Bob Sacamano

As someone said last week I believe, I think the Winter Meetings aren't as big these days as they used to be. They can meet face to face while sitting at home in their home offices if they want to over Skype or G-Chat or whatever.

Excellent. Now we wait a few years and then hire him as manager!

Erick Fedde is closing in on a 2-year deal with Mystery Team! Is that good enough for ya?

God help us all.

I just saw on MLBTR that they’re looking for a DH.

Other teams could probably make some sort of tweak and make him better than he has been too. A team like the Dodgers.

Most starts over the past 3 years.

"Why does he have his own appreciation thread?"

Yeah you can't read into every single Tweet out there.

I could see them wanting to hold onto Kjerstad and instead wanting to move one of the 1-2 year control guys (Mullins, Santander, Hays) for prospects.

Yes. Very annoying indeed.

I agree. Who knows though, AA is an aggressive GM.

It's only the LHH part of it.

Right. They're not trading for immediate need.

I kinda figured they were going to look to add a lefty to the Ozuna, Grisson (both righties) mix in LF.

It's only just past 11:15am. Give it longer than half a day haha

If they had gotten Kelenic from the M's, then they would just worry about trading for the best packages, without excluding positions. Opens up for more possibilities rather than saying "we need this guy because he plays OF."

Is it because he has an appreciation thread here with only 1.169 service time to his name?

But that's not actually eating money. International slot money is more "potential to spend." Not actual cash.

If we don't end up with the top pick or 2, I hope we pick outside of the top 6. Next season is going to be baaaaad. Worse than last season.

You seem pretty confident Eloy is going. Are you hearing they just don't like him or something and are willing to sell low rather than hold him and see if he can improve his value?

They SHOULD be. But we know they don't like taking back bad money.

All good. But yes, I agree. Marco is a fine back end addition for the Braves.

I was specifically talking about Evan White, who’s owed $15M over the next 2 years (plus buyouts) and hasn’t even appeared in the MLB since 2021.

Jerry wouldn’t eat the money on Evan White.