Bob Sacamano

How should it be defined and written out? "X amount of at bats at AA, X amount of bats at AAA, or Y amount of at bats between both levels?" Of course, they can always get promoted sooner.

They'll have guys like Anderson, Moncada, Robert and Madrigal that can run. But the other 5 guys in the lineup will be slow af.

I guess there were 3-way trade talk of Seager to Reds, Lindor to Dodgers and prospects/young players to Indians this off-season. Depending on what they move for Betts, maybe they can still pull something off for Lindor.

It's posted above.

Why? Goldschmidt got that plus more. Who is the better player of the 2? Also factor in they can offer a QO in the off-season to recoup something they trade away.

You sure the O's let him walk in free agency?

Uhhh which star are you referring to?

Technically it can if you have someone like Leury play 2B to sub for Anderson (with Mendick shifting to SS).

There's no point of doing that with Madrigal unless it is really cheap and he gives up multiple years of free agency to make the risk worth it (unlike the Eloy and Robert deals where we got one).

I'm not saying right now. Just saying he could be that guy eventually.

Look again what I said. I'm saying if he won the case he would have less control meaning less trade value. But reading is hard.

Very true.

Eh I kinda would have preferred he won, not that I believe he had a chance. One less year of control if he stays with Cubs and also less trade value if they move him.

So shocked.

I don't think they'll be one of the final bidders personally. If Jerry is signing anyone to a $300+, long-term deal, it will be someone already in house like Moncada. Dude is loyal (sometimes to a fault).

The luxury tax CAP goes by AAV anyway so it doesn't matter if he is paid significantly more one year and then significantly little the next.

Ideally, these guys are playing close to 162 games a year (in a perfect world, you shouldn't have to worry about Leury being the only backup in CF on your team if he's playing 5-10 games out there). But hard to not plan for injuries.

I think they'll look for someone who can play SS too. So can probably cross most of those names off besides Miller and Mercer really.

Yeah kind of.

That would be fine with me.

More likely to go to someone already on the roster who isn't signed long-term (Moncada) than someone outside.

If he is in the mix as a starter, I would say he has a pretty good chance of making their aging roster as a backup.

That's one way to continue the punishment.

Yeah I think I would have been fine with it. He would be your starting RF making your defense better and your backup CF so you wouldn't really need Engel.

Growing belief among NL GMs is NL will have the DH in 2021. Reds are clearly getting ahead of the curve