monkeytargets39

I wouldn’t support giving up any of our youth or prospects to buy for this year. Adding an impact bat doesn’t make this lineup much more of a contender. Especially with our current bullpen and 4/5 spots in the rotation right now. For me, it all comes down to whether or not Illitch/Harris are willing to pay Skubal to keep him. If they aren’t, then now is the time to move him and get the max return. Keeping Skubal and then letting him walk for nothing or get injured and tank the value will hurt worse than a trade designed around getting a long term competitive core. Not moving Boyd, Fulmer or E-Rod effectively has really hurt the current rebuild. If they’re gonna be cheap, then that’s gonna be obvious in the near future with or without a Skubal trade and we will be pissed about it either way. The worst thing they can do is be cheap and dumb about being cheap.