There are rumors out there that Santana is next to go, within a day or two. Cool. Good for DiPoto.
I'm going to make a wild trade proposal, one involving Mitch Haniger, our stud hoss.
The Dodgers want out of Kemp's one year, $21M contract. I say buy him with Haniger.
Now, don't spill your coffee on the keyboard.....there are other pieces to include, as well.
I ran across this article at lookoutlanding -- https://www.lookoutlanding.com/2018/12/7/18131068/fpf-no-really-guys-im-...
Give it a read... go ahead...no really--I mean it!... I'll wait... *taps fingers patiently*...I can do this all day... *taps fingers some more*
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Daddy-O pointed out, quite adroitly, that owning the #31 asset of anything (Sheffield) isn't worthy of a fireworks launch if there are 32 people milling around looking for dance partners. True dat. The Mariners did not rake back an Edwin Diaz 4 years younger and here are a couple of pernts to take with you:
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1) Teams usually don't. Usually the top 10 prospects in baseball, if they are ML-ready, are untouchable for anybody anyway. ... well, you might as well try to deal for Kluber.
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Again, Dr. D is proceeding from the presumption that there isn't a lot of overview material around that captures Dipoto's intent. Dr. D plowed through every significant source around and found little to orient him. Dipoto did claim that the M's' minor league system had moved from Bottom 10 to Top 5.
A start on an overview might be the below. Kyle Lewis was easily the #1 before the trades; now he drops to #4 before Sheffield, Kelenik and Dunn.
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1. James Paxton for
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Sorry about the duplicate. This is the right one. :- )
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Floating around Lookout Landing, USSM, John Sickels/Minor League Ball? Even SportSpyder, Fangraphs' individual trade reviews and scouring the earth for those Bud Light commercials where a no-nonsense king scales the walls of a prissy King of Clubs?
There was nothing, anywhere, that consolidated the M's teardown and made sense of the operation as a whole.
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Floating around Lookout Landing, USSM, John Sickels/Minor League Ball? Even SportSpyder, Fangraphs' individual trade reviews and scouring the earth for those Bud Light commercials where a no-nonsense king scales the walls of a prissy King of Clubs?
There was nothing, anywhere, that consolidated the M's teardown and made sense of the operation as a whole.
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Sheffield is the #31 prospect in pro baseball; Baseball America has this to add about the 22-year-old lefty:
Originally acquired in the trade that sent reliever Andrew Miller to Cleveland, Sheffield ranked as the Yankees’ top prospect. The lefthander used a mix of three pitches that each ranked as above-average or better to blitz the upper levels of New York’s system en route to his big league debut toward the end of the season.
OK, you've likely seen the report: Segura and potentially another player to Philadelphia for JP Crawford and (get this, if you haven't seen the reports) Carlos Santana, a slow 32-year old-ish man of the 1B/DH variety. The M's are reportedly "resistant" to getting Santana in the deal. No matter, we will. At least we will get to hear a whole bunch of "Black Magic Woman" as he comes to the plate.
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PREAMBLE
Indulge Dr. D and his Mainframe one more Echo Box to catch up against the 50-comment thread.. then spend one post while he mourns the crushing of the Yankees' enemies, watches us driven before them, and hears the lamentations of our women... then I s'pose it'll be back to our actual feebleminded shtick.
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Moe sez, using eminently good sense:
Goodness knows that DiPoto plays well with the St. Louis suits; witness the Tank for Marco trade. Oh, Mike Leake, too.
So let's go back to that well once again, in a trade that makes good sense and helps both squads.
The Cards already have a set of frontline young arms in Flaherty, Martinez and Mikolas. A Paxton addition would certainly put them in place to challenge Chicago and Milwaukee again. Rumors are that they are looking for bullpen help, as well. We happen to have one of those Colomes laying around. Dangle both those guys in front of the Cardinals' FO types and you would get some lick-smacking interest in a hurry.
