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Can u live with only 300-ish OBP and declining D tho? I mean if he hits 35 bombs then yeah but if he's at 20, prolly not IMO.

I would be surprised too...pleasantly surprised but still surprised. Maybe KW and PG both leaned on JR for their guy and he finally said ok. I doubt it tho. On the other hand there is too much smoke on Gallo right now....perhaps so much so that it's a smokescreen. Maybe it's the Kepler trade? I just want to get something done, I'm tired of logging in here everyday and seeing Hahn still sitting doing nothing but holding his dick while everyone else is getting better.

I think people are just hoping more than anything.

JR found a ring in a crackerjack box that'll have to do.

Yeah it seems weird unless they have trades already lined up to offload salary.

No

Perhaps his market is robust enough that they are confident in moving Hendriks. High OBP LH bat in 10D would be great at the top of the order.

If Hendriks is moved, could they use that cash slot for Benintendi?

Why would they commit a boatload of money to Swanson when it looks like Montgomery may stick at SS and will cost very little for awhile? I'm on board with moving Anderson for a haul but I'm not on board with tying up alot of money at SS. We just need a bridge player. If they have money to spend add a savage LH 2B or OF.

There's no way we can pay 4/60 for Benintendi when we cant even afford a pot to piss in. I could see it being Gallo assuming they gave him a 2nd year since he reportedly got more than 1 year offers. Or more likely, they expect Swanson to sign shortly and whatever trade they have lined up may now be set in motion.

Hopefully Swanson to somewhere other than LA.

LMAO ....they are getting outbid even for a Plan D option. That's pretty pathetic even for this team.

Honestly, I'd do the Kepler trade for someone like ReyLo since the value is similar assuming it's TA or Giolito that's moved and not Hendriks. I don't think the pen would be in good shape without both LH and RL but we will be relatively ok without one of them.

Kepler's OBP would be solid without the shift but his SLG would still suck. I'd rather have his adjusted numbers and ++ defense than Gallo if it's between them but MIN won't give him away to us.

I don't think Hahn is a great GM, but TLR controlled resource allocation the last few years. Now RH has to unwind a bullpen heavy payroll.

Baseball Trade Values has Busch, Outman and Pepiot almost identical in value to Anderson, FWIW. Man, get Correa and Swanson signed already, we need legit Sox moves

As the great American philosopher John Madden once put it: "Boom"

Perhaps not but he's still going to get well over 100m on his next deal and it won't be here so we might as well restock the cupboard now rather than getting nothing later.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/dodgers/michael-busch-683737 This scouting report suggests he could stick at 2B. 45 sounds much better than 30-35.

@Pal is CWS insisting on Lux as the main piece from LAD?

Lefty hitting 2B prospect that is MLB ready (or very close to it) with a great bat and awful glove.

I've heard from a LAD friend that they really don't want to give up Lux and prolly would offer Busch instead who is really more of a 1B than 2B and that doesn't help us really. On the other hand, we don't care about defense so maybe RH will be fine with Busch if they add in something else on top of him, Pepiot and Outman.

LA would be a good trade fit. Get Lux, Outman and Pepiot ASAP.

Now that Bogaerts went to SD, trade market has to be warming up. Correa is the next shoe to drop and we should be sitting pretty.

Now that SS market is moving, let's see if TA trade takes off.