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Also more about playoff runs. Those additional two are extremely valuable to the acquiring team.

Soto was the max value at 3 1/2 years remaining...if you compare to value at just 2. Significant difference between the two respective packages.

Basallo too...

Assuming he has a healthy/productive season...not sure that's guaranteed at this point in his career.

Wasn’t there an article recently saying the Yankees and Stroman weren’t considered a great match? That it was Cease at 1A and Snell at 1?

Somehow he just fits the vibe more. Which is probably boring to most fans...the idea of primary controlling the ball with the running game, mostly short passes/screens/dump offs and defense. Then again...that sounds a lot like Michogan, too. Just less focus/attention on the coach than the team itself.

Surprised they would cede the division to StL like that...especially with Milwaukee potentially folding. And it's not like the Reds are going to suddenly lose all their momentum by 2024.

Hire Vrabel…Harbaugh will want more control than they’re willing to surrender.

Don’t think Dodgers or Rangers are completely out just yet. Rangers might get a pleasant surprise on new tv deal…they’re holding their powder until finances become crystal clear. Can’t even totally discount the Cubs.

Scared off by Correa, too.

Because he was throwing 102-103 and they thought he could add secondary pitches like Sale and that somehow his body would hold together...contrary to all we know about pitchers with that frame/body mass combined with max velo.

The Royals are generally known for gross incompetence since 2017. Not sure how much room there is for conspiracy theories as well.

Triantos? Pitcher or hitter? Scouting report?

Davis Martin? I can never remember his name clearly, as it's so darned generic. Always makes me think of Davis Love IInd or IIIrd PGAer.

But we've got nearly 20 starters!!! Best depth in MLB...hands down. Charlotte and Birmingham fans champing at the bit for the season to get started. Didn't even need Patino or Urena.

I immediately went there...also saw the name of the Yankee that many are concerned with his hitting profile. Not Jones...another.

Better strikeout rate than Yamamoto...something has to give. Senga throws hard and did quite well last year with NYM...and Kikuchi has picked up 2-3 mph since leaving Japan.

Okay. Still in amazement the Royals ended up with Ragans from the Rangers for Aroldis...and how he actually threw harder as a starter than Cease last year. Maybe we get lucky enough that ONE of those new execs had something to do with that move, but probably not with our luck.

Hard to pencil Santos in for ANYTHING at this point... Who the heck is Speas??? And what does that all up to? No Bush/Mena? Leasure is being counted on by quite a few to get a shot at closing if Santos can't go.

Look at his offensive numbers after mid May last year. He might be cooked. Obviously he still seems to have that 2ish fWAR floor due to his defense...but he's asking for $20-25 million if not $30 and he's likely to be worth half of that, roughly.

Hoskins and/or Bellinger. Bullpen help, especially at the back end. Not a huge number of closers circulating, which is why I mentioned it as a possible landing spot for Hendriks. Brandon Woodruff is going to turn out to be another huge bust/reward guy, of course the White Sox will never be creative enough to come up with a deal for him.

https://www.mlb.com/news/front-office-executives-poll-for-best-prospects-2024 Good reference point since so many of these prospect names are showing up ALL OVER this thread. Five Padres listed at various places, and that's not counting Merrill. They definitely have the pieces to get Cease...should they choose to go that route.

Chapman AGAIN? That would be a good example of a team that could end up signing Liam Hendriks to a 2 year rehab/incentive-laden deal. Jordan Hicks still out there hovering, too.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10103619-mlb-rumors-shota-imanaga-contract-not-eyed-by-yankees-due-to-flyball-concerns Let's revisit the Yankees' considerable fly ball concerns after the season... We know he has great strikeout stuff and gets away with some pitches up in the zone, at least in Japan. And of course you already have Suzuki there. So the Cubs will go on to sign Hoskins and/or Bellinger to finish things out...and perhaps trade Morel if they can't figure out what to do with him.

Also wasted a not insignificant amount of money on Yasmani Tomas as well. That's one of the biggest factors with the White Sox talent pipeline drying up in Cuba recently. Nothing out of Yogurt Sanchez, Norge Vera, Cespedes, Colas, etc. You simply need that constant infusion of young Latin American talent, especially when the DR has been a dry well for almost fifteen years now. Marco Paddy hit a very dry spell at the worst possible time. Wouldn't be totally shocked to see him move on as well in the next year or so. (But we have Yosimar Cousin now, haha.) Same happened with Rusney Castillo and the Red Sox...and the Dodgers blew a wad on that Cuban 2B who went down with assault/DV charges but it didn't faze them one bit in the overall scheme of things. When you're missing out on Latin America and totally outgunned in Asia, you're bound to suffer the consequences eventually.