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I think Sox keep AV, but I'd certainly be trying to get a deal closer to $4.5-$5M done. Lose some leverage there after today. I think Sox tender all except Gavin, thought wouldn't be surprised to see everyone back. De Los Santos also a coin flip.

I sure hope Quero isn't on the OF roster. Terrible short sighted roster management. I doubt Chuckie Robinson survives the offseason on the 40 man, so we'll need another catcher but I'd just give Lee the vast majority of the work until Quero earns his promotion, sometime in May. I'd probably just bring in a couple milb invite and see who wins the job. Or could just let Hackenburg get a taste.

Usually non tenders are just outrights prior to the deadline. See Nicky Lopez for example.

They literally can't.

I mean, Jose is getting paid $20M in 25 by the Astros. He'd cost the pro rated minimum. He's probably toast, but it'd be cheap toast at least.

I'd absolutely bring Jose back on an milb deal if they move on from AV.

Guy was brutal first half of last season but was still attractive enough to be traded 2x. He's a useful bench bat, especially if he bounces back to 20-23 form. Sexy? Absolutely not. But decent platoon pairing for Beni in LF and whoever of Fletcher/Colas/Deloach that plays right. I'm assuming it's a pretty cheap 1 year deal, so not much to hand wring about here imo.

Williams, Mauricio, Baty and Baez is pretty intriguing, especially if some feel they can do better.

Idk. Don't get me wrong, nothing Getz has done with the roster has been great. The Cease deal was a C+ at best. They should have done better. But it wasn't a complete disaster. I hate(d) the Fedde/Kopech deal and always felt it was a good prospect short, but you have to also consider the fact that he a) signed Fedde to begin with; b) while Vargas SSS w/ Sox was an unmitigated disaster, he's probably not that bad, and you can make a decent argument that he was the highest pedigree prospect moved at the deadline; and c) Fedde probably just didn't have much value. I also think Albertus and Perez are pretty interesting. Nothing else he has done is really that terrible. He's obviously overhauling the way the org is structured which is the most important long term, imo. Now, if Getz does any of those disgustingly terrible ideas Harold claims are on the table, i'll change my tune.

We also have a national insider (Passan) saying that Dominguez + Jones isn't enough for Crochet. So, like, there is plenty out there on both sides.

Damn, didn;t realize Lux was down to jsut 2 years. Even more support for it being a terrible idea. Something like De Paula, Lux and someone in the 8-15 range for Robert would work, I guess. I'd still prefer someone other than Lux. But even then, I'd rather just hold and hope we get good Robert in 25. IF we do, he's worth multiples of his current value. When he's not even that expensive, we don't really have anyone else to take his spot, and still have plenty of control, rushing into a meh deal after his brutal 24 isn't necessary.

It doesn't make any sense, Fathom. I don't buy it. You can't completely rule it out because White Sox, but I refuse to believe this is actually a thing. Even more insane is trading Robert for a busted prospect with the same amount of control. If that's Robert's value, not holding him and hoping for a big first half is ABSOLUTE INSANITY.

It's obvious trolling. Or like you said, we're fuc ked.

None of this makes any sense.

What good does an ace SP do you for you when you're projected to lose 120 games with him? Honest question.