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What the f

In this case, the price is going to be determined by the number of serious suitors, not the free agent market value of his contract.

You can’t shut him down because you have no one else who can pitch.

Preller does his job like we all play OOTP.

I get that, but the net is that they look like the most talented team in the league, and with several years left in the window. I don't think any Padre fans anywhere are feeling any stress from losing the Snell trade.

Yeah I think you're in the minority. Also, I don't think any of those 20 flourishing prospects will be Tatis, lol.

Yes, I believe you're arguing with someone who agrees with you.

Yes, Frazier (bigger) and Story (splashier).

If you wanted this upgrade to be bigger and splashier, you probably don't realize how empty the farm system has become. For what the team could afford to give up, a random live arm and taking on a contract, this is the type of upgrade that was available. And, it IS an upgrade, even if it isn't a massive one.

Read the rest of the sentence.

I've always liked this guy, was very underrated with the Phillies. It does seem like he's declined a bit, but he's a good OBP who has found some power, and his numbers this year have been dragged down by a low BABIP, so there's room for the right kind of regression. This is a good pickup IMO.

Well it didn't happen, but it had legs, haha: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/07/padres-rangers-discussing-scenarios-involving-eric-hosmer-joey-gallo.html

Weird?

The problem is if the Sox have to give up something significant for Story, then it still would have been better to get Escobar.

This is brutal

And it should be noted that Heuer, Bummer, and Crochet have substantially higher ERAs than FIP/xFIP, particularly the first two.

Why not? The Padres are already trying to get Gallo, right? The Rangers certainly have the payroll space and the ABs to give up between 1B and DH.

You know what -- I think I see it, actually. Hosmer, the bulk of his contract, and a boatload of prospects to the Rangers for Joey Gallo.

Trading MLB relievers for other MLB relievers would be a really sad and bad deadline strategy.

Hosmer's only value, at this point, is to an early-stage rebuilder, with 1B ABs to spare, who can take his contract to get some prospects along with it.

That's probably true, which is why I imagine the Diamondbacks are taking all the time they can to shop around. I bet he'll move for about what we expect within a day of the deadline.

This ^ Many of us pointed out how thin the team was on Opening Day -- the position they're in now is related to that, both in terms of their on-field needs (not signing depth in the offseason) and the fact that they have nothing in the upper minors to move (having called everyone up to be the depth they didn't sign). You can say they "tried" and be correct if they spent their money, but they didn't -- we're still right in the middle of the payroll pack where we were before the rebuild began.

Haha, well they actually didn't the first time, but I definitely hope they do this time.

I think you can make an argument for this type of future-mortgaging thing if it pushes you over the top, but given that there are rental alternatives, I don't think it floats in this case. For example, is the team better in 2021 if it adds Turner but loses Vaughn and Crochet, or if it adds Escobar and loses nothing (only prospects)? I think it's clearly the latter.

Do not have the bullets for this without subtracting from the MLB team, thus reducing the effectiveness of the add.