The roller coaster of emotions expressed by everyone here on Aug. 31, 2017 was crazy to read.
Passan now confirms that deal Soto will be a Padre regardless of Hosmer
Edit I only add this, even though it had been said by Rosenthal and others, because Passan is the national reporter I trust to be right the most
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I’m SO glad I was asleep for all that.
So Bell might not be going anywhere yet?
Remains to be seen if he will still be in the deal. I haven’t seen anybody mention if this means anything for Bell
Edit my guess is he still will be but the Padres are now in a tough spot. They have to get somebody to take Hosmer
Me too
I woke up in the middle of the night, maybe 2 or 3 am and read twitter from around 10pm(time stamp) until the deal was done, so I had, in a little less time, the same experience everyone else did. Just a few hours after it actually happened. Weird experience for sure
If Brantley is a no go the rest of the season, would there be devalued value to acquire Hosman? The CF situation is a greater need
Hosmer is strictly a 1B. How would that address the Brantley problem?
He’s left handed, I guess. Only correlation I can think of. Hard no from me
Mancini in LF, Spell Gurriel, Rotate DH, trade for CF
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I think Trey Mancini is more or less insurance for Brantley in the event Brantley can’t play.
No, no, no.
There has to be a few NL CF’ers who could be gotten for a reasonable price?
JJ Bleday (Marlins)
Ian Happ (Cubs)
Nick Senzel (Reds)
Traycee Thompson (Dodgers)
Obdubel Herrera (Phillies)
Brian Reynolds (Pirates)
Mike Yazstremski (Giants)
I think I’ve posted my “story” on here before, but I found out about it first thing in the morning, bleary-eyed, on the shitter, scrolling down and seeing this gem from Gammons that took me a minute to comprehend:
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We look there, it’s the biggest missing piece
Irons in the fire, I am sure. Just trying to whittle down the final candidates.
Happ seems to be the most available, and there are a few AL players that may be possible - but unlikely.
Good luck J Click! Bring it home.
Bleday and Senzel aren’t going anywhere barring a very strange trade. They’re both former top-5 draft picks and relatively recent callups. Herrera sucks and is also a domestic abuser. I like Thompson as an option but it’s hard to see the Astros and Dodgers connecting on a trade right now. Happ and Yaz make a lot of sense, Reynolds too as a bigger splash.
Edit: forgot Senzel’s been up since ‘19 but still really hard to see Cindy moving him.
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If Click wanted to continue loading up on rentals…
Not only is the ex-Astro still on the IL, he was having a shitty year at the plate prior to getting hurt.
The only thing in his favor is he did have a helluva year in '21 (4.9 WAR).
Fair enough - forgot about Herrera’s personal life - and it does look like a waning pool of options.