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Lol at this fucking fraud. Never mentions Bauer even once as a real possibility and now our interest is “very real”. I’m still willing to give Portillo’s a shot, but this Cishek offshoot is just trying to see what sticks.

Bauer + Joc + $6Mish reliever

Feel like a good time for a Stan’s Donuts burner account to arise and announce that Bauer is actually our primary target.

Because all our key pieces are here for the next three years bedsides Abreu. If we add an arm, trade for someone that can help from 2021 to 2023, not just next year. At least the Clevinger deal would have theoretically given us a TOR starter for three playoff series. Fuck, I’d rather trade a piece like Kelley for Musgrove than give up Cease or Dunning for one year of Lynn. At least then you still have multiple major league ready pieces to serve as depth.

I love it when a Twitter “insider” likes the post from his other burner account.

That’s fair.

Exactly. And maybe that doesn’t work for the Rangers and in that case start exploring other options.

If he’s the only TOR arm that can acquired by trade and that’s the price, I’d 100% rather sign Kluber & Richards and pray that two of them, Cease, & Kopech can be quality starters next year and save my chips for the trade deadline.

He’s not eligible for a compensatory pick and those might not exist with the next CBA anyways.

100% Thompson and it’s not close

Then god help us all.

Business savvy <> baseball savvy

I’ve agreed with a lot of your statements in this thread, but this is baseball and the Dodgers just won their first championship in like forever. Get to the post-season with our lineup and enough pitching and anything can happen. I just don’t agree with going all in on the 2021 season.

Is Jerry dying after the 2021 season? If not, then why in the fuck are we going all in next year? If you’re going to trade key prospects, at least get a pitcher with three years of control.

What are you expecting their payroll to be next year? Wouldn’t $30M in spend get them back to those levels?

Talk about a fucking strawman. There is a huge difference between saying let’s give up a high end prospect for one year of Lance Lynn vs. saying we shouldn’t upgrade the rotation. With seven playoff teams expected next year, we can afford at least one young guy in the rotation and a few more as depth / completion for back-end spots.

Lopez deserves a shot out of the bullpen with Katz in tow, but it’s definitely now or never time for him as I really wouldn’t risk paying him more than his projected $1.7M salary next year.

Lopez has 87 career starts, whereas Cease 26. That’s a world of a difference.

I don’t know why you think they’re an outlier, he legit made changes that made him a better pitcher. He was also really good for the Yankees for half a season before signing with the Rangers. He’s a really good pitcher, but at his age and with his body type you just never know when he’ll fall off a cliff. I’ll happily take that gamble, but it’s got to be at a reasonable price.

It’s not written in the Bible he can be extended at a reasonable rate so why are we paying for team control that doesn’t yet exist?

So 2021 is more important than the five years that make up 2022 to 2026? Why? Once you trade Dunning he is gone and unavailable to be used in other trades. Also, under you scenario we now need to replace both Lynn & Dunning come 2022. Why does everyone suddenly want to bust our entire prospect load at the first opportunity. I love Lance Lynn but he is a high risk pitcher on a one year deal and that needs to be factored into the cost. And candidly speaking, six years of a former top 75 prospect who just put up a 3.99 FIP while coming off TJS and never pitching AAA is too steep of a price. With seven playoff teams likely in each league next year, we’re better off saving our chips for a TOR starter at the deadline when some of our guys have had a chance to rebuild their trade value.

There’s no guarantee 35 year old Lance Lynn stays healthy next year or maintains his 2020 production. That is the risk is overpaying for one year of any asset because shit can happen. And that’s why trading Dylan Cease for him absolute insanity and the quickest way to shorten this window.

That is gross as fuck.

Will be interested to see the terms of this one as I didn’t expect him to get a multi-year deal.