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I wouldn't consider it an attack either. He was already on Fangraphs top 100 so I have no reason to believe he can't be again. That was my point.

Do some research before typing nonsense.

The penalties are harsh enough though. They are stopping the majority of big market teams from going over. Boston and Washington did it. That's it. The problem for free agents is that every team received $50 million from MLBAM this year and the small market teams still aren't spending $$. The large market teams (owners, investors) don't like putting money right into the pockets of their small market competitors. I think Yanks, Red Sox, Cubs etc should spend up to that $246 million line but I completely understand not wanting to go over it.

I would say Eloy, Kopech and Cease in every top 20 to start the year. Robert and Madrigal in the 30-60 range for almost every publication. Adolfo and Dunning in the 50-100 range in multiple publications as well. Those are their top 7 prospects in some order. We could see Collins (Fangraphs), Rutherford (MLBPipeline) or Basabe possibly slide in as well.

They don't have any top end prospects.

Nobody that trades for Heyward is getting a good deal.

Manny Machado and Dan Lozano aren't going to deny something that Dan Clark said. It's Dan Fucking Clark. That dude tweets "rumors" all the time and then deletes the tweets when they don't happen. Machado might go to New York ultimately but he's guessing.

Reds will owe Kemp approximately $20 million and roughly $20 million for Wood/Puig combined. They dumped Homer Bailey's $23 million for this year and the Dodgers sent $7 million in the trade. It's basically a wash money wise for Cincinnati and Puig/Wood still have value. They had to give up prospects to obtain Wood/Puig combo. The deal doesn't make sense when looking at the fact that all 3 players with only be in Cincinnati for one season. They could flip all 3 at the deadline for more though possibly.

I would rather have CJ Abrams than Witt personally. Abrams reminds me of Lindor

Getting one of these guys will have no bearing on the draft. I expect the best position player on the board.

Probably. And when they do I'll take their pursuit for seriously.

I understand that. It doesn't help the player though on the backend. If Harper sucks for whatever reason, he's taking like $25-$30 million in the back half of the deal if he opts into it.

Dodgers maybe. The Cubs have real issues though. If the Dodgers do it though, they are likely going over the tax which is something they told their shareholders they wouldn't be doing. Should be interesting.

From who though? That still hurts the luxury tax teams in the sense that they count the AAV. I supposed he could take something like $40, $40, $40, $40 from Dodgers in the first 4 years. That guarantees him $160 million. They'd have to backload the back to get in line with a more respectable AAV though and I'm not sure that makes a ton of sense for the player.

This is probably true but if the Sox are offering the $$ that I've heard they're offering and he doesn't want to play in Philly, then they are accepting less from someone else. That isn't something Boras typically does.

I disagree with you because I know how much money they are offering. The Sox aren't being cheap. They are offering both players top of the market contracts. Will they land either one? I have no idea

I think you're just extremely cynical, yes.

When are those quotes from though? My guess is they were from before the free agency tour

Mike Elias is the new GM in Baltimore. He led the charge on drafting Carlos Correa when the industry wasn't really on him at #1. I wouldn't be surprised to see them go with Abrams or a different HS player here. That could leave Sox picking between Rutschman and Witt.

What funeral?

100%

Pulling athletes from Matteson and Country Club Hills is helpful as well.

The defense is better but he's purposely made the offense worse by taking it back to the stone ages. Stephen Noh has a scathing piece on The Athletic about it. Losing as many games as possible is the only thing that matters from here on out in my opinion. I'd be trying to deal Parker, Holiday and Lopez and I'd be willing to take on 2019 salary in order to add draft picks. Nobody is signing this offseason to play for this organization.

I don't really think he was a fit at all. He's basically a LF only now and that's where Eloy will be playing.

I had heard that he and his wife were staying in Chicago last night FWIW