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Wait. Isn't Getz mad because he thought they had very open communication about everything with his agent even until the night before the story dropped that he wouldn't pitch without an extension? Why would he have an idea if that information was being withheld from him?

I mean Vargas has just as much of a chance to be a legit offensive piece as anyone else they would have gotten probably. And no, I'm not defending the trade.

I think it would be hard for anyone to maximize his trade value right now. Dude needs to get right the rest of the season. Looks awful.

I don't understand why the Dodgers would be okay with this, either. This does not add up at all.

Did the Cardinals just not give up anything but Edman? How is that possible?

Also has a nice mustache.

It's sports, man. Have some hope once in a while.

They can even have Tanner Banks thrown in and I'll take a lower guy.

Dodgers just traded someone for cash considerations. Gearing up for Tendi!

They have to start at some point so may as well start with someone with huge upside. They should probably be going for much higher ceilings instead of higher floors if they want to dig themselves out of this.

Yeah I don't even consider him a candidate. Just let him eat 5 innings (good or bad) every 5 days to get you through this misery.

Fedde does ultimately seem like a Cardinals pitcher.

They did give up Yordan Alvarez to the Astros which was a huge misstep, but overall yeah they don't trade away too much. Most of their position players are free agent signings, too. So not entirely sure at how well they develop position players.

In the Sox defense, they gave up Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly in that deal.

We don't know what deals are actually "trying" to get done, though. The ones that for sure have to happen is Fedde, Kopech, Brebbia, Pham, Dejong - which the final two are just lotto tickets. You'd be selling low on Robert right now, and who knows what happened with Crochet after this all came out. I think you can get Fedde, Kopech, Brebbia, Pham and Dejong done in the next 36 hours or whatever it is.

Wonder what else could be involved in that three team trade? Could be a big one.

Yeah Eloy seems unteachable to me.

How much control does he have left? Sporttrac not loading for me.

But don't you think someone nationally would have caught wind of it?

I always assumed Mariners fans would be nicer.

It would not end my fandom, though. And even with Tendi possibly attached I think they would get at least one and a half “guys” back. It would just suck because they should be getting at least 3 good pieces.

Because my dad didn’t raise a Cubs fan.

Yeah I just have a hard time believing it. I think one of the big reporters would have caught wind of it by now.

Nah. I consider myself a Getz supporter and I’d be pretty mad about it.

I don't think Robert or Crochet are being moved, so outside of Fedde the rest should be able to get done fairly quickly. Be nice if one or two happened tonight, though.