Bob Sacamano

Push the price up for Red Sox and O’s

Taijuan Walker for Benintendi and let him fill that Canning role. You at least get out of a sunk cost a year sooner.

Holding accountability for the former head of player development?

Come on Fried. Don’t go to Boston

I would have non-tendered Vaughn and just plugged Vargas at 1B.

Injury bug and Madrigal also go hand in hand. Carry on.

Same

Or Campbell + Montgomery. Especially if Soto to Boston happens (please happen)

Far from it but know Nick Madrigal sucks at baseball.

It’s true. When trying to compete, they still are drawn to the C-tier free agents.

This

Love that

You would take Madrigal over a lot of guys so not sure your opinion holds a lot of weight.

He was the closest deal I could find in a bad contract swap for Benintendi when I looked last year. I wouldn’t hate it if there was no money exchanged. Get out a year sooner and make him a 5th starter innings eater.

It was just a joke at the thread title lol

Harold loves him = kiss of death

How are we picking on the topic starter? Anyone who who read what ss2k5 posted and saw it as such is incredibly soft and thin skinned. I really didn’t see it as that. My comment was directed to someone else kinda talking about the negativity posted on the board. @southsider2k5

Weren’t they 26-year old free agents at the time?

You’re right. This organization has a ton of success and deserves absolutely zero criticism.

Agree about those deals looking like steals. Only way would be if you could defer a lot of it so the AAV on the luxury tax is lower like the dodgers did with Ohtani.

Hello Immaculate Grid answer for Giants Pirates Phillies

Same lol

On the surface it seems like it, but when I looked at their numbers its closer than I thought. Cubs would definitely still need to give something else up though.

Exactly. A team would be dumb to pay a premium for a small window of time when you can just trade for him and then buy out his 2 arb years or give a big extension. Also, Crochet might agree to a deal that buys out those 2 arb years, but he ain't giving up a year of free agency when he's set to be a FA at like 27. He would sign a bigger deal than that. Glasnow example: how much more did the Rays really get in that deal for the Dodgers opportunity to pay him $150M over 5 years? Really don't think it's that much of a difference. It's not adding that much value to it. I think some people are reading way too into Crochet's extension comments around the trade deadline where he was trying to leverage himself pitching in the playoffs in a year he was way past what people thought he would pitch innings wise for guaranteed money.

Don't think I've ever heard of an extension window to negotiate with another team for multiple years of arbitration. It may sound like a good idea but zero chance it happens.