Hongbit

Darn. Used up all my likes today.

I’m not saying they fire sale but why aren’t they shopping Ozuna or Iglesias. Neither are going to be back next year. Ozzie Albies struggles this year brings his future into question even as Atlanta has affordable team options the next 2 years on his deal. Drake Baldwin looks like their catcher of the future and that makes Sean Murphy expendable.

AJ Preller is the Angel Hernandez of GM’s. I guess he learned nothing from the Soto trade.

Does that open up an opportunity for Suárez for us?

What’s Atlanta doing? They are so out of it and have many valuable pieces. I haven’t heard many of their guys mentioned in deals.

The day is still young. I think he will prove you wrong and trade some of the prospects outside the top 7 for a Bednar, Keller, or Alcántara. Maybe even 2 of them. 🤞

I wonder how deeply Seattle is thinking about pushing all in and offering a few of their untouchable prospects for Jose Ramirez. They would have the strongest lineup in MLB.

I agree that desperation is a terrible strategy and the sign of a chaotic organization. I don’t see the Mariners trading prospects #9, 16, 17 from a farm rated in the top 5 as desperate. The same would apply to the Tigers had they chosen the same tact.

This year is all we needed from him. He’s cranking bombs and driving in runs. It’s a big add for the M’s.

True. They definitely value defense and position flexibility far more than I do. Suarez is not a complete player. He’s absolutely all bat. I don’t think there’s much debate over the value he’d have as a RH power bat in our lineup between Riley and Carp. He’s leading baseball in RBI and 5th in HR. Top 5 in SLG and Top 10 in OPS. These are all areas we could use a big bump in the lineup and there are no injured players coming back that may be able to help.

I hope it doesn’t take all weekend to get your 6 runs.

Agree. M’s got Suárez by trading their 9th, 16th, 17th prospects. We had the players to beat this deal without doing any harm to our very deep system. I’m getting the sense Harris loves his prospects so much that he may never be a guy to be active on big deals at the deadline (especially for rentals).

I would’ve said yes to that in less than 2 seconds.

They are just a Jose Ramirez gambling investigation away from one.

Unless the team is sold, there’s zero chance the A’s keep him all 4 years. Remember, while his term is controlled, the salary is not. The way he’s playing, there’s a good chance he’s going to get raises every year in arbitration. His number could go way up and outside of what they are comfortable paying as soon as this offseason Also, he’s going to demand an early extension. He’s earned it through his play and there a ton of teams out there that would’ve already given it . The A’s don’t have that kind of money to commit to any closer. Bottom line, they will almost certainly be trading him at some point in the next 2 1/2 years.

The A’s are in a unique situation the likes we haven’t quite seen before in modern baseball. There is no precedent. Everything about their future is in limbo and much of it has to do with finances.

Oakland is on the hook for potentially $44M for Severino the next two years. They probably wouldn’t even have signed him if they knew the Vegas stadium deal was going so far over budget. Getting out from that would save more dollars for them than arbitration years on Miller. Those too may end up getting expensive too if he continues to pitch like he has.

Tigers trade: Thayran Lirzano Troy Melton Cris Rodriguez Owen Hall Jace Jung Athletics trade: Mason Miller Luis Severino Harris probably wouldn’t pull the trigger but Oakland is still a mess and would love someone to take the Severino contract they got into this year thinking they’d prosper in Sacramento and have the money. Their future in Vegas is still up in the air as well.

Possibly but he’s a 34 year old rental. I can see them taking a group of prospects all from outside the top 100

They weren’t going to trade either. It made sense when they were 13.5 out a few weeks ago. Now at 8 games, they are more apt to buy than sell at this point.

AJ is lucky that baseball isn’t hockey.

I feel the same way about Rainer. Untouchable now. He may be the best of all of the prospects.

I want Suarez. He fits in perfectly as the RH power bat in the middle of the lineup. We’d also keep him from joining the Yankees or Mariners. He’d be a rental which should help his cost lower on the trade market even if there is a bidding war. I’m also not interested in giving up Clark, McG, Briceno, or Rainer for anyone. They have enough nice pieces in this deep farm to acquire a quality rental. Bednar is a close 1B for almost all the same reasons.

Can’t believe he’s dead just a few weeks after the final show. Crazy, but that’s how it goes.