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Mets make the most sense imo. Not sure how you can throw down $700m for Soto and not give him more support.

Sounds like Sox were asking for a couple of Arroyo, Burns, Lowder from the Reds

Sox need to hold onto Robert until the trade deadline, gives us something to talk about.

Do you think Robert has more value than Lux?

This is why you trade for guys whose stock is down, like Lux/Outman/Baty/Gilber

Admit all of their risks but split your stock to reduce your risk. Do you play the $1 slot once or the .50 cent twice.

So if Acuna + Baty is not enough, then what would the ask from NYM be? Is the difference worth the risk and the cost? Your risk of trading Robert now is his value is low. What does that mean trade wise? Today you get Acuna but if you wait and his value goes up you get Jet Williams? Is that gain really that much and worth the risk? If you hold onto Robert and his 2025 is just like 2024, then do you get anything for him at all? Acuna helps fill our up the middle needs (CF/SS), has speed (which helps carry value defensively and on the bases), has a good history of walking/hitting/low strike outs in the minors and has had a good strikeout rate with his limited time in the majors. Baty too has a great track record in the minors with walks and slugging, and grades out well with baseball savant and fangraphs defensively at 3rd. Sign me up.

I like the Mets as a trade partner. They need a cf and a bat to protect Soto. They have a lot good not great prospects, most of which are blocked. Williams, Baty, Acuna, Maricio, Gilbert, Clifford, Rodriguez, Benge. Give me three of them and call it good.

Seems like Sox fans are down on Robert and would rather sell low. BTV has him around $13m in surplus (less then 3war/season). The prospects you get at that level would be pretty risky imo. If you hold onto him for the first half and he tears it up, then his surplus could almost triple. 4war would be $80 in value over 2.5 years with about $47.5m in cost. Its a contract year for him so I would hold at $13m in surplus value.

I don’t think we turned it down, I think Gammons said we were asking for Martes, Tucker and Musgrove for Quintana

Robert makes sense for the Astros too. Send Cam Smith+ to the Sox

How much war do you believe Robert will produce the next 3 seasons? I am thinking 11 war.

Haven’t heard the Brewers mentioned until now. Thoughts on their system? I wonder if this is to push the Cubs forward.

No one is trading us a superstar