Bob Sacamano

Give me some of whatever it is you guys are smoking/snorting/injecting/drinking.

James Paxton would be such a letdown for any team going for it lol He probably injured himself since the time that video was posted.

At least it’s not too crazy of an amount of money where they can move him to the pen.

It was posted 36 minutes ago.

I know. Just pointing out an O’s poster (maybe you) said otherwise recently.

Moving into the rotation.

Didn’t one of you Orioles posters argue that money means nothing for literally those teams listed?

And these teams will again be looking to add pitching in the summer. Never fails.

No one is going to argue that the Sox are not a "nickel and dime organization", as he put it.

If he's available for under $10M, I'd sign him to play 2B.

All good man. Have a good Friday!

Yeah definitely other variables. I would take the risk and hold onto him though.

I am referring to a point in time when a team that is sitting in first place in July is looking for pitching. No "knowing ahead" necessary.

Exactly. Teams that have added in the off-season will certainly be looking again. That never fails. Also, might get some surprise teams in the hunt for pitching.

I don't think it really effects trade offers much. If you're a team in first place and you still want to upgrade your rotation in the summer, those previous couple of months of service time are irrelevant. An acquiring team also saves about 2/3 salary at that point so I guess if someone is arguing service time matters, so does the financial commitment.

This^

Hopefully he pitches more like 2022 Dylan. I guess this gives us another reason to care about games.

Agree to disagree.

We're referring to teams that are in the playoff hunt trading for him at the deadline. I'm not talking about just having him for post-season, but the chase for the second half included. You're clearly misunderstanding.

Eh the service time part doesn't really matter since you would have him for the same amount of play-off runs as you would if you traded for him now.

At this point, I probably just hold onto him and see how he does with a cleaner defense behind him.

Nope. Only no-risk, no-reward types.

He's also coming off a season where he was the worst hitter in baseball. Also, bad defensively.

I can see him wanting $10M+ but I don’t think he gets it.

I feel that way too if they don’t get one in a Cease deal.