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Sheff is not on the same stratosphere as far as headliners go.

Can’t make a deal like this without any risk, though. Pitching prospects themselves are risky af anyway and I’m never against cashing chips for a guy who’s already established. FYI I was very much a proponent of the Pomeranz deal a few years ago.

Fact is we traded an unproven pitching prospect for a guy who, warts and all, is solid.

It hurts, but Paxton is solid.

Yea, this is totally something that other franchises entertain. ESPN is definitely the problem here.

Don’t underestimate how cheap the ownership is. I don’t think they ever intended on passing the threshold due to the 2018 FA class.

Ohtani was a no brainer

Covington isn’t even a better shooter than Butler. Saric is alright I guess. I’m sure they’ll get a Belinelli/Ilyasova type around the time vets get bought out.

Laughing at Brook Lopez’s statline right now

Sanchez in 2017 is right about on par with Realmuto’s best season. “Way worse defense” is an exaggeration because Gary is a better pitch framer and has a better arm. I already know you are going to retort with passed balls, and my answer is that it’s not as impactful as sports talk radio makes it out to be. Marlins have to add to Realmuto to get Sanchez, sry.

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It’s fake. Gary already had Realmuto’s best season when he was like 4 years younger.

I can’t think of anything other than a hard cap, which is dumb from the players’ perspective, or some scheme that allows the original team a discounted cap hit which is probably stupid. At a certain point you just suck it up and let free agents sign with super teams.

That contract is a shame because a motivated Wall would prosper. I’d love him with Pop.

Yanks would be pretty stupid to give up Torres in almost any trade. The guys a solid bet for 4-6 WAR at a premium position for the next decade. You don’t trade guys like that.