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way too many variables to do pick by pick. But in aggregate its been done 100 times over

George died and the yankees stopped paying the tax

So excited to be at the Yankees in early April. Makes going so easy and fun to sit in the cold and get heckled

Wait attendance isn't important?! It hugely important, ticket sales and concession are the main revenue drive. For example, the Braves made $100 million from tehir RSN last year. Their total revenue was $663 milliion

Ok. It is still a completly ridiculous proposal then. Lets use a first round pick to save $5 million in four years

ummm what cap space savings? LaPorta is on a rookie deal and has a $2.5 million hit this year, and $3million next year. Pick 29's cap hit is larger than that. It would actually costs us more to have Loveland

Doubt it. Only cause spring training trades are crazy rare and anyone who is moved sucks and if you get anything out of them its just a fluke (nyjer morgan anyone). Teams spend all offseason prepping their teams and getting the guys they like/want/afford in place. Unlikely teams are gonna make a change at at the 1130th hour for some other team cast off. Plus nobody is gonna give up much knowing guy X isn't good enough for your team. Especially not an unproven guy like Tork. Why would any team say give up a decent pitching prospect for a guy who already has his clock going that has major league struggles and the Tigers replaced? So your just getting crap back. Be better just to keep him.

totally fair

Rogers nears deal with the Steelers

rather have him in toledo on starter's schedule then on a bullpen schedule

They still dont

Ok and which player are the cubs gonna cut to keep him, one of the free agents they signed this offseason or their top prospect?

But when he came up didn't they modify it so it was more sinker and less that splitter he had in college?

Workman was taken in the rule 5 by cubs from us. IF he doesn't make the cubs roster he is returned. That is what Edman was referencing. Not the DFA situation

Luis Gonzalez was signed 2 weeks before he was let go

Yeah it might be. I guess i just dont get why so many want jung so bad and want to bring out the pitchforks for tork or he's done or move on or what not, so definitively. This time he was a guy we were counting on and a guy with an arrow pointing up given how he finished 2023. He fell flat last year (albeit still with a positive war) but is that one year enough to just write off a 25 year old No. 1 pick? I dunno i guess i just want to see if that guy bounces back before saying he's done. It has happened before that guys just have bad years.

I dont get why people are so eager for Jace and so quick to just say dumb Tork. Jace hasn't shown much at the ML level either.

i don't think it's fair to say they spend the whole offseason wishing for one player. They wanted him no question. But they did sign Torres and sign two starters to help improve the team. In terms of other RH bats. Literally four other 3rd basemen have signed and all suck. Keith from all indications was heading to first no matter what so you lose that spot. They kicked around on Stranander and the other right handed hitting outfeilders were a bunch of meh. They wanted a really good player and missed. Btu still was one of the more active teams on the market and will see payroll go up next year. That is certainly not just wishing for one player.

It's executive of the YEAR not who built up his franchise by getting the best guys for the future.

They were all one year deals (essentially). So yes it was a need and Dosey and Vildor suck

Um no. I liked kendrick but that was boring af

AI made 'news' that shouldn't be read or trusted

They like em back load for the opposite. if payrolls increae every year naturally. $40 million in 8 years is less of a handicap than $40 million today. And those big deals are usually bad at the end, so i'd rather have the money today to build around than when they're old and I suck