Bob Sacamano

Agreed. I've been saying for about a year that the Phillies are going to sign one of these guys. It seems very likely that they will.

Yes due to their low payroll.

Luck?

Yes. So far, the only confirmed pieces are Segura, Crawford and Santana. I would assume there would be some more prospects involved.

They already had enough payroll space anyway.

Yeah I agree that they should have waited on Diaz. And it looks like the M's are going to botch the Segurs deal too.

Not necessarily. Bad contract swap or a straight salary dump where the team basically gets him for free.

Seager + Smith seems more realistic for sure.

Definitely more than one good prospect. That Seager deal is no where near as bad as the Cano deal.

They'd have to pay more than what the Mets did for Cano and Diaz. Personally don't see Haniger moved with him. Seager as a straight salary dump I could see.

Tim Beckham may be someone worth checking out. 2 years of control and had a nice 2017. A nice option for 3B.

If they miss out on Machado (pretty likely) and any other potential targets they have in mind, I wouldn't mind seeing if he wants to play 3B.

Both have 3 years. If you're using Baseball Reference, guys who are free agents this current off-season are listed as 2019. Syndergaard is listed as 2022 meaning 21 is his last year of control.

Why wouldn't the Brewers and Indians just cut the Mets out and deal Kluber to the Brewers in that case?

Weird comment. Not all those top 50 players will sign for anywhere near $68m.

Right. Dee Gordon wasn't good in the OF, Cano wouldn't have been post-season eligible if they made it so it was perfect for Gordon to slide back to 2B. And they needed help at 1B so Cano shifting there made sense.

Platoon them and then you have a great defensive 4th OF on the bench every game.

Where?

He's really just a platoon DH.

A platoon DH at that.

Yeah I would 100% gamble on him. Let him hit 9th and catch everything hit in CF and the gaps.

No thanks. The Red Sox still seem to value Swihart highly for some reason.

Eh not enough for the whole rebuild to be fucked because of a backup. A lot more has to go wrong for it to be considered fucked.

Possible options. Only left on potential backups because I don't want them to spend money on Grandal. Drew Butera (35) Robinson Chirinos (35) A.J. Ellis (38) Nick Hundley (35) Jose Lobaton (34) Jonathan Lucroy (33) Martin Maldonado (32) Devin Mesoraco (31) Rene Rivera (35) Stephen Vogt (34) Matt Wieters (33) Bobby Wilson (36)

I hope you're not referring to me because that's not what I said at all. Love the trade.