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Mehh sounds like it’s a behind the scenes role doesn’t it? I don’t doubt that Nevin is capable of identifying talent…just as long he’s not the guy being hands on teaching his style of baseball to them.

Damn apparently Cleveland is that hard up for cash that they’re trading Naylor for a draft pick? Also, how the hell did the Yankees not beat this offer instead of signing 37 year old Goldschmidt?

Apples to oranges. Our payroll is so low that Robert’s contract isn’t hindering a single thing. And our roster is so bad that adding prospects that don’t have the potential to make a big impact is almost meaningless. We shouldn’t be looking to move Robert to save money and potentially get slightly closer to mediocre.

REALLY hot take- Benintendi hits something close to .270/.350/.410 and is tradeable (with some $ added) at the deadline for a decent prospect

Is Busch a 1B/DH only nowadays? I was assuming the Cubs would try to get away with him at 2B with Bellinger at 1B. No idea how the D would work out, but would for sure have given them 1 hell of a lineup

Not sure what site you’re using, but I feel like that might be outdated. Abel doesn’t have quite the shine he once did, especially after really struggling in AAA last year.

Thanks, just what I’m trying to do. What’s your issue with that trade?

Phillies need a CF A’s looking for a 3B Some sort of Robert to Phillies and Bohm to A’s 3 team? Starlyn Caba, Mick Abel, Max Muncy, and Denzel Clarke for Robert?

Long route and 6 prospects later for the Cubs to get Tucker. If they don’t extend him it will look pretty ugly down the line

Which would you choose if all 3 were on the table? Reds- Cam Collier, Chase Petty, Carlos Jorge Yankees- Roderick Arias, Chase Hampton, Everson Pereira Phillies- Justin Crawford, Jean Cabrera, Aaron Escobar

The willingness to be content with known junk like Tauchman and Slater instead of taking a shot on younger players is crazy to me. You just broke the record for losses and are on target to do it again, go crazy and throw players at the wall and see who sticks. There’s nothing left to lose at this point.

I generally think we should hold Robert, but the Yankees make a ton of sense for a Robert trade now. They need to do something to make up for losing Soto and Getz might be able to take advantage of a somewhat desperate Yankees team. No idea if he’d be on the table, but Arias is a pretty good start to a Robert package.

Would have preferred Mayer obviously, but Teel, Montgomery, Meidroth, and González is actually pretty damn good.

The only reason to trade Robert for anything less than a great package of prospects is because Jerry is a cheap a-hole. Hold him and hope for a turnaround, his stock can’t possibly go lower anyway.

It goes under the radar because very few people actually care about the MLB draft, but the lottery system they’ve put in place has to be 1 of the dumber things in all of sports. Establish a salary cap floor and fine owners for being non competitive for too long if you truly care. Instead they just made it harder for the team to get better. Jerry is probably happy he saves $ not having to pay the #1 pick. He doesn’t give a damn where the team drafts, the rule is meaningless to him and the handful of other terrible owners.