Nobody in baseball in the past 10 years have traded a prospect of Chourio's caliber outside of Yoan Moncada... And that was the notorious farm seller Dombrowski. It is just not happening especially for Ha Seong Kim.
The brewers easily could have traded for Ohtani with their prospect capital. Given that he is a free agent and will most likely get close to 500 million it would be the most foolish trade in the history of baseball though. I agree with Jake the only player I would trade Chourio for would be Acuna and his absolute steal of a long term contract.
This is a lotto ticket of course there is talent. They probably see something in his profile though which makes it easier to give him up. They are not giving up a young promising player because they have too much talent in the lower levels that would be absolutely idiotic lol. Especially for a 37 year old rental. This FO is one of the smartest in the game.
Wow cannot believe Santana is 37 now. Time flies. Should have probably just took a flier on him in the offseason, but oh well have to trust our self scouting. We usually don't trade teenagers unless there is an apparent flaw
I think the only possible "needle mover" for us with a reasonable price will be Teoscar Hernandez. But given the mess that is the AL will the Mariners even be sellers? I think there are a lot of dancers looking for help but not that many partners at prom this year. Please don't be disappointed though when we only add a middle reliever and that is all.
That wasn't part of the original trade though. So for how condescending you're being about the deal that perspective is just not accurate. The original deal was pretty terrible value for all intents and purposes. Rogers torpedoed high leverage situations himself. Lamet was just an absorbed contract (more negative value for a small market). A lot has to be seen with Gasser still. Great shape to the slider but he is walking too many batters for my liking this year. Ruiz was arguably the centerpiece and he is just an awful ballplayer overall outside of stealing bases. The work Matt Arnold put in this summer completely saved it from a PR disaster. He took advantage of the league "taco" and now we can look back on the trade as a success. The original deal is far from it though.