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Burnes already avoided arbitration and agreed to one-year, $15.6375 million contract in early January. The Brewers already knew what he would cost in dollars.

The Mariners giving up one of their starters (Woo or Miller) plus prospect(s) in a Cease trade still makes no sense to me. I don’t see that happening.

Elias was just hyping up Hall as a starter long-term, even though he may break camp as a reliever. Should’ve known he was headed out the door.

Yes, which to me is reasonable considering Cease has 2 years of control versus Burnes’ one.

Hall may be nothing more than a long/middle reliever with his current walk rate.

306 pages was a good run but I think that this ballgame is over.

This really makes me wonder what the offers were for Cease at last year’s trade deadline.

Maybe, but we all know that Getz will have to trade Cease eventually. Risking holding onto Cease until the deadline is one thing, but no argument can be made now that trading him next offseason would be more advantageous. We have now almost been through this offseason and the offers weren’t there. There is no way Cease is still a member of the Sox after this season’s trade deadline.

True, he basically swapped similar picks. That makes more sense then, since Elias is a draft hoarder.

I don’t see a path to a trade unless the Mariners interest was serious. Seems like none of these teams (Orioles, Yankees, etc.) want to give up their top prospects for a starter.

Probably more surprising that Elias gave up the pick moreso than the two players.

I know you never hope for injuries, but I bet Getz will be receiving daily reports on every teams’ starting pitching injuries from Spring Training until the trade deadline.

It’s a no-brainer for what they gave up, but they will have to go through the same search next offseason as well, via free agency or trade.

The benefit of hindsight is strong with that one.

It doesn’t completely satisfy the Orioles needs at all. The Orioles need starting pitching for more than just one year, which is what Burnes will be for them. Their competitive window is not one season.

But it’s not a good one to one comparison with Cease having two years of control. What does 1.5 times to double this package in value look like?

Would you have taken this return for Cease? I wouldn’t, and I’m glad Getz didn’t either.

I guess we have to wait for the full trade to be reported, but so far this looks light for even only one year of Burnes, which has nothing to do with Cease.

How often does the big piece get reported last?

They could, because they sure have the prospects to do so, but their rotation is likely filled out now. I doubt they will still go after Cease now. This trade aligns perfectly with Elias not wanting to give up his premium prospects. He basically gave up two replaceable guys that made sense to move because they don’t have room for them.

Once their fearless leader went to the dark side, they gave up.

Agreed, Orioles fans should be very happy. This is a better deal for them than what Cease would have cost. These are two of the guys they wanted to dump most.

Bwahaha, robbery. Orioles fans must be ecstatic.

This could be the case, but the comparison between Cease and Burnes was never perfect. Burnes is better but he only has one year of control left.

Uggghhh. This could get ugly. The rumors were that the Brewers more recently weren’t going to trade Burnes and were going to try to compete this year so I assume they received a good offer they couldn’t refuse.