Sure, but 2-3 more off the wall options like Domingo German are now coming into play. It’s much better for them to spend $5ish million or less and try to simply get through the first half on the backs of their offense and a massive jump forward from Grayson Rodriguez. They simply will not bend on 2/3 out of Cowser Kjerstad and Westburg. Starting to believe that not even Mayo is in play. But two of those guys and one third piece (Bradfield, Hall, etc.) would be more than enough to get it over the finish line tonight. So it keeps coming back to that second piece not being enough for Getz.

Basallo and Holliday seem to be completely off limits. One area to agree with their posters.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/yankees-supposedly-asked-ex-outfielder-give-up-golf-injuries-former-mlb-player-says Just let Hicks play all the golf he wants in Chicago. Interesting that AJ Perzynski was somehow involved in breaking this story, but he’s an avid golfer as well. “According to former MLB catcher A.J. Pierzynski, the Yankees may have had a problem with Hicks competing in the offseason Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, where he placed eighth on the celebrity leaderboard after his performance last weekend. “I don’t know if this is true or not, but Aaron Hicks used to play in this event a few years ago, and the Yankees told him he had to stop because they thought that’s why he was getting injured,” Pierzynski said on the “Foul Territory” show Thursday. “I don’t know if that’s true or not, but there was a rumor about that they told him he had to stop playing golf.” nypost.com

This didn’t age well last year… Sixty three games into his career with the Blue Jays, his OPS in Toronto (.774) is actually higher than it was in Kansas City (.758). "He's doing what he's done his whole career," manager John Schneider said earlier this week. "Before we (acquired him) last year was a little bit of a rough stretch, but I think what we're seeing is just an all-star player hitting his stride." With a 15.6 per cent strikeout rate, Merrifield's making lots of contact. And while his sprint speed has dropped off slightly over the years, he's still faster than the likes of Ronald Acuna Jr., Brandon Nimmo and Anthony Volpe, allowing him to turn borderline plays into hits. Now granted, this current level of production may not last. Merrifield is 34, and his current batting average and on-base percentage would be career highs. But as long as he’s playing this well, he belongs in the starting lineup most days. https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-notebook-whit-merrifield-quietly-becoming-everyday-option/

You’re forgetting Remillard and Jose Rodriguez promoted in the same way…

Still hoping for Michael Taylor and the all-defense team…just to see what happens. Fealty to former Royals as well. Merrifield will come into play as a favor to someone.

Just testing, since everyone knows by the spelling of Pederson like that around baseball.

Significant falls in the AL Central outside of KC and Cleveland, where a slight upswing would be erased by the trade of Bieber at any point this season. Obviously the Padres trying to get down to the $200ish million range.

Straight to the Orioles...to infinity and beyond.

Like Puig and Clemente, lol?

Better off comparing him to Basallo...and the likelihood of sticking at their intended positions, 3B and C? SportsGuy has already presented his slanted or biased report on Mayo's future abilities to play a corner OF spot, especially his "surprising" speed that's not a quick speed but more about top speed after he gets going like Avi Garcia.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39389218/diamondbacks-joc-pederson-agree-1-year-95-million-deal

Did Grady Fuson do this with Paul DiPodesta in real life...?

I'm sure he avoided consuming anything that could be considered "messy" or with sauce splatter issues like spaghetti. Presumably they didn't go to Olive Garden, lol, but a very typical local steakhouse. Or who knows, a Brooklyn-style delicatessen.

Kjerstad has the obvious LH hitting advantage...but you have to take the better hitting prospect (overall) regardless and the arm strength at least makes him playable in LF, if not RF. Think Viciedo in 2012, obviously Mayo's a lot bigger/taller but Dayan had numerous assists that rookie year to take some of the pain away from his fielding skills or lack thereof.

disgusted?

Raheem Morris to the Falcons....Belichick aced out

Viciedo Teahen Josh Fields … the only Kenny Williams 3B CF switcheroo lol. That was in the other direction if I recall correctly. Surprised Burger not out there the last two years.

Surprised Sports Guy and Rolle Tide haven't responded attacking the idea of Mayo and suggesting Ortiz Norby and Urias or Mountcastle instead. Maybe still traumatized by Nick Saban surprise retirement and mass defections.

From the Nuke Laloosh playbook.

Because you want Montgomery at third? Mayo can also play 1B and corner outfield and has a 70 arm…supposedly. Basallo is off the table for sure. Always comes back to some combo of Kjerstad Cowser Westburg…then prospects that are two or more years out.

https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/john-schriffen/ https://www.instagram.com/john_schriffen/

He threw a no hitter previously. The next Phil Humber.