Squirmin' for Yermin

That gets you Price and Bennintendi not Snell.. And yes I would trade that to Boston.

Sale had a far better track record.. Take out Snell's cy young year and he's been.... "meh"

Walker DID pitch at the end of last year, so I don't see why there would be any restraits unless he hurt himself in the offseason.

Without a doubt Walker and Salazar are my two favorites from this list. Walker had so much potential but never hit it. Though he still did pitch well when he did pitch. Salazar is just filthy when he pitches. I think Walker is safer of the two but obviously both could just flop. I would jump for joy for either, prefer Walker.

Maybe I misunderstood all the chat and sharing here of tweets mentioning Cease.

Not according to RaBBit and many other insiders. right?

Doesn't mean we should sign someone expensive that becomes a terrible deal...

This is essentially what I want us to do (unless we target Ryu).. Just sign Castellanos and like Encarnacion and create a juggernaut offense and attack SP in the future.

I've gone from excitement over the winter meetings to nervousness and fear. I really do not want us to trade our young core (Cease, Madrigal and Vaughn). . We just are not to that point yet.

would have made it a failed offseason IMO.. This offseason was setup perfectly for our needs. TOR starters, TOP catcher, and some good DH options (we chose Abreu on long term)

Fuck me... Me no likes this

Yeah but that still would be kinda a weird one to peg... What kind of contract would you feel comfortable at?

No chance

I'm not saying he still isn't a fine prospect.. But he will not be top 100 after the year he had.

Super bad K rates. Bad batted ball. .761 OPS. There are 100 better prospects in baseball.. I'd bet he falls out of top 100 for sure.

This is pre=update.. Madrigal will stay around 40. Chisholm will fall out of the top 100 post update.

This is a main reason why I would not even consider that. Never really high thought of. Many players come in hot and fizzle. I wouild just stay clear of losing a big prospect like Madrigal for a guy like that. We see it all the time.. I mean look what the Marlins traded him for in the middle of his debut.... Jazz Chisholm

which is interesting.. I would want nothing to do with Gallen at that price.

This is encouraging.. He was probably just commenting on the Collins, Vaugh and Stiever the guy asked.. So maybe no Cease/Madrigal too.. So maybe it's our second tier we are fine with moving?

Granted, I just don't want to trade any of our top prospects. I'd rather just sign Ryu or get wild and try Strasburg.

I like Snell a lot.. But he still makes me a tad nervous as a bust candidate. If you take out his massive year he's just been "fine". Not a Cease deal type guy.

me too.. He was right about Machado the entire time.. What is a hopefully Ozuna contract? 3 years 45 mill?

Option B is fine. I want no part of Option A

Castellanos BUT I don't think there's much of a difference to jump the gun early and pay top price.

Yeah both of those players I could see becoming the Keuchel of 2018 offseason.