Based on what trades have gone down and reports, I would have expected Graveman to cost Korey Lee + a prospect.
This is a great start.
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Reports confirming its 1-for-1
I am with you on that, HH, as I usually am.
That’s a reasonable first move. Hope there’s more to come.
It’s an $8.5M player option, so he very might well become a FA.
Hmmm, I thought I’d heard Kalas say something about him hitting numbers that vested next years option. I stand corrected. My apologies.
If Verlander goes to the Rangers, the Rangers will still be the Rangers and the Astros will still be the Astros.
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Cody Bellinger is still in play for the Astros, per sources.
It’s not exactly my attitude, I just find the idea of being loyal to an employer because they employ you, laughable. I have made decisions about my own employment that have not been about money but to act like the money isn’t(or shouldn’t be) a factor is insane to me. The quote was to illustrate that money is how the employer shows loyalty to the employee, and if somebody else offers you more, then maybe they value you more than your current employer does.
I’ll just never understand bitching about somebody leaving for more money when 90+% of the population would do the same fucking thing. And I’ll never blame an athlete who does.
And I’m not saying you are, I replied to somebody else and you jumped in. I left your comment alone.
You and I have been down this road before, and I usually try to avoid it. I probably should have today too, but here we are.
I can’t see any chance he accepts his player option unless he’s hurt.
He will get a Montero-like deal from someone and I don’t see the Astros paying over $10M for another RP considering Pressly, Montero, and Graveman add up to $33.5M.
We agree on this reliever scenario
I would be stoked with this as long as it doesn’t cost us Chaz. But with what it cost to get Graveman, getting Belinger, a higher end starter like Stroman or even Lorenzen, looks like it’s going to be extremely expensive.
Chas for Bellinger would be so one-sided that Bowie Kuhn would get out of his grave to overrule it.
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Both write-ups at the Athletic say largely the same thing: Korey Lee is a pretty good return for the White Sox, but as an expendable piece for the Astros, it makes a ton of sense for both sides.
As I said earlier this week in Monday’s game thread, Chas McCormick should not be in any trade discussions this season. End of discussion.
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I’m happy for Lee to get an extended opportunity with the White Sox, but Yainer Diaz is the catcher of the future here.
Meyers for Bellinger would be one-sided.
But maybe Meyers, Arrighetti, and S. Martinez for Bellinger and Stroman works?
A lot of control and solid, not all-star production/potential for 2 rentals.
Cubs could get a lot more than that for those two, maybe more than that for each one individually, the way prices are right now. To get both you’d have to throw in Dirden and one of Leon/Barber just to keep the conversation going I’d guess.
You are probably right.
The value: Jake projects for about 8 WAR in his 4 remaining protected years, Martinez about 5 in his 5 remaining seasons, and Arrighetti 6 in his 6 years.
Projected 19 WAR for 2 rental players would appear a good return, but this is a crazy market and there is no star power in that return for Chicago.
Truth is I actually thought Meyers was closer to 3 wins per year. He’s not as valuable as I thought.