Bob Sacamano

Eh. Didn't cost anything. Can always trade him somewhere else too.

Yep. If he's considering taking $25m less to play for the Yanks, this additional stuff helps.

And you still don't get it lmao

Have a night caulfield, have a night.

No you clearly don't. The point is to bring him in to help bring Machado here. How does that make sense to do the trade after?

Are you fucking serious? You really don't get it? Dear lord.

Isn't he meeting 5 other teams over the next few weeks? I don't think it'll happen Monday.

No. I don't believe a team has signed one to that amount.

Figured.

Fixed. Need that defense in CF.

Again, it doesn't hurt but doesn't really matter if we don't outbid the Yanks.

Same here. I don't expect Abreu to be traded at all. Let's just hope that Palka has been taking fly balls every day this off-season.

Because money.

I remember thinking the Sox would land Cespedes. Worked out for the best but really wanted him at the time.

Eh I kinda felt Alonso would be moved somewhere anyway.

Or like mid/upper-20s reliever.

They can sign Abreu after 2019.

How is Palka's defense compared to Harper's?

Offer the most money and we're good.

To be fair, Edwin was really close to signing. Not raBBit's fault that changed last minute.

Palka RF in a platoon with Adam Jones (another former teammate of Machado), Abreu DH, Delmonico dfa'd next April when Eloy comes up.

If the Sox don't offer the most money, I don't think this matters. Now, this type of move matters if say, for example, hes weighing a couple offers and the Sox have the highest bid by say $20m over the Yankees, a team he wants to play for supposedly. Only then does this extra stuff matter.

Does anyone else get the vibe that they won't offer the most money and are trying to persuade in other ways? This kind of stuff just doesn't seem to matter if you won't outbid the next best team.

Ban bet. You have to go if you lose this time.

I don't think it really moves the needle that much, but it doesn't hurt.