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So the luxury tax begins at $208 million but more punitive consequences (draft pick spots, international money, etc) begin after $248 million?
Right, the current CBA has a luxury tax level (next year $208M, last year $206M) and then two levels of higher penalties $20M and $40M higher than that. Everything under $248M is just cash, over $248M brings in other penalties which is why teams have been treating it like a hard cap (except for BOS 2018).
 

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Boone finishes second in AL Manager of the Year.

1. Rocco Baldelli, 106 points
2. Aaron Boone, 96 points
3. Kevin Cash, 33 points
4. Bob Melvin, 19 points
5. AJ Hinch, 12 points.
 

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Right, the current CBA has a luxury tax level (next year $208M, last year $206M) and then two levels of higher penalties $20M and $40M higher than that. Everything under $248M is just cash, over $248M brings in other penalties which is why teams have been treating it like a hard cap (except for BOS 2018).
Thanks, the budget is actually quite tight then. It''ll be interesting to see what Cashman does, but his acquisitions this season are huge in terms of production and budget.
 

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I would say that the budget is only tight if all of these things are true: 1) they sign Cole or Strasburg, 2) they do have a self-inposed $248M limit, which as I keep saying, I doubt, and 3) they don't/can't move salary from somewhere else. Even if the first two are true, they could pick up $5M of Happ's 2020 deal, attach a prospect to him, and save $12M against the cap that way (and avoid the possibility of his 2021 deal vesting).
 

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Barring a trade that opens up holes in the current roster, NY seems unlikely to sign any FAs besides Gardner and a top SP, unless they see a DJ-like value out there once things settle down a bit. The infield is set without Didi, the outfield is set once Gardner comes back, they do need more catching depth but it will likely be someone with options since Higashioka is out of them, the bullpen is set.
 

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I would be curious to hear who you think would make that Ellsbury trade and who you would have to give up to make it happen. Not trying to throw shade, I just cant really think of any team that would willingly take on $22 mil unless they are getting Frazier or something(but i feel like he is kind of damaged goods?). But I am not terribly familiar with your farm system.
 

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Honestly I don't think it would take nearly as much as you think, almost any rebuilding team would at least be interested. SD took the last year of Chase Headley's deal ($13M) just for Bryan Mitchell, and I'm suggesting NY add two genuine SP prospects with full team control (meaning 8 or 9 years as they're a couple years away from the majors).
 

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Sorry, @sean1562, I didn't realize I didn't mention prospect names for that thought in this thread at all before, I did in the 40 man thread. Obviously I am doing this from the sidelines and have no real way of knowing how NY ranks its young SP prospects internally (and I'm sure Matt Blake is deeply immersed in all of that now which may change things a bit too) but I suggested offering Miguel Yajure and Nick Nelson along with Ellsbury, maybe a third lesser prospect if needed.

That's NY's 17th and 19th overall prospect currently, in a system loaded with SP potential. Yajure is more exciting, a 21 year old Venezuelan who had a top 10 ERA in all of MLB last year at 2.14, already up to 143 innings, most of the year in high A but two strong starts in AA at the very end of 2019. Nelson is closer to being ready, 24 in December, 65 very strong innings in AA before 4 OK starts in AAA, with the juiced MLB balls.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=664337#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL
http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=656793#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL
It's also connected to the 40 man crunch next week as I posted more about in the other thread. NY can't protect everyone, but I will hate it if Yajure blows up elsewhere. NY has given away some gems the last few years because of roster crunches, Caleb Smith to MIA, Gio Gallegos to STL, it's the kind of talent grab that smart non-contending teams should consider.
 

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cole is going to LAA unless we offer at least 260-280 mil
steven s is gonna be back in wash
bumgarder seems a lock for atl but wouild u do a 2y/50mil deal for him
wheeler whouild be a 3 at best i wouild see what hou offers and try to beat them by aav give wheeler a 1y 25 mil deal

the q is offer cole for 8 280 or sign mad-bum 2y 50 i wouild go up to 2 and 60 for mad bum and wheeler 1y 25 mil
 

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i wouild add no hitters and no bullpen guys i wouild try and move stanon after 2020 through does lad have a bad conttact i wouild give lad 3 choies A take the whouild deal and u can have fraizer plus 3 of our top 10 pos b take haif and u can have frizer plus 1 of our 10 pos c eat 200 mil but they get nothing else
 

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cole is going to LAA unless we offer at least 260-280 mil
steven s is gonna be back in wash
bumgarder seems a lock for atl but wouild u do a 2y/50mil deal for him
wheeler whouild be a 3 at best i wouild see what hou offers and try to beat them by aav give wheeler a 1y 25 mil deal

the q is offer cole for 8 280 or sign mad-bum 2y 50 i wouild go up to 2 and 60 for mad bum and wheeler 1y 25 mil
Seems like there is a public consensus on the type of contract Cole will get but in reality this is more the public agreeing with each other than what teams might offer him. Too many factors can impact who is involved in the bidding.

The one thing I'll say about Cole is that if Boras truly plays it out until January or February, the number of teams will probably be down to just a couple who are willing to play ball. Is LAA going to be comfortable missing out on the other top starters to wait for Cole? What if LAA or NYY make a big SP trade?

I don't think there's any realistic chance the Yankees go after SS or Bum. Wheeler maybe but I don't think Wheeler does anything for this rotation.
 

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I think they're going to go pretty hard after Cole, 8/264 is what I suggested topping out at. Agreed that Strasburg will go elsewhere, WAS or one of the CA teams. If you're considering adding someone from the Wheeler/Bumgarner tier, I think you have to consider Odorizzi also, who had a pretty strong season for MIN last year (3.6 bWAR) and who has a ton of AL East experience already with TB, he turns 30 in March.

Wheeler is going to get a lot, maybe 4/80 or 5/100, maybe from NY. Bumgarner has the dominant postseason history we all remember, but he doesn't have near the same stuff now plus going from the NL West to the AL East, I would probably stay away from him.
 

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Wheeler/Bumgarner tier, I think you have to consider Odorizzi also
I don't think they do. This team, right now, is an overwhelming division favorite. We don't need regular season depth, of which we have plenty. They should only buy players who prime them for a postseason run.
 

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I don't think they do. This team, right now, is an overwhelming division favorite. We don't need regular season depth, of which we have plenty. They should only buy players who prime them for a postseason run.
I agree with this for most areas of the team but not sure about the rotation, it depends on what you think of the Montgomery/King/Deivi etc crew backing up the top 5. Right now the depth chart looks something like this:

Paxton
Severino
Tanaka
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Happ
Montgomery

King
Deivi

I'd feel better about the SP depth if they got someone who bumped Montgomery down to AAA even with German out, but it's a question of cost too. I can see the Cole or nothing perspective too, I do think they go after him quite hard.
 

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Sorry, @sean1562, I didn't realize I didn't mention prospect names for that thought in this thread at all before, I did in the 40 man thread. Obviously I am doing this from the sidelines and have no real way of knowing how NY ranks its young SP prospects internally (and I'm sure Matt Blake is deeply immersed in all of that now which may change things a bit too) but I suggested offering Miguel Yajure and Nick Nelson along with Ellsbury, maybe a third lesser prospect if needed.

That's NY's 17th and 19th overall prospect currently, in a system loaded with SP potential. Yajure is more exciting, a 21 year old Venezuelan who had a top 10 ERA in all of MLB last year at 2.14, already up to 143 innings, most of the year in high A but two strong starts in AA at the very end of 2019. Nelson is closer to being ready, 24 in December, 65 very strong innings in AA before 4 OK starts in AAA, with the juiced MLB balls.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=664337#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL
http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=656793#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL
It's also connected to the 40 man crunch next week as I posted more about in the other thread. NY can't protect everyone, but I will hate it if Yajure blows up elsewhere. NY has given away some gems the last few years because of roster crunches, Caleb Smith to MIA, Gio Gallegos to STL, it's the kind of talent grab that smart non-contending teams should consider.
thanks! it is crazy how well Cashman has run your org the last few seasons, picking up bargain bin guys that have turned into stars and developing a farm system with some actual depth. I think I was approaching it with the red sox farm in my head. Not sure we have the really high upside guys that would make a $22 mil contract palatable but I can see it more with those two. At that point it would just be who would do it with you. Seattle maybe? Or the White Sox, if they dont try and make a splash this offseason?

edit: looking over your post in the other thread, I didnt even think of the insurance payout that would offset Jacoby's salary. Do those transfer across teams? You would also have to convince him to take the trade but if he really isnt ever playing again anyway, what difference is it to him?
 

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I don't know the answer to that, and I don't know if Cashman is even trying to move him actively (or if he'd approve it), just seems like there is a deal there that could end up helping everyone.

As for teams, I always thought it would be ARI as he has a house there, but they have added a lot of talent to their system in the last year or so and maybe don't need to do something like this. SEA could be a good fit, MIA maybe? Dunno, thankfully I can just post the ideas and don't have to actually try to make them happen. :)
 

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First reporting on the backup C situation today, from Bryan Hoch:

"The Yankees have spoken to Austin Romine’s agent about a potential return, but they believe Kyle Higashioka is ready to be the backup. Higashioka is out of minor league options."

Either way NY will need to add a third guy who has options, the Padres have four catchers on their 40 man and a roster crunch ahead of next week's rule 5 deadline and they really want to add offense, so I came up with this at baseballtradevalues.com (their values on guys in parentheses below).

NY sends SD Clint Frazier (19) and Miguel Andujar (27.2) for Austin Hedges (22.1), Manny Margot (8.2), and Cal Quantrill (14).

All five of those guys are currently on the fringe of their team's future plans (Andujar is the only one currently starting in the Roster Resource depth charts, at DH, and he will be bumped by Stanton once Gardner is resigned, Tauchman in LF), and it would be trading huge offensive potential to SD for proven defense at C and CF and a possible young back of the rotation SP to throw in the mix with Montgomery and King. SD currently has overpriced and bad options at 1B and LF (Hosmer/Myers), Andujar/Frazier easily could be upgrades there even with their defensive issues (keep Andujar away from 3B and Clint away from RF) and SD wouldn't be giving up much to get a chance to see and they're both pre-arb. I think NY would add $4-$5M of salary in this deal and free up a 40 man spot for SD, just an idea.

Then NY could let Higashioka and Hedges battle it out for backup in spring training, Hedges is an incredible defender but was a dreadful hitter this past season, I think NY needs a superior defender behind Sanchez if at all possible. Some defensive numbers on Hedges:

"Here’s how Hedges ranks according to various defensive indicators:
  • Baseball Prospectus’ Fielding Runs Above Average number (FRAA) judges that he has essentially saved 24.7 runs more than an average catcher (1st in MLB among catchers)
  • Fangraphs places a 23.4 Defensive WAR indicator on his 2019 work (2nd in MLB among catchers)
  • Hedges has logged a 18.7 RAA according to Statcorner (1st in MLB among catchers); the site also finds that he has been +141 on framing strike calls (1st among catchers)
This, friends, is how you can log 1.7 WAR through 85 games despite being one of the absolute worst hitters in baseball (.196/.262/.351 this year)."

https://www.gaslampball.com/2019/9/1/20842620/austin-hedges-baseballs-best-defender
Then if Higashioka holds his own in the spring and they want to give him a shot, Hedges can be sent to the minors or if Hedges makes the team, NY would need to add someone else with options. Hedges could give Gary a lot of late innings off in games with leads and keep him fresher, a catcher closer.
 

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My fantasy is Giancarlo Stanton for Mookie Betts, straight up, although the Sox would undoubtedly laugh.
 

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My fantasy is Giancarlo Stanton for Mookie Betts, straight up, although the Sox would undoubtedly laugh.
This is as dumb an idea as I’ve ever read on this site. You could at least have said Mookie for Tauchman, still really dumb but at least he’s cheap.

Edit: The baseballtradevalues site allows us to put a numeric value on this silliness, Betts is 50 and Stanton is -116.9. Proposing a Happ (-9.1) for Verlander (17.9) swap would have been way way way closer to reality, that is how bad this idea was.
 

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In a vacuum sure but why would the Padres take back a corner IF (when they have Machado and Hosmer) and a corner OF (when they have Myers and Renfroe)? And the corner IFs have substantial contracts as does Myers.
 
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In a vacuum sure but why would the Padres take back a corner IF (when they have Machado and Hosmer) and a corner OF (when they have Myers and Renfroe)? And the corner IFs have substantial contracts.
Myers and Hosmer are both terrible and killing the SD offense, on a team that desperately wants/needs to start winning this year (their GM is on thin ice). Andujar would be converted to a 1B, Frazier would play LF. I mentioned the contracts of Hosmer and Myers but SD desperately needs to add offense and this would be a really easy way.
 

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Myers sucks, Renfroe is also bad defensively. Andujar would be converted to a 1B, Frazier would play LF. I mentioned the contracts of Hosmer and Myers but SD desperately needs to add offense and this would be a really easy way.
I edited my post above to also note Myers' contract. They'd also have to eat salary to move those guys which I can't see them doing.
 

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I edited my post above to also note Myers' contract. They'd also have to eat salary to move those guys which I can't see them doing.
That doesn't mean they have to play them, though. If you have a better idea for SD to add offense cheaply, cool, but this seems to help everyone. I edited my first answer above also.
 

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That doesn't mean they have to play them, though. If you have a better idea for SD to add offense cheaply, cool, but this seems to help everyone. I edited my first answer above also.
You're also kind of assuming that they would definitely be upgrades. Frazier may indeed be nothing more than Myers - at this point his MLB track record is on the same trajectory. And who the hell knows about Andujar after his shoulder injury.
 

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You're also kind of assuming that they would definitely be upgrades. Frazier may indeed be nothing more than Myers - at this point his MLB track record is on the same trajectory. And who the hell knows about Andujar after his shoulder injury.
SD is not giving up much in this deal, fringe players who they'd probably prefer not to pay arb deals if possible. Even if both Andujar and Frazier are total busts, they haven't lost much and they've saved a bit of money.
 

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I didn't expect to have to defend this deal to this degree but SD is set at SS and 3B, they have 4 catchers so likely aren't upgrading there, and they have a talented 2B prospect they'd probably prefer not to block. That leaves the three OF positions and 1B for possible offensive upgrades, which again is all their fan base is talking about.
 

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SD is not giving up much in this deal, fringe players who they'd probably prefer not to pay arb deals if possible. Even if both Andujar and Frazier are total busts, they haven't lost much and they've saved a bit of money.
I wouldn't call Quantrill a fringe player. He was drafted 1/8 just three years ago. That would be my hesitation on the SD side unless I had somewhere to move one of the contracts.

Also Odorizzi accepted his QO.
 

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I wouldn't call Quantrill a fringe player. He was drafted 1/8 just three years ago. That would be my hesitation on the SD side unless I had somewhere to move one of the contracts.
Yeah, but he was terrible in his month up last year and will be 25 in February. He was drafted highly as you say but none of the SD sites have him in their future plans as more than a depth piece. Anyway, the other two guys were more specific targets, with Quantrill I was just trying to match the two sides up better on baseballtradevalues and clear another 40 man spot for SD.
 

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This is as dumb an idea as I’ve ever read on this site. You could at least have said Mookie for Tauchman, still really dumb but at least he’s cheap.

Edit: The baseballtradevalues site allows us to put a numeric value on this silliness, Betts is 50 and Stanton is -116.9. Proposing a Happ (-9.1) for Verlander (17.9) swap would have been way way way closer to reality, that is how bad this idea was.
Hey, I'm entitled to my fantasies. Maybe Stanton is 100% untradeable right now, but maybe not. The Marlins found a buyer. If you are going to move the guy, do it now while he can still hit home runs and put fannies in the seats. By the time he's 34, Stanton will absolutely be untradeable and his deal will make Ellsbury's look like a bargain. So if you are going to relinquish prime prospects to move a salary, it seems to me that Stanton is the one to move if you can.

As for Betts, he's effectively a rental. If he has another good year, his demands in free agency will be exhorbitant.
 

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Hey, I'm entitled to my fantasies. Maybe Stanton is 100% untradeable right now, but maybe not. The Marlins found a buyer. If you are going to move the guy, do it now while he can still hit home runs and put fannies in the seats. By the time he's 34, Stanton will absolutely be untradeable and his deal will make Ellsbury's look like a bargain. So if you are going to relinquish prime prospects to move a salary, it seems to me that Stanton is the one to move if you can.
Maybe but not to the Red Sox, who are actively looking to move salary, and certainly not in exchange for Betts. Think before you post.

Also Stanton has a full no-trade and is very willing to use it, plus he does have his own opt-out after next season. The only team I could possibly see being a fit for him is the Dodgers, but really they should just keep him and hope for a much better season this year, which he's quite capable of.
 

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With all the talk about San Diego being around their payroll max, that hosmer deal just looks so so bad. Whenever people talk shit about boras not doing what is best for his clients, the fact he was able to get Eric hosmer that contract has to be a huge plus in his favor. Created a market out of thin air for a replacement level player
 

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Maybe but not to the Red Sox, who are actively looking to move salary, and certainly not in exchange for Betts. Think before you post.

Also Stanton has a full no-trade and is very willing to use it, plus he does have his own opt-out after next season.
1. I don't follow the Red Sox, except what I read in the Globe. Are the looking to rebuild with less expensive -players? If so, they have a guy named Sale who I'd be happy to take off their hands.
2. I did not know that Stanton has a no trade. If so, it was a really bad acquisition.
 

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1. Yes. You should read a tiny bit of Sons of Sam Horn's Red Sox board to find out stuff like this. Did you know Sale has a new and expensive contract and is coming off of an arm injury?
2. What team are you a fan of if you don't know stuff like that? Or are you just not that into baseball, which begs the question . . .
 

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As a Yankee fan living in New England it's hard to avoid information about the Red Sox but I'm not hungry for information about them. So, if they want to shed salary, who are they going to move? Price and Pedroia are probably untradeable, and so is Castillo at age 31. Betts and Bradley are free agents after next season, yes? Those guys are attractive to a handful of teams who think that one more piece will put them over the top, but it's a very limited market. I'd be lying to say I wish them luck. Frankly I'm indifferent. They're just another team, other than as a rival, like Houston.
 
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While we wait for the 40 man moves this week, here's a more radical trade idea, baseballtradevalue estimated values in parentheses:

NY gets:

Lindor (82.5) (2 years left, $17M estimated this year)
Clevinger (63.4) (3 years left, $4.25M estimated this year)

total BTV=145.9

CLE gets:

Gleyber (112.7) (5 years left, pre-arb)
Andujar (27.2) (4 years left, pre-arb)
Frazier (19) (4 years left, pre-arb)

total BTV=158.9

CLE has to move Lindor at some point and they're never going to get a better player back in return than Gleyber. They have also talked a bit about moving Clevinger as he hits arb this year and will start to get pricier and they have a lot of younger SP candidates. NY takes on $21M in salary this year but then they don't have to spend big bucks on an ace.

I proposed a Lindor for Gleyber deal in the middle of last season too, I still doubt either team would have the balls to pull the trigger but I also still think it makes sense for both teams. Each team could maybe add another smaller piece too to even things out if needed, I don't see a good fit on the BTV values to make this match better.

Then NY would have:

Lindor SS
LeMahieu 2B
Judge RF
Stanton DH
Voit 1B
Sanchez C
Urshela 3B
Tauchman LF
Gardner CF (assuming he resigns)

rotation: Paxton, Clevinger, Tanaka, Severino, Happ (German, Montgomery, King)
 

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Why are so many Yankee fans interested in trading Torres?
 

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Why are so many Yankee fans interested in trading Torres?
It's not that I'm interested in trading him, it's who they'd be getting back for him. DJ's best position is 2B (and I'd try to extend him a couple years if Gleyber was dealt) and Lindor is much better defensively at SS than Gleyber. If you look at next year's Steamer projections, Lindor is 5.9 WAR and Gleyber is 3.4, it's a bit of a 'go for it now' move but I think it makes sense given NY's overall personnel situation.

https://www.fangraphs.com/projections.aspx?pos=ss&stats=bat&type=steamer&team=0&lg=all&players=0
But like I said, I don't think CLE moves Lindor within the AL if possible and I don't think Cashman has the balls to trade Gleyber (and maybe he shouldn't, as you say).
 

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Well, Price is 34 years old and was not particularly dominant last year. As for Sale vs Price, Sale is only 30 and his WHIP has been better than Price's WHIP in each of the last four years.
 
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I can't see Cleveland being that interested in Gleyber and two defensively challenged players for Lindor and Clevinger. Seems like they could get more dealing each of them individually, particularly for three years of Clevinger unless the medicals for his back are bad. Though I do understand that five years of control for Gleyber would be enticing.

Maybe if Frazier shows some defensive consistency this year and Andujar demonstrates that he he can still rake after missing so much time and is fully sound physically. Might help if Andujar can adequately play some 1B as well. Bottom line, I think there is too much uncertainty for both those guys right now to be key components in a deal for two really good players.
 

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Frazier was in the Cleveland system before trade to Yanks. I’m not sure they would want him back
I have heard this both ways with him/CLE, but they are a team like SD that could really use potential special bats in the corner OFs and with the Andujar/Frazier package you get two shots at that, defense depending but the bats are there.

Clint just turned 25, he has had some bad luck the last few years but he had a .843 OPS this year before being sent down in mid-June because his D became unplayable (mostly in RF though, LF and CF he is 'better' at least) and because Mike Tauchman Ruled Everything Around Us (MTREAU, dolla dolla bill y'all).

Also the play I will forever first think of with him was when he was still 22 in August 2017, he did this to a guy who was a top 3 closer in the game at that moment, Corey Knebel. He just DESTROYS this ball, 97 but he easily pulls it anyway...

https://www.mlb.com/twins/unified-player/embed/must-c-frazier-s-walk-off-homer-c1589464683?t=t142-default-atp&siteSection=twins_articles&playerContext=MLB News&autoPlay=true&playerId=embed_player_must-c-frazier-s-walk-off-homer-c1589464683&clickToPlay=true
 

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Jim Bowden rarely seems to be especially in touch with reality but he proposed his own Lindor to NYY deal and mine is a much better deal for CLE (in part because I think they would like to send him to the NL if at all possible so a NY offer really would need to bowl them over).

I proposed Lindor and Clevinger for Gleyber, Andujar and Clint.
He proposed Lindor for Deivi Garcia, Andujar and Oswald Peraza (a 19 year old SS in low A that people are newly excited about, #5 prospect for NY on the recent BA list out of nowhere).

https://theathletic.com/1385977/2019/11/18/bowden-exploring-three-potential-trade-possibilities-for-francisco-lindor/
I'd be happy to switch out Clint for Deivi in my proposal if CLE preferred, but they have tons of young pitchers and badly need offense, so I think Clint is a better fit, which is why I put him in to begin with.
 

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I don't think we have a Gio Urshela thread so while we wait for hopefully exciting 40 man moves, I was thinking about Gio Urshela starting down the stretch in 2017 on the Indians team that won 22 in a row, so I thought I would check his record as a starter since then.

2017: 29-11 (CLE)
2018: 6-7 (TOR)
2019: 75-37 (NYY)

110-55 total, same winning percentage as dominant regular season 2018 BOS. Gotta love the Gio.
 

jon abbey

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Jul 15, 2005
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Speaking of Gio, NY made what seems like a very small minor league signing today, the awesomely named Zach Granite. At first there's not much to notice in his resume, there's a reason he was out there at 27, but check out these parallels.

Nov. 9, 2018: NY signs 27 year old Gio Urshela to a minor league deal, a defensive specialist (3B) with no options left who had a .589 OPS in MLB previously and played against NY in the 2017 playoffs for an AL Central team (CLE).

Nov. 22, 2019: NY signs 27 year old Zach Granite to a minor league deal, a defensive specialist (CF) with no options left who had a .611 OPS in MLB previously and played against NY in the 2017 playoffs for an AL Central team (MIN, he replaced Buxton in CF midgame after he ran into the wall and actually led off the sixth with a single against Robertson when it was 7-4 NY).

So just like Gio last year, he can start in Scranton, but once he comes up, they cannot option him down again without exposing him to other teams. He will not start on the 40 man, but right now he might be the best defensive CF option they have in AAA or MLB, so seemingly good signing, likely opening day Scranton CF as of now.