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I wish the Orioles would be willing to give up what people think Crochet’s value is.

Yeah, the second part too. I missed that big part.

Years of losing just like the Sox, but also drafting the right guys over those losing years unlike the Sox.

If this is true, a trade won’t be happening… “Feisand: Samuel Basallo, Coby Mayo and Heston Kjerstad are the names I hear most when talking to people around the league. Two of them would likely have to be included in a Garrett Crochet deal…”

Eh, I’m not so sure. Probably a better return than the people who think he will only return a PTBNL. He has failed as both a starter and a reliever. The team that acquires him will likely be in love with his stuff and think they can get more innings out of him like his immaculate one. But that is all potential. I think teams will want to pay the price for his past and current performance, not for what he could possibly do.

Kopech’s K rate is nice as well. It’s a shame his ERA and WHIP suck as we are about to trade him. The immaculate inning was nice cuz it shows teams that he can still get the job done as a dominant force, but his entire body of work this season is going to hurt the return on him unfortunately. Thorpe has been better than expected. He may never be a true ace but if his K rate increases, he is going to be a very good starter that can be dominant at times.

So both pitchers are under control for the same period of time (through next season), Fedde has better numbers, and Fedde is on a 2/$15 million deal while Eflin is on a 2/$29 million deal plus he gets $1 million for being traded. Eflin is making exactly twice as much as Fedde. You are so far off here it isn’t even funny. The money on their respective deals is a much bigger deal than you are presuming it to be. The difference is the salary for another good player for next year. Fedde has more trade value than Eflin.

Yep. .727 career OPS first basemen aren’t worth much.

I think you are correct and it’s all spin. Jason Dominguez is the guy they don’t want to give up. Younger and better.

I can’t imagine any teams trading anything of value for these two busters. First basemen without any power and not really any other redeeming qualities. We don’t even want them and we are fans of the worst team in baseball. Why would contending teams want them?

Never will happen, ever.

Yeah, the acquiring team takes on all of the money. ?

And that’s $13 million for an injury-prone player that couldn’t even stay healthy for the majority of his most important season ever, his contract year. Other teams realize this, just as frustrated Sox fans do.

But it’s not just $8 million. Moncada is also owed a $5 million dollar buyout so it’s more like $13 million.

Assuming they are traded, if the Sox don’t get a nice return for Robert, Crochet, and Fedde, it will be Getz’s fault. I don’t expect much from any of the Sox other “tradable” assets.

Trade zeem all.

And his K/9 rate is very low right now and look what he is doing. Once he increases those K’s, look out.

You shouldn’t think he would ever sign a single player to that kind of contract much less multiple considering 5/$75 is their largest contract of all time.

The point is, you haven’t seen a dumpster diving pickup by Getz that you haven’t liked. So if any move that Getz makes can be sugar-coated in some manner, how can he ever make a bad move?

Fact is, if you miss out on a target, you whiffed. There are no bonus points for trying.

JR allows his GMs to spread money out to a variety of mediocre to above average players, no true top free agent stars, and it pretty much never works out. Getz has already shown the same proclivity to dumpster dive for trash, in the same manner that Hahn did.

“Did you guys hear that my new client just pitched an immaculate inning today?”