That would be amazing. I don't expect or even want an owner to have an unlimited payroll budget like the Dodgers or Warriors do but I'd settle for anyone who won't constantly kneecap the team by trading everyone good every 4-5 years.
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That would be amazing. I don't expect or even want an owner to have an unlimited payroll budget like the Dodgers or Warriors do but I'd settle for anyone who won't constantly kneecap the team by trading everyone good every 4-5 years.
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Tetsujin
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If Juan Soto is worth more than 440 million dollars, what’s Ohtani worth? A billion dollars?
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You cant not entertain it, because you know the Dodgers in their infinite money and prospects are as well.
Nats would want all 3 and more. And like Slab said, you have to seriously consider pulling the trigger, especially with the Dodgers being one of the only other teams who can afford the cost to trade and the extension. Facing Soto in the division for the next 10+ years does not sound fun.
I don’t recall any deal like this involving 2 top 25 prospects. It won’t happen. Luciano is a top 10 guy and Harrison is going to be soon as he’s dominating every level most likely will end up being the top LHP prospect within a year. Nobody would deal 2 guys for anyone. But SF does have several top prospects to add to one of these guys in a deal
When LA acquired Scherzer and Trea Turner they got Ruiz and Gray who were in the 40’s and then 2 additional prospects.
Luciano is universally seen as a can’t miss guy and most likely a franchise guy. He by himself would absolutely open eyes but I personally would rather trade Harrison than a franchise SS in the making
At the same time, when is a 23 year old hitter who's probably the best hitter in baseball (top 3 at worst), available for trade? This is like if the Angels made 23 year old Mike Trout available in a deal; just doesn't happen.
If there's a deal available, you do it and figure out the rest later. Soto is generational. Luciano and Harrison are awesome prospects, but you trade them all day every day for a talent like Soto. The nice thing is the Giants (in theory) have a budget so they could put a team around Soto to win.
As far as the LA deal, Max was a rental while Trea did have 1 year of team control, is going to be 30 here when he heads for UFA.
We will see. Agreed that this is an unusual situation as Soto is so young and that makes it unique. I’ll go on record that they do not get 2 top 25 prospects out of this but one and then several organizational top prospects
Joey since getting called back up:
25 PA
.318 BA
.400 OBP
2 HR
12.0% BB
32.0% K
.455 wOBA
200 wRC+
32% is still crazy high, but that's at least a playable number for the majors. And as we've seen all year, this dude hits the ball freaking hard when he makes contact. Tiniest of samples, but it's great to see him have some success and raking the last week and a half.
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SLAB
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Time to buy everyone...
As long as “everyone” is Juan Soto, lets do it!
Lmao. Farhan always finds a way.
"Why spend $500 mil on Ohtani when I can just draft the next one?"
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
I mean, the obvious answer is that Ohtani is now producing at a two-way pace that exceeds even Babe Ruth but I'm sure Farhan will have the last laugh when Crawford produces just enough to be flipped for a four month rental of Pete Alonso or someone of that class which will go well enough but ultimate result in him signing a huge deal with a division rival in the offseason.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
The A's now have like four different elite catching prospects in their system and Sean Murphy on their big league roster (at least for the next few weeks).
If Billy Beane is a master at finding undervalued assets, those assets are apparently all currently catchers.
If Billy Beane is a master at finding undervalued assets, those assets are apparently all currently catchers.
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Well...We may have lost to the Dodgies at the end of the day. At least it wasn't at home and by 23 runs...
Hmm.. I'd probably want to keep a prospect or two if we were including Webb. Dude is 25, he has team control another 4 years, he's a front-line/all-star caliber pitcher. He's not generational like Soto, but I think including all our top prospects AND Webb is kind of excessive. At some point you just have to say "Ok fine, let someone else beat Luciano/Harrison/Ramos/Matos"
Ideally, you just sell the farm and get to start the team with Webb as a starter, Doval in the pen and Soto as a hitter.
SLAB
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To me it’s a matter of extension. If you can somehow get Boras to agree to an extension, I don’t care. Trade everyone.
Trade everyone, then he just walks to LA in 2.5 seasons? That absolutely cannot happen under any circumstances.
Yeah that goes without saying. Def need to have the extension worked out before you trade the top 4-5 prospects+maybe ML talent for him.
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