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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Not sure what site you’re using, but I feel like that might be outdated.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.

Brewers scare me as trade partner. Not exactly a depth of high level hitting prospects available. Made is for sure interesting, but if they don’t trade him we’re probably looking at Pratt and Black as headliners?

Mayer, Montgomery and Meidroth If that offer is on the table from Boston would you take it?

We all know the organization is an utter dumpster fire, but it’s not ok for a former player to say it out loud….apparently. I don’t blame anyone for being extremely happy to get away from the Sox. At some point when EVERY player fails you have to stop blaming the individual players.

Got ya, and agree. I’d hope for 2 from their 7-12 range…that might even be pushing it for Hoerner.

Owen Caissie, Kevin Alcantara, Logan Evans, and Michael Arroyo That seems like close to best case scenario in a Cubs/Mariners 3 team with Hoerner going to Seattle…and it feels pretty underwhelming. Decent depth, but I don’t see how we get 2 high end prospects in that scenario

What doesn’t make sense for the Mariners? It’s already been reported they have talked about Hoerner. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/12/mariners-have-had-trade-talks-involving-alec-bohm-nico-hoerner.html

Don’t know if I like the idea of Cubs/Mariners 3 team deal. I assume it would be Hoerner going to the Mariners and I kinda doubt he draws too much of a return back to the Sox. But also, just get the best deal and don’t worry about where Crochet goes.

With a name like Bob Seymour and the fact that he’s an absolute Hoss…sign me up please. No idea if he can actually play, but he’d be an instant fan favorite. Not to mention that picking the player that seems like they’d be the most fun might be a better strategy than Getz trying to seriously evaluate talent.

Katz is fine. Keeping Thames is the head scratcher. If you need to remake the entire organization’s approach to hitting, keeping the hitting coach makes no sense. If you’re bringing a new approach there should be a new voice.

White Sox Out- Crochet and Benintendi + $ White Sox In- Crawford, Arias, Abel, Pereria, Taijuan Walker, DJ LeMahieu + $ Phillies out- Bohm, Walker, Crawford, Abel Phillies in- Crochet and Benintendi + $ Yankees in- Bohm Yankees out- Roderick Arias, Everson Pereira, LeMahieu + $ Money would be have to worked out. Yankees send the Sox $ to cover some/a decent amount of LeMahieu’s 2 years while the Sox send $ to cover some/a decent amount of Beni’s 3rd year. But I think that makes a good bit of sense for all 3 teams.

It’s well known the Phillies are looking to move Bohm because he has personality/maturity issues. He threw multiple temper tantrums after having bad games and wore out his welcome in that clubhouse. How much that will affect his value across the league is a fair question, but I imagine there’s at least a handful of teams that know they can’t sign Bergman or Adames and will be happy to roll the dice to upgrade their IF. I personally wouldn’t want to acquire Bohm and trade him later though. Too much risk of him not performing. Has to be a 3 team deal.