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Agreed, the article/interview of him saying he want to be back around mid-season was likely a ploy by his agent to try and get the Brewers or someone to pick up his option instead of getting like 5 million this year and then being tied to a team option for 2025 if he signs as a FA.

Agreed, I would almost want 3 solid pieces for him. I know that all of the 5 guys the Braves traded for Bummer lost value last year but if it was just Sorotka for Bummer I would say the Braves got ripped off. Bummer was awful, advanced stats are kinder but still not good. If those trade values for relievers stay I would trade Payamps, Wilson, Milner, and Williams and role the dice on finding some more out of no where guys.

I guess if he is non-tendered at least we can still try and sign Woody to a multi year deal. My guess is that big market teams can get more creative and throw around way bigger incentives and risk more.

This trade makes no sense to me. I wouldnt pay Bauers 1.7 million if he was a free agent. He has no options was an average at best defense 1st baseman and terrible OF. He is 5'11" so it's not like he is a great target and from what I can find his splits don't point to a strict platoon boost. Avina isn't a perfect prospect but he seemed to show a lot of improvement at the end of the year and Appleton doesn't seem to be a hitters park. Where as Bauers coming from the Bronx sandbox may actually lose a ballpark boost coming to AFF. At that we also added Brain Sanchez who was pretty decent last year despite being far away. If our starting 1st baseman is Jake Bauers next year we may as well just throw in the flag. This is an F move in my opinion, no upside and basically giving a roster spot to a proven below average player before any big move are made. I am sure this is a player favorite of Arnold's since he was in the Ray's system when Arnold was there.

What would Woody's trade value be? Maybe a couple lotto ticket prospect teenagers? A prospect like the 2B Oliver Dunne we just got?

Not a big fan of Soler, if we are going to spend money I would much rather go after Rhys Hoskins or Jeimer Candelario or a starter like Giolito. Bauer, or Severino. Those guys have been more consistent than Soler and can help us in the field. I feel like Soler is likely to end up being like Willy Adames the past 2 years without the fielding. I will pass on that as our big ticket spending goal.

I would trade Burnes to the Cubs or Cards, however I would want extra value. I really like Matt Shaw as a trade piece. SS Shaw, P Ben Brown, and 1B Matt Mervis would something I would go for. Shaw and Brown as fair value and Mervis as inter-division tax. I like Horton as a center piece as well Maybe Horton, Mervis, and P Luke Little being close to the above proposal.

21-23 probably for me. At 25 with no AAA experience I have a hard time putting him above the teenagers who played in A ball. I still think he can be a really good big leaguer but from a prospect status the age hurts. If he was 23 even I might put him 12ish (which with 2 lost seasons he could be kind of considered).

Got something more than just releasing him, the pitcher we get could hit 97 when drafted and maybe a good candidate to move to the bullpen. I agree with others that Toro should have gotten a little run/chance last year.

He was a top of the rotation starter in 21 and 22. I would think at absolute worst he could be like Bryse Wilson and be a quality long man with his stuff playing up a but in the bullpen. Would we take over his contol and have to pay arbitration or is he eligible for free agency? 2/12 with some solid incentives seems relatively fair.

I would rather give Wes Clarke 1st base than Smith. Smith hasn't had an ops over .700 in 3 years. If we don't bring in a big name Santana or even Tyler Black would be just fine.

Lux was a 2.5 war player in 2022, plays solid defense (2B) and is controlled for 3 years. He hit .276/.346/.745, there isn't much power or base stealing ability which does limit his value especially coming off an injury. He is a hometown kid and would be ok, I would probably prefer a bigger upside guy but maybe that os the guy we just traded for from the Phillies. I would go after Vargas or Busch for sure and add a bit more if need be to get them. Also there are problems 6-10 pitchers I would go for before Lux as well.

Would be a good fit, the Dodgers they have lots of middle IF options Busch, Lux, Rojas, Vargas, Vivas but no high end options. I doubt Adames get us Vargas, Busch, or Lux but maybe add in Houser, a reliever, or Burnes in a bigger deal.

If you told me we would package Moore and Mendez I would have hoped for more than a guy who ranks 23rd on our prospect list. I do like the stats last year and in the AFL. I don't worry much about the age but I wonder if the 20+ HR power is for real. He was like a 3-7 HR guy through college and until last year. If he takes walks, has decent speed, plays a decent 2B, and has decent power this could be a nice find. If the power isn't real he isn't much better than Miller or Montesario. Moore and Mendez aren't huge loses but I probably ranked each from 25-35. For a guy I would put borderline top 20 that will be 26 next year and no AAA experience is meh.

I think this is the most logical since we are keeping most of the staff. I like the idea of getting Rickie Weeks or Matt Erikson to be the bench coach and grooming them to be the manager in a couple years.

I would hate taking Stanton, however if it got us a couple of their higher quality prospects and they ate say 10 million a year I could be sold.

My guess is we will add guys, either from trades of Burnes, Williams, Adames, other or sign a cheaper vet or two.

With the reports of everyone available I believe that really is a declaration that says Yelich is available "if he will accept a trade". For this post I am going to assume all California and higher end contenders are trade possibilities. My guess is that most teams will want to get rid of some salary in any trade and won't give up any top 50-75 prospects (I am going to try and stay out of teams top 5 prospects for the most part. 1) Dodgers for SS Miguel Rojas, P Kyle Hurt, C Thaiyron Liranzo The Dodgers don't have any bad contracts but Yelich would be great in front of Betts and Freeman and the Dodgers have cash and a LF opening. Maybe combine with Burnes or Adames for a stronger package. 2) Giants for OF/DH Haniger, P Mason Black, P Hayden Birdsong The Giants need some firepower and have lots of cash. Yelich would be a big upgrade over Haniger. We get 2 interesting arms out of it and a reclamation project who could be a nice DH. 3)Angels for Tyler Anderson, Brandon Drury, IF Kyren Paris, and P Tyan Costieu This might work the best, the Angels will be desperate to improve and can't rebuild with how bad their farm is. Anderson could be Wade Miley for us and Drury would be great as 2B/3B/1B/DH with Tyler Black. 4)Padres for IF Cronenworth, IF Pauley, P Mazur The pads want to cut salary, doubt taking Yeli works, but maybe if they trade Soto and one other big contract it could work. 5)Mariners for Robbie Ray, P Perlander Berroa, P Jimmy Joyce and C Blake Hunt If healthy Ray for Yeli makes sense, Kelenic moves to RF. Ray offers top of the rotation stuff and half the length of contract. I love Berroa as a late inning reliever or go back to starting (if we can help with command) and being a young Freddy Peralta. 6) Red Sox for Trevor Story, 3B Blaze Jordan, 2B Nick Yorke, and P Luis Perales I really don't like Story but he could rebound with the bat and is a good 2B. I made the prospect package better here because Yeli for 6 is better than Story's 4 (maybe add Houser or a reliever). I doubt Yeli would go to Boston. 7) Yankees for Lemahieu, P Will Warren, and P Clayton Beeter This is a re-thread. LeMahieu for us makes sense and the Yanks get more athletic in the OF, we get 2 interesting arms as well. Again I wouldnt want to go to the Yanks but maybe Yeli would. 8)Mets for Jeff McNeil The Mets could use LF and have an excess 2B/3B. McNeil really isn't a bad contract so maybe we add Elvis Peguro or Houser. Again New York for Yeli is meh, but they will have great teams with 300 million dollar budgets. 9) Philly for Nick Castellanos Castellanos might be a better candidate to play 1B (came up as 3B) and has 3 years left. He fits the Phillies roster a bit better than Castellanos. 10) Monster 3 team Giants get 3B Bogaetz, SS Adames and Yelich, P Adam Mazur, and OF Jacob Marsee Padres get Burnes we get Carson Wisenhunt and Robby Snelling. The Giants spend the money they have been trying to spend the past couple years and get an entire middle of a lineup as well as 2 prospects (to make up for Wisenhunt a bit). The Padres get and ace and shed money short term and long. We get 2 potential aces for our vets, on top of it we save 50 million and can sign a couple interesting free agents.

Solid, especially if you add a couple prospcets from Burnes and Williams. My guess is Gioloto gets close to 20 million based on potential but that fits into your salary.

I doubt Balt gives up Rodriguez even for Burnes and Williams, we could get a great haul if we do send both to 1 place.

I like your trades, however 6 IF prospect might be over doing it. Change 2 of this into pitchers and I am on board. Belt had a really good year, my guess is he gets more like 1/15 or 2/25, still with your budget that is doable.

I think the Baez comment is that Adames is treanding towards Baez. Baez was a .270+ hitter before age 27 and has not made adjustment and is now one of the worst bats in the league. Adames was a .260 hitter and is losing batting average fast. Yes, Adames still has power, takes some walks, and plays top notch defense. However if Adames doesn't change and loses a bit of pop like Baez and defense slowly decrease he could be Baez very easily in 2 years. It makes an extension very worrisome especially for a team with a 120-140 million-ish salary.

Not to shabby, I like Garver and Martinez but we would probably get Westburg and Hall for Burnes no need to add Weimer.

If the price was like Taylor or Houser and a prospect I would say sure. However I have been hearing analyst saying they could get young #3 type starters (Matt Manning, Bryan Woo, Dodgers young guys, etc.). No thanks

I wouldn't release him, he will bring back someone at least similar to the Canha trade. I doubt we get anyone like Gleybar Torres or Connor Norby. I think it kind of depends on how some of our trades/free agents shake out, if we get better pitching prospects who are mlb ready I would probably say trade since we have Rea signed and some AAA depth in case of emergency. If we get IF prospects in trades I would be fine keeping him, maybe dealing at the deadline if Rodriguez/Misi are ready.