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  1. Eye Black
    Here is the exact passage from Nick Cafardo’s Boston Globe Article:
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    There doesn’t appear to be many feasible options in that regard (2020 Free Agents). If the Reds weren’t apparently going for it in 2019 they have a second baseman with one year of control remaining. I’m leaving the name redacted so I don’t accidentally sound the alarms.
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    If the Brewers were in the midst of a rebuild that makes more sense. Domingo’s potential range of outcomes seems too great to take on the risk associated with hoping he builds additional value. They reportedly shopped him aggressively last winter and it didn’t appear he was being perceived as overly valuable across the league even on the heels of a breakout season. If you are in the business of valuing certainty and wins in the present, rostering Domingo is a risky proposition. If he started out 2019 anything like the player he resembled for the first three months of 2018 it would be a borderline disaster and he would basically be stuck on the roster. Instead of having flexibility it would become the equivalent of maneuvering the season with a 24-man roster. I agree that Domingo’s upside is likely higher than Gamel’s, but I think his downside also has the potential to crater to a greater extent than Gamel. And if Gamel doesn’t perform to expectations he can be shipped to San Antonio.
  4. Eye Black
    Specifically with the corner outfield I think the addition of a left-handed bat makes sense. Braun’s strength is obviously in facing LHP. Now you have a lefty hitting corner OF option against RHPs. Also, part of the clamoring is in lockstep with Stearns frequent comments. His direct quote after this trade, “We like the left-handed bat in our ballpark and our division.”
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    It probably is selling low, but without any options remaining they may have felt like they had to move him this off-season. Gamel gives the Brewers more flexibility both in terms of the 40-man roster shuffling between San Antonio and Milwaukee as well as adding another left-handed bat to the lineup mix when he is with the major league squad.
  7. Eye Black
    Initial reaction is Ben Gamel could be useful. Not much power, but also makes a little bit more contact than Santana. Extra year of control as well. Edit: Ben also has an option remaining, which seems to appeal greatly to the current FO. I could probably be talked into either side of the trade, but I am also someone who has never believed Domingo had significant trade value even after his 2017 breakout.
  8. Eye Black
    [sarcasm]I think you can pencil in Harper.[/sarcasm]
  9. Eye Black
    Seems like for this deal to make sense for the Reds it has to be a precursor to other go-for-it moves. They have been rumored as in on Realmuto and Keuchel (among others). No reason to stop now by only adding a few guys in the last year of their contracts. Go for it. Nice trade from the Dodgers perspective, they moved a few expendable and costly parts and got back a couple of prospects that have a chance to turn into future major leaguers.
  10. Eye Black
    Updates from MLB Trade Rumors...
  11. Eye Black
    Appears he has one remaining option and has played the following seven positions in the major leagues: 2B, SS, 3B, LF, CF, RF, and Pitcher.
  12. Eye Black
    By my count more than 40 players considered to be plausible infield options have been mentioned in this thread. Not one of them is named Cory Spangenberg who could now quite possibly be the opening day starting second baseman. Credit to stealth mode Stearns & company.
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    Fun Fact: Cory Spangenberg was the Padres' top pick in the 2011 Draft, selected No. 10 overall between the Cubs' Javier Baez and the Astros' George Springer. Not So Fun Fact: Cory Spangenberg struck out in 33% of his at-bats last season.
  14. Eye Black
    This sounds pretty close to a done deal at this point. Most recent updates from MLB Trade Rumors...
  15. Eye Black
    Fangraphs article on Jordan Lyles: The Pirates Just Picked Up a Good Little Bargain Curious to see if they use him exclusively out of the bullpen. It will be interesting to see how he fares in Pittsburgh this year.
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    Yep. Kind of annoying we didn’t want to beat that considering how underwhelming our catching was last year. Would have been a good upgrade at a fair price on a short term commitment. I would have been happy with that deal for the Brewers. I know some people are still hopeful for Nottingham’s future, but if he starting meaningful MLB games for the Brewers this year I won’t be thrilled.
  17. Eye Black
    The competitive balance pick was a protected selection (i.e. couldn’t be lost regardless of whether they sign a QO free agent). It actually works the other way a little bit where if they thought they were going to sign a QO free agent they may have been somewhat less inclined to give up the competitive balance round A pick.
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    That wouldn’t suprise me, but I didn’t see them mentioned among the most recent rumors. I certainly don’t think signing Robinson Chirinos would stop them from still making a significant upgrade at catcher. Similar to the Brewers, I could see the Astros keeping close tabs on the Realmuto market.
  19. Eye Black
    I have been continuing to update this Post in the catching thread. Teams rumored to still be in on Realmuto: Dodgers Padres Reds Rays And here are the other teams possibly still in the market for a catching upgrade: Braves (some debate whether or not they are still interested in J.T.) Phillies Brewers Rockies Red Sox Angels
  20. Eye Black
    The brief paragraph on this topic from Rosenthal in The Athletic mentions that Stearns has some familiarity with Jed Lowrie since they both were with the Astros in 2015.
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    It's already been tried quite a bit. Well, some. Joe Maddon did it against us last year, for one. Yeah, they did it with Duensing and Cishek. Cishek started the inning, but went to left-field while Duensing came in to face Thames. Then they switched as Cishek came back to the mound to face Cain. After that Duensing came back in from LF to pitch to Yelich. The Brewers apparently did it once under the reign of Tom Trebelhorn with Chuck Crim and Tony Fossass (LINK). In that instance Chuck Crim went to 1B for one batter.
  22. Eye Black
    It appears the lone player going back to the Indians is outfield prospect Alex Call. So the biggest benefit for the Indians is indeed the salary relief.
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    Without knowing the return yet it appears the Indians will successfully be shedding additional payroll. Alonso is owed $8 million in 2019 and has a club option for 2020 of $9 million (with a $1 million buyout).
  24. Eye Black
    As pointed out by some White Sox fans on Twitter, their starting infielders are now... Yolmer, Yoán, Yonder (and Tim). The Indians on the other hand have now traded away Yan, Yandy, and Yonder this off-season. The Indians and White Sox hadn’t traded with one another since March of 1994... nearly 25 years. Also the same year the Hollywood version of the Indians traded Jack Parkman to the White Sox.
  25. Eye Black
    Not a typical source for breaking trades, but a seemingly legitimate one nevertheless, the Stadium Network with the following Tweet... On a side note, Yonder Alonso is the brother-in-law of Manny Machado.
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