Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…
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I saw today that as of the beginning of this week there were 22 teams that were only 8 games out or less…which we’ve all seen how quickly a team can rise while another can fall, it’s got me hoping that we some some interesting and strategic trades as we approach the deadline.
Here’s what the mlb site has up today regarding potential candidates for trade. Some real eyebrow raisers if you ask me.
https://www.mlb.com/news/best-trade-candidates-at-each-position-july-2023
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Here's an idea for my halos. Trade Ohtani if he will not resign. Add Rendon to the package which will free up $65 million. Go heavy for, the hometown boy, Matt Chapman and an real second baseman in free agency. Put Drury at first, or second if necessary. Outfield doesn't need any changes. Moniak and Adell (finally) can replace Renfroe. Trade Renfroe for a 2B prospect. I think the rays have a spare.
Almost any team over 500 could use Ohtani and a team like the Twins, Brewers, and Marlins might go for it.
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@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Here's an idea for my halos. Trade Ohtani if he will not resign. Add Rendon to the package which will free up $65 million. Go heavy for, the hometown boy, Matt Chapman and an real second baseman in free agency. Put Drury at first, or second if necessary. Outfield doesn't need any changes. Moniak and Adell (finally) can replace Renfroe. Trade Renfroe for a 2B prospect. I think the rays have a spare.
Almost any team over 500 could use Ohtani and a team like the Twins, Brewers, and Marlins might go for it.
Outstanding post. Kudos to you for being willing to look at many options. When you said 2B in the free agent market the first name that came to mind was the Wong kid up in Seattle…did they ever resign him? Or does he have another year to go
Baez comes to mind
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@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Here's an idea for my halos. Trade Ohtani if he will not resign. Add Rendon to the package which will free up $65 million. Go heavy for, the hometown boy, Matt Chapman and an real second baseman in free agency. Put Drury at first, or second if necessary. Outfield doesn't need any changes. Moniak and Adell (finally) can replace Renfroe. Trade Renfroe for a 2B prospect. I think the rays have a spare.
Almost any team over 500 could use Ohtani and a team like the Twins, Brewers, and Marlins might go for it.
Outstanding post. Kudos to you for being willing to look at many options. When you said 2B in the free agent market the first name that came to mind was the Wong kid up in Seattle…did they ever resign him? Or does he have another year to go
Baez comes to mind
I don't see the Mariners trading for him unless they know he will sign. Similar to Castillo last year. I live up on the Olympic Peninsula and would love a chance to watch and root against him. The Ms have a great farm system, so I think the Angels would be open to several players.
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@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Here's an idea for my halos. Trade Ohtani if he will not resign. Add Rendon to the package which will free up $65 million. Go heavy for, the hometown boy, Matt Chapman and an real second baseman in free agency. Put Drury at first, or second if necessary. Outfield doesn't need any changes. Moniak and Adell (finally) can replace Renfroe. Trade Renfroe for a 2B prospect. I think the rays have a spare.
Almost any team over 500 could use Ohtani and a team like the Twins, Brewers, and Marlins might go for it.
Outstanding post. Kudos to you for being willing to look at many options. When you said 2B in the free agent market the first name that came to mind was the Wong kid up in Seattle…did they ever resign him? Or does he have another year to go
Baez comes to mind
Baez has 5 years left with the Tigers and he has a no trade clause, he is going nowhere. Kolton Wong is available but he is batting well below the mendoza mark at 161. With 1 home run and 15 RBI's don't see how that helps the Angels at all.
Now i know he's hurt but a guy like Gavin Lux may start to get the Angels attention. Thats the kind of player a Ohtani trade might require.
You also have to rule out the teams that Ohtani will never sign with, hate to say it but to takes out Detroit, Pittsburgh, Miami or any team not making the playoffs, also think West coast. I still say the Giants make a play for him. You know they would love to stick it to the Dodgers and they have prospects and space.
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@samguenther1987 said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Here's an idea for my halos. Trade Ohtani if he will not resign. Add Rendon to the package which will free up $65 million. Go heavy for, the hometown boy, Matt Chapman and an real second baseman in free agency. Put Drury at first, or second if necessary. Outfield doesn't need any changes. Moniak and Adell (finally) can replace Renfroe. Trade Renfroe for a 2B prospect. I think the rays have a spare.
Almost any team over 500 could use Ohtani and a team like the Twins, Brewers, and Marlins might go for it.
Outstanding post. Kudos to you for being willing to look at many options. When you said 2B in the free agent market the first name that came to mind was the Wong kid up in Seattle…did they ever resign him? Or does he have another year to go
Baez comes to mind
Baez has 5 years left with the Tigers and he has a no trade clause, he is going nowhere. Kolton Wong is available but he is batting well below the mendoza mark at 161. With 1 home run and 15 RBI's don't see how that helps the Angels at all.
Now i know he's hurt but a guy like Gavin Lux may start to get the Angels attention. Thats the kind of player a Ohtani trade might require.
Baez has an opt out this year per MLB.
2B FAs-Jon Berti (club option), Adam Frazier, Jorge Polanco (club option), Whit Merrifield (mutual option), Jonathan Schoop, Kolten Wong
These would be short term
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@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@samguenther1987 said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Here's an idea for my halos. Trade Ohtani if he will not resign. Add Rendon to the package which will free up $65 million. Go heavy for, the hometown boy, Matt Chapman and an real second baseman in free agency. Put Drury at first, or second if necessary. Outfield doesn't need any changes. Moniak and Adell (finally) can replace Renfroe. Trade Renfroe for a 2B prospect. I think the rays have a spare.
Almost any team over 500 could use Ohtani and a team like the Twins, Brewers, and Marlins might go for it.
Outstanding post. Kudos to you for being willing to look at many options. When you said 2B in the free agent market the first name that came to mind was the Wong kid up in Seattle…did they ever resign him? Or does he have another year to go
Baez comes to mind
Baez has 5 years left with the Tigers and he has a no trade clause, he is going nowhere. Kolton Wong is available but he is batting well below the mendoza mark at 161. With 1 home run and 15 RBI's don't see how that helps the Angels at all.
Now i know he's hurt but a guy like Gavin Lux may start to get the Angels attention. Thats the kind of player a Ohtani trade might require.
Baez has an opt out this year per MLB.
2B FAs-Jon Berti (club option), Adam Frazier, Jorge Polanco (club option), Whit Merrifield (mutual option), Jonathan Schoop, Kolten Wong
These would be short term
Ok that may be true but the fact reamins that Ohtani will not be traded to a non playoff team. Also I don't think Baez opts out of his contract.
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@samguenther1987 said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Here's an idea for my halos. Trade Ohtani if he will not resign. Add Rendon to the package which will free up $65 million. Go heavy for, the hometown boy, Matt Chapman and an real second baseman in free agency. Put Drury at first, or second if necessary. Outfield doesn't need any changes. Moniak and Adell (finally) can replace Renfroe. Trade Renfroe for a 2B prospect. I think the rays have a spare.
Almost any team over 500 could use Ohtani and a team like the Twins, Brewers, and Marlins might go for it.
Outstanding post. Kudos to you for being willing to look at many options. When you said 2B in the free agent market the first name that came to mind was the Wong kid up in Seattle…did they ever resign him? Or does he have another year to go
Baez comes to mind
Baez has 5 years left with the Tigers and he has a no trade clause, he is going nowhere. Kolton Wong is available but he is batting well below the mendoza mark at 161. With 1 home run and 15 RBI's don't see how that helps the Angels at all.
Now i know he's hurt but a guy like Gavin Lux may start to get the Angels attention. Thats the kind of player a Ohtani trade might require.
You also have to rule out the teams that Ohtani will never sign with, hate to say it but to takes out Detroit, Pittsburgh, Miami or any team not making the playoffs, also think West coast. I still say the Giants make a play for him. You know they would love to stick it to the Dodgers and they have prospects and space.
I don't see Ohtani going to the Dodgers yet because of the animosity between the two teams. I do like Gavin Lux though and I think he still has 3 years of team control. Gavin Lux and Zach Neto as the Angels middle infield would be scary good.
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@samguenther1987 said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@samguenther1987 said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Here's an idea for my halos. Trade Ohtani if he will not resign. Add Rendon to the package which will free up $65 million. Go heavy for, the hometown boy, Matt Chapman and an real second baseman in free agency. Put Drury at first, or second if necessary. Outfield doesn't need any changes. Moniak and Adell (finally) can replace Renfroe. Trade Renfroe for a 2B prospect. I think the rays have a spare.
Almost any team over 500 could use Ohtani and a team like the Twins, Brewers, and Marlins might go for it.
Outstanding post. Kudos to you for being willing to look at many options. When you said 2B in the free agent market the first name that came to mind was the Wong kid up in Seattle…did they ever resign him? Or does he have another year to go
Baez comes to mind
Baez has 5 years left with the Tigers and he has a no trade clause, he is going nowhere. Kolton Wong is available but he is batting well below the mendoza mark at 161. With 1 home run and 15 RBI's don't see how that helps the Angels at all.
Now i know he's hurt but a guy like Gavin Lux may start to get the Angels attention. Thats the kind of player a Ohtani trade might require.
Baez has an opt out this year per MLB.
2B FAs-Jon Berti (club option), Adam Frazier, Jorge Polanco (club option), Whit Merrifield (mutual option), Jonathan Schoop, Kolten Wong
These would be short term
Ok that may be true but the fact reamins that Ohtani will not be traded to a non playoff team. Also I don't think Baez opts out of his contract.
Oh, sorry. I think he was talking about FA.
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@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@samguenther1987 said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@samguenther1987 said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Here's an idea for my halos. Trade Ohtani if he will not resign. Add Rendon to the package which will free up $65 million. Go heavy for, the hometown boy, Matt Chapman and an real second baseman in free agency. Put Drury at first, or second if necessary. Outfield doesn't need any changes. Moniak and Adell (finally) can replace Renfroe. Trade Renfroe for a 2B prospect. I think the rays have a spare.
Almost any team over 500 could use Ohtani and a team like the Twins, Brewers, and Marlins might go for it.
Outstanding post. Kudos to you for being willing to look at many options. When you said 2B in the free agent market the first name that came to mind was the Wong kid up in Seattle…did they ever resign him? Or does he have another year to go
Baez comes to mind
Baez has 5 years left with the Tigers and he has a no trade clause, he is going nowhere. Kolton Wong is available but he is batting well below the mendoza mark at 161. With 1 home run and 15 RBI's don't see how that helps the Angels at all.
Now i know he's hurt but a guy like Gavin Lux may start to get the Angels attention. Thats the kind of player a Ohtani trade might require.
Baez has an opt out this year per MLB.
2B FAs-Jon Berti (club option), Adam Frazier, Jorge Polanco (club option), Whit Merrifield (mutual option), Jonathan Schoop, Kolten Wong
These would be short term
Ok that may be true but the fact reamins that Ohtani will not be traded to a non playoff team. Also I don't think Baez opts out of his contract.
Oh, sorry. I think he was talking about FA.
O my bad, he was. My brain apparently hasn't turned on this morning.
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@arvcpa_MLBTS said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
The Pirates just took out a reverse mortgage on PNC Park, so I'm pretty confident Ohtani will be wearing the Black and Gold come August.
There was an article on that back in April when they were still on the hot streak lol
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@broken_toy1_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Here's an idea for my halos. Trade Ohtani if he will not resign. Add Rendon to the package which will free up $65 million. Go heavy for, the hometown boy, Matt Chapman and an real second baseman in free agency. Put Drury at first, or second if necessary. Outfield doesn't need any changes. Moniak and Adell (finally) can replace Renfroe. Trade Renfroe for a 2B prospect. I think the rays have a spare.
Almost any team over 500 could use Ohtani and a team like the Twins, Brewers, and Marlins might go for it.
Those teams won’t take Rendon. The team that’ll take Rendon is the team Arte won’t trade with.
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Man the trade rumors around Shohei just continue to fester. The guy on Baseball Tonight podcast seems to believe it’s gonna happen. Clocks ticking haha I can’t wait to see what happens around the league, Ohtani or no. My Mets have some chips they sure could ante up to make for an interesting pot!
ps hey, a poker metaphor hat trick!
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Hoping the Reds do something......but not expecting them to.
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Less than a week to go…can’t wait to see! I bet my hapless Mets are going to offload one of their aces if not two. The Orioles are a couple of trades away from being a WS caliber team so I’d sure enjoy seeing whom else they acquire. I LOVED the addition of Shintaro! Also loved to see Kike go back home to the Dodgers where he belongs…even though I can never pull for the Dodgers fully as a Met fan (still stewing over the 1988 nlcs), I DO love me a good, intelligent, and strategic baseball move. Anyone else?
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@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Less than a week to go…can’t wait to see! I bet my hapless Mets are going to offload one of their aces if not two. The Orioles are a couple of trades away from being a WS caliber team so I’d sure enjoy seeing whom else they acquire. I LOVED the addition of Shintaro! Also loved to see Kike go back home to the Dodgers where he belongs…even though I can never pull for the Dodgers fully as a Met fan (still stewing over the 1988 nlcs), I DO love me a good, intelligent, and strategic baseball move. Anyone else?
No, I like boneheaded moves like trading Pedro Martinez for Delino DeShields. It would be cool if Mike Scioscia were added to the game so we could replay his homer in 88 though.
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Phillies need a corner outfielder with a bat and possibly a 1B as well. Possibly will be looking for a 5th starter too
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@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Man the trade rumors around Shohei just continue to fester.
Those rumors get clicks online, whether they have any basis in reality or not.
I keep seeing Arenado's name pop up in articles about potential trades in spite of the the fact that the Cardinals pretty much stated that they are not even considering it.
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@theBlindRhino said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Less than a week to go…can’t wait to see! I bet my hapless Mets are going to offload one of their aces if not two. The Orioles are a couple of trades away from being a WS caliber team so I’d sure enjoy seeing whom else they acquire. I LOVED the addition of Shintaro! Also loved to see Kike go back home to the Dodgers where he belongs…even though I can never pull for the Dodgers fully as a Met fan (still stewing over the 1988 nlcs), I DO love me a good, intelligent, and strategic baseball move. Anyone else?
No, I like boneheaded moves like trading Pedro Martinez for Delino DeShields. It would be cool if Mike Scioscia were added to the game so we could replay his homer in 88 though.
Yes I certainly couldn’t blame you for watching that replay lol. Especially since there are only 2 others from that season to choose from!
ps I love the boneheaded deals also
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
@BxnnyMxn__PSN said in Aug 1 MLB trade deadline approacheth nigh…:
Man the trade rumors around Shohei just continue to fester.Those rumors get clicks online, whether they have any basis in reality or not.
I keep seeing Arenado's name pop up in articles about potential trades in spite of the the fact that the Cardinals pretty much stated that they are not even considering it.
They’d never trade Ohtani not in a million years because they still think they have some kind of chance re-signing him. I don’t think they do but that’s only me. As far as Arenado goes…that would be a shocker but could be sweet to see him play for a chance at the WS
