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You literally just convinced yourself there is no market for Cease but a crap Braves offer and that Getz has gotten every single major MLB insider (including Rosenthal who doesn’t get used very often) to claim the market for Cease is intense because they all gain from this non-exclusive info for…reasons.

You’re really hoping we get s%*# for him

Was basically thinking the same thing, which wouldn’t actually be a bad package from a pure value standpoint. Just not an exciting one and I’d personally rather get a potentially more impactful positional guy to headline.

Out of curiosity, what would you need from the Braves to make such a trade?

Which Acuna are you referring to?

A Braves trade would be very unexciting and I’d question the logic of acquiring 8 or 9 players from one org in a single off-season. Are you hearing anything about what we may be planning to do? Seems like Eloy is as a good as gone. Could that happen this week in Nashville?

Hey James, unrelated question, but do we still have money left for this signing period? I just the Orioles signed an 18 OF from Cubs for $450k. If so, not sure we wouldn’t have been in on that.

Go sign Austin Hedges and simply accept the fact that offense will suck a fat one next year.

So is it fair to say you don’t have a great read on the market or are you saying the market is considerably worse than it was at the deadline?

Funny you don’t bring up Heyman & Rosenthal claiming we should receive a “monster” package.

You have to remember that Balta will use anything possible to support his negative takes, including made up trade proposals from a former incompetent GM who is widely panned by the broader baseball community.

Why do we care about a hypothetical Jim Bowden trade proposal?

Were you surprised by the Giolito return?

Eloy won’t be here by Opening Day. And would Busch be a terrible fielder at 1B? Seems like he’d almost certainly be an upgrade over Vaughn.

That would be the far likelier scenario, but not a bold prediction. The Saturday before the Winter Meetings is swing for the fences!

Just wait until next off-season when Juan Soto is a free agent!

Like I said, Cease trade 100% happening Saturday afternoon…Getz has to get his work done before Michigan plays Iowa that night

I don’t view it as a Busch headliner, but rather I see Busch & Sheehan as co-headliners. And along with them comes a very interesting RF prospect who if not for an injury last year could be as highly regarded as the others. IMO, this deal is only possible because Busch is a 26 year old bat oriented prospect.

Because I think they’re very separate markets. And hell, the Dodgers need multiple SPs and Cease’s contract would slot in nicely if they go out to fill one of those spots with premium FA and/or Ohtani.

Interesting. That seems like a pretty damn good package to me. What’s your beef with the trade?

Bat first RH hitting 2B (he really hasn’t played much OF) just doesn’t seem like it would be high on Getz’s list.

Bold prediction, but I’m going with Cease to the Dodgers sometime Saturday afternoon for Busch, Sheehan, & Pages.

I’d 100% want Mayo over Kjerstad. I just think he’s untouchable, but admittedly I’m big Kjerstad fan. The power is legit and we haven’t had a LH bat that could potentially bat in the middle of the lineup in a long time.

Norby is younger than Ortiz, but doesn’t fit the style of play that Getz seems to be prioritizing. I’d be shocked if he was the #2 piece in a Cease trade.

FWIW, Orioles fans are higher on Kjerstad than Cowser right now. Not sure if that’s due to Cowser struggling in his initial cup of coffee or what, but Cowser had much better prospect status than Kjerstad as recently as the All Star break this past season. It will be very interesting to see where those two land in BA’s update top 10 list for the Orioles tomorrow. I’m guessing Cowser gets passed over by guy or two.