bono_212
Blue Crack Distributor
Dodgers and Yankees may be the only ones who can afford to.
Lol. As if Seager alone is even worth it for renting out Hamels. No thanks. We'll be very happy keeping what looks to be one of the game's best shortstops real soon.
Two top prospects and a solid third piece and you take on the whole salary. Otherwise, we'll just keep him. We don't need to deal him. The Dodgers have to include Urias and Seager, the Red Sox have to include Betts and Bogearts. Or no deal. That teams are overvaluing Mookie Betts isn't gonna force us to make a move we shouldn't make.
"The trade is “close” but isn’t yet completely finalized, FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal tweets. The teams haven’t worked out which players will be in the deal and a third team could possibly be involved."Rollins is gone. I'm way sadder about this than I thought I would be.
Rollins is gone. I'm way sadder about this than I thought I would be.
The fuck are you talking about? Renting out Hamels? He has four years left with an option year.
Betts may be over-rated but there are plenty of good arms to be had either by cash or by trade. Don't think Philly has that kind of leverage with Hamels just yet.
Well I'll just reserve hotel rooms at the All-Star Game in 2016-2025 for Seager now then.Because he's under an expensive contract and won't be worth his pay years down the road. It's effectively a way to have another great starter for a couple more years...that's nowhere near worth the potential of paying peanuts in annual salary to someone like Seager.
Seager earning 1 WAR a year at basically league minimum until he's a Free Agent would certainly be worth more than paying Hamels that sort of money in 2018.
Well, a need is a need, but you are essentially saying you would rather have five years of a replacement level shortstop than five years of an ace who may decline to a number two over the course of the deal, because SAVINGS! As if the Dodgers of all teams are that worried about the payroll.
This is absolutely not true.
He also would not make league minimum until he's a free agent, but only for 3 years. Arbitration salaries after.
There is value in having above average players at low cost. There's much less value in having below average (1 WAR) player at that same cost.
Dodgers traded Dee Gordon for Andrew Heaney. That's a steal for the Dodgers.
Apparently at least one of the guys going to the Dodgers in the Gordon-Heaney deal is bookmarked for the Phillies in the Rollins deal, which is still not officially done yet.