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In the long term maybe. But for this year I expect to spend up to the CBT to improve the team. Even if that means trading for a terrible short...
https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/ looks like we are currently 10th on salary and 13th in AAV (CBT salary)
I’ve been trying to think of some trade candidates that are overpaid or fairly paid but way too expensive for a non-competitive team. As long as...
I wonder what the Mets plan is with their 4 catchers? Surely one of McCann or Nido will be traded/released?
I don’t see any issue with it. I imagine if they were to tweak rule to prevent circumvention of luxury tax you could basically say any $ post 40...
probably depends on how competitive Giants are at the time. Could be a Pujols situation where he DHs and chases some counting numbers for HOF.
I like the Salvador Perez random trade idea. Astros have the space to take on the full salary too to minimize prospect cost. Perez plus...
trying to get Conforto or Benintendi to accept the standing offer?
I prefer Alek Thomas to Varsho. But Astros/Diamondbacks seems to be an awkward fit as trade partners. The valuable pieces they would be interested...
[MEDIA] Strange trade
Agree he’s not worth the max, but Rockets will have to pay the max to land him. This team NEEDs a vet PG like him to settle things down and keep...
Jalen Carter no matter what. Get an edge defender or receiver with the Browns pick.
#1 free agent target should be Fred VanVleet (only exception if you draft Scoot then target should be Myles Turner). Give him the max, got to pay...
Cot’s 2023-2027 tracker https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/al-west/houston-astros/
it’s basically a similar or slightly improved team to 2022 where they won 101 games. Is it dominant like you would expect from that size payroll?...
….probably because I liked Meyers too pre-injury I’m ok with centerfield being 100 OPS+ or slightly less if they are gold glove on defense. On...
Alek Thomas is really interesting to me.
Less prospect cost if you pay full rate though…Seems Crane could afford it and still have ~15M of space umber CBT to play with for catcher or...
and he should be the pick if the coaching staff will be the same. No reason to ruin a #1 pick QB with a bad situation. New coaching staff with...
Nimmo
