RHP Thyago Vieira .. for $500K !!
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G-Money sez,
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https://twitter.com/RyanDivish/status/931205788428746752
Mariners acquire international slot money from the White Sox in exchange for RHP Thyago Vieira
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For $0.5M, according to this MLB article. Vieira is worth more like what, $5-8M, would you say? (Well, in normal money rather than in international money, true.)
In wars they have this term, "FIELD RATES." I'll give ya this K-ration for 100 rounds of .223, sure. In 40 years of baseball I've never seen "field rates" like that. SLAP me SILLY. Next up, Edwin Diaz for $650k in slot dinero.
10% of you did not know that Vieira is a reliever who throws 100 MPH, whose slider is advancing quickly, and who will be ready by June 2018 in the disaster scenario. He will serve a short apprenticeship in setup and then will close for club-controls type of salary. Most Denizens were hip to that, but SSI is (unlike Federal Way) building 'an inclusive community.'
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Mo' Dawg sez
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"Here Otani! Come here Otani! Here boy!!"
And that international cash gets us close to the top teams this year, I would suppose.
I suggested we could send Vieira to Chicago, but thought Abreu might be part of the return. I was wrong.
If the new MLB paradigm is cold decking power bullpen arms and throwing them out in succession from the 5th inning on, Pipoto just became a contrarian of sorts, at least when searching for bigger pieces.
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Key takeaway from this? From selling Thyago Veira for 10% of his value? That the M's like their chances on Ohtani, wouldn't you think? Are YOU offloading Thyago Vieira for nothing, because you think you have a 1/4 chance at closing escrow?
BABVA,
Dr D
Just traded Thyago for straight international cash