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Speculation on Petzold's part, but he seems to be suggesting this is Plan B if they can't land one of the SS?

Probably right.

I'm pessimistic that they get Ray, but if they did, a rotation with him, ERod and the kids seems really really solid.

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What an overpay

At least its a sign they are awake tonight lol

This is what I keep coming back to. Who is the team that's gonna pull the trigger? Not the Astros, who lowballed him in the first place. Not the Rangers, given that they have spent their bullet here. Maybe the Yanks or Dodgers? But if not them, who? He gets the Lindor money if one of the 30 teams wants to give him Lindor money. We probably won't know who it is until it happens

OK

The idea may be that Semien's age depresses his yearly salary number. My guess is that it sets the top of the market above 300m, but below Lindor

Not sure I agree there. Although it may take Lindor money off the table for Correa

He really should, definitely in terms of years.

FWIW. Still think they aren't really landing Story after this.

Now I'm wondering about Story... it seemed like people in the area were naturally connecting him with the Rangers because he's from Irving. This upends that some

Another competitor in the SS market down, possibly one of the better contenders for Correa's services.

That's excessive

The fact that they haven't managed expectations well is a big reason why I think they're ultimately going to get one of them.

One guy we haven't talked a lot about is Corey Seager.... his camp has arguably been the quietest of the five. I wonder if the speculation that he may have to move off short in a couple of years is a factor with him

I think a lot of the reporting is interesting and impacts my view of the likelihood of signing Correa, I just don't buy the idea that anything that anything that's been reported to-date means that signing Correa is impossible. It all looks like a negotiation to me, a lot of which is playing out in the press. The Tigers are trying to get the best deal for their money among the five shortstops, Carlos Correa is trying to get what he thinks he's owed. And with respect to Correa, who knows... he may think he's worth 10/341, but maybe he'll find that no teams think he's worth that.

This may take another team out of the SS running

It would likely be a massive overpay if the Mets matched or beat other offers, especially since he'll be a 2B there.

Generally speaking, it's not clear to me that the free agents have as much leverage as we assume either. I'm sure the CBA figures into that as well.

Texas is the only one I see who would do it for Correa. Maybe. It just seems like this is all part of a negotiation. And the Tigers, for their part, may just be trying to get the best possible deal for one of these guys versus just going hog wild and giving Lindor money away without doing due diligence. We don't know. I feel like people just see Jon Heyman tweets and lose their minds without understanding that there are motives to any leak.