Bob Sacamano

With all the other names in there, he doesn't look like a main piece to be honest. Subtract him from that offer and it looks like the kind of offer you might receive. I would take him if all 5 of those other pieces were coming with.

That would be cool.

Maybe we'll hear about more interest for Cease from the Diamondbacks.

I feel like a team in Chicago should be able to. Keyword being: SHOULD. Edit: I'm still pissed Bryce Harper was right there for the taking that one offseason. Would have been great for this franchise.

Yep, needed him in to sign in NY.

I don’t buy the idea of a “super team.” Other teams that looked like super teams in the past didn’t win much, if at all. Playoffs are such crap shoot. Plus, who knows how good this guy will actually be here. TJ Surgery will probably happen within the next 2 and a half years, his first anyway.

A few of those names are not long term options. We’re not making this trade solely to fill holes for the next year or two.

Surprised something like this isn’t happened yet.

It’ll be a Festivus miracle!

The actor from Walking Dead?

Whatever long term deal Bellinger signs is going to be awful quick I feel.

But they have also offered Yamamoto a $250M+ deal. I guess you could shop someone though.

I think he's just salty (like the rest of us) that he's holding up the off-season for a lot of players/teams.

Whoever offers the most AND offers an opt out after like 4 years probably gets him.

I would believe this if you said May/June, but by August, if everything goes according to plan, you probably see Montgomery in Chicago (and to an extent, Ramos).

Idk, Gallen, Rodriguez, Cease, Kelly rotation would look nice.

I feel like there are definitely other candidates I would have DFA'd before Patino.

Drive up the asking price for the Reds

Right. Eventually they have to make some sort of move and they do have some nice hitters.

I don't put a lot of stock into the rumor either but the Pirates aren't a team that will go out and spend 9 figures on an arm so trading for one that has 2 years of control is probably more intriguing to them. This is basically their version of "going for it" and hoping their young hitters can help carry them like the Reds last year.

Vegas is getting a second team as an expansion team along with the A's?

You would have to think if he's here meeting with team that he would want to maybe agree and finalize a deal before going back home for Christmas right? The end of the week Tweet definitely makes sense.

Yeah a little over there on Spotrac. And also with Cease at around $8.5 who may be traded before that.

I like the suggestion of Jake McCarthy for Eloy Jimenez. Feel like the D-Backs can still use another RHH (though, they could just sign Soler or JD Martinez if they want to).

I feel like either Texas or another team further west is the call. And then of course Nashville.