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That’s a good point. With this market, it’s possible he gets much more than I’m anticipating which is around 5/$40M (which is already a gamble).

Peavy is right about one thing…those black jerseys are nice AF. Too bad Jerry is a risk adverse b**** and won’t let any stars wear them outside of Robert.

Bummer…obviously I’m going off second hand scouting reports, but he felt like a gamble worth taking.

We could definitely use a rumor right about now. f***, I’ll even take a Morosi nugget…just give us something to discuss.

Hopefully we get something movement with Yamamoto between today and tomorrow. Phillies actually submitting an offer means that we’ve finally moved to the actual bidding process.

Lin could make sense in an Eloy trade, but I would be highly disappointed if he were the second piece in a Cease deal.

What did he say?

Apparently Cousin signed a two year major league deal, so perhaps there was some clause that required him to be added ahead of a second season.

There must be a requirement of him being added to the 40 man roster by a certain date or else this makes no sense. Unfortunately with Fegan no longer part of the Athletic we may never know why.

Everything right now suggests the Brewers aren’t desperate to move him at all and their owner wants to compete next year.

The LA Times is suggesting if the Dodgers miss out on Yamamoto they would likely add more pitching via trade than overpay for Snell or Montgomery

We all know they won’t resign him, but that’s the case whether we expect to be good or bad the next couple years. If the Pirates were to trade for him, they too wouldn’t sign him beyond 2025. Trading Cease is 100% about acquiring talent that better fits a window where can reasonably hope to be competitive by. Unfortunately that’s not the next two years, which means cashing in on Cease now. Money doesn’t really have anything to do with the decision IMO.

We wouldn’t be trading Cease for money reasons though, so not sure what you’re getting at here.

That is a quote from an article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, so their beat writer definitely feels like a trade is going down soon and likely for a controllable starter.

Oh s%*#…dude actually broke a trade recently?

s%*# I thought this was Marty34 at first Need some time to process a Pirates landing spot, even if the source is obviously questionable

Sounds good to me! Yamamoto just needs to stop being a diva and pick which teams he wants to take $300M from. I think a Christmas Eve trade is far more likely for Cease than a Christmas one though.

I don’t buy this. The posting window closes on the 4th, would be wild to wait until the very to finalize a deal. Hopefully it’s all over this week but if not, I expect resolution by New Year’s.

Fair enough…I get shoulder injuries in particular are more risky. I’d still take the gamble though as I think a year of fully recovered Woodruff (if all goes well) would be super valuable.

What are the odds of a successful surgery?

I mean, you’re even more risk adverse than Balta & Parkman, so not overly surprising you feel this way. But you got to take some risks when you’re in our position and I’d rather in a potential TOR starter who can help us in 2025 than pay for mediocrity that gets us an extra win or two in 2024.

Probably closer to $7M increase based on where we are today, which I think is very doable. As for Woodruff, I don’t think anyone is giving him a four year deal coming off shoulder surgery unless the guarantee is minuscule.

Oh really…which guys do you like?

The Yankees actually signing Yamamoto would be much more impactful in that regard than the threat of trading for Cease. Also, potentially helps with the Red Sox as well.

Which Yankees prospects do you like? I just don’t like the fit with them.