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The price was steep?

The Pilkington giveaway? I was one of a handful of people on this board who actually liked Pilkington and even I didn’t have an issue trading him for Hernandez because he was a low floor prospect who would have needed to be protected on the 40 man. I don’t recall you ever complaining once about “giving away” Pilkington when the trade was first made.

And Josh Nelson was saying on Twitter Manaea would cost Colson Montgomery…lol No idea how we couldn’t find a package better than what the Padres gave up here.

If Hahn trades Vaughn for Montas then I’m moving to Asheville to get even farther from this god forsaken franchise.

Doesn’t seem like something we couldn’t have beaten.

@VAfan - Still feel like we shouldn’t trade for Manaea?

What have you diagnosed him with?

Yeah, kind of important for the Mets to weigh in on a trade involving them

So you must hate Pollock & Engel then?

I think it’s totally fair to call out Madrigal for his lack of durability, but the kid was a valuable hitter when he played which is the point ChiSox59 was making. It’s silly to say that rate based stats aren’t important.

Not sure I follow.

The two A ball clubs are going to be real fun this year.

Bummer on Vera missing two months

Need to acquire Manaea first for any chance of that happening

Big difference

I really can’t see it costing that much. I’d value Sheets + Kath or Ramos higher than what the A’s got for Bassitt.

Again, you are moving the goalposts here. You argued both that Kimbrel was clearly going to be a disaster and that we didn’t need a closer in the first place. We debated that first point for weeks and you refused to acknowledge the fact the Dodgers & Rays being highly interested in Kimbrel mattered at all. Now, because a post Theo Cubs front office paid significant dollars for Suzuki is proof that he would have been a smart addition? What exactly have the Cubs done to demonstrate this elite scouting ability? Wasn’t the reason they had to rebuild is because they failed to create a pipeline of young talent beyond their original core? Also, what other teams were interested in Suzuki that are tremendous at scouting?

Lol…I love you use the “better and smarter FOs” point to support a Suzuki signing, but ignore it completely when it came to a Kimbrel acquisition.

I am disgusted by the amount of people on Twitter who think the cost for Manaea would be Andrew Vaughn. Just crazy how much the common fan (and Phil Rogers) struggles with player valuation.

We literally have no one to replace him after 5 to 10 starts though.

If they think Keuchel is cooked, you 100% upgrade now.

I think zero chance they trade him for Montas who doesn’t have a lengthy track record and has some physical concerns as well.

Zero chance it happens…just mind boggling that Phil Rogers still gets paid to cover baseball.

He calls him a “fat fuck” all the time and thinks his knees are going to breakdown any second.

Sure, but if Sheets is the cost to upgrade from Keuchel to Manaea then I don’t think we have a choice.