Yeah, Marlins are just really bad at trades. Obviously getting Castillo and Disco from them was criminal, but that Yelich deal from last year is looking bad bad bad bad bad. If the Reds steal Realmuto for India and Barnhart and that’s the best they can get, I almost feel bad for them. Almost.
Schebler, Disco, Barnhart, R. Stephenson and India for Realmuto and Urena.
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bagz (02-02-2019),BEETTLEBUG (02-02-2019),Spanky (02-02-2019)
Think this might end up being a 3 team trade.
Maybe send Tucker and scooter to Oakland to fill in starting positions there.
The return from Oakland could go straight to Miami- Jorge Mateo, James Kaprielian,Luis Barrera along with Jonathan India
Reds acquire Realmuto and Nick Wittgren
This trade opens up payroll even more while only taking away 1 prospect from our farm allowing us to go after a center fielder or ace.
1thru5 (02-02-2019)
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SidneySlicker (02-02-2019)
I really hope somebody trades for JTR or the Reds bow out. Otherwise these threads are going to go on and on and on
In the end I feel like the Reds won that deal, though I really would've preferred Montas at the time. I still probably would straight up against Peraza but with Schebler the Reds got the better package. I think I'm more unhappy that Frazier was eventually packaged with Robertson to get one of my favorite minor leaguers.
It’s difficult for bad teams to leverage for good players. Opposing teams with strong FO’s expect to get a premium for good talent from lesser clubs due to their need for talent and inability to attract said talent in FA to fill their needs. The good FO’s hold out to get what they want in return for their talent. At that point it’s a battle of wills and options.
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Of course I do but what fun would that be? I'm always down to hang out and watch a dead horse beating and even take a shot or two but the longer this thing drags out the less real updates and outside source reports are available to discuss and it just grows stale with trade package ideas and questionable rumors packaged with stats, projections, and opinions.
So yeah, I could see myself out but that's not my style.
At the beginning, IMHO, this smelled like a 3-team deal where JT would be flipped to another suitor, ultimately leading to a TOR starter coming back to the Reds. Now I don't know how we match up as partners to the others reportedly involved under that scenario- Pads, Braves, Dodgers- so it looks more and more like the efforts are to bring him here.
We sure wouldn't complain if he landed here as JT would mash at GABP but a gut assessment makes it seem like a true ace + current rotation gets us closer to the postseason vs the swapping JT for Tucker .
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alwaysawarrior (02-04-2019)
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