A trade partner for Marco Gonzales and Chris Flexen will not give up a bag of ball to assume $11 million in negative value.bpj wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:45 pmThe expected returns are $14M in payroll saved by trading them for a bag of balls, and an open rotation spot.harmony wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:13 pmWhom do the Mariners trade for Bryan Reynolds and Christian Walker?bpj wrote: ↑Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:39 pm
They could add Abreu for the dollars they save from getting rid of Marco and Flexen.
They've been penny pinching for years now.
On a one or two year contract, it shouldn't be a hindrance to any other signings.
They could fix this lineup pretty cheap even adding two mid-size contracts, doesn't need to be Abreu.
Adding Josh Bell, Bryan Reynolds, Carlos Rodon and Christian Walker would hardly raise our current payroll.
Walker and Bell are basically like adding another 2 Ty Frances to the lineup.
Reynolds LF
Julio CF
Suarez 3B
Bell 1B
France 2B
Walker DH
Raleigh/Murphy C
Kelenic/Lewis RF
Crawford SS
UTIL
Moore/Haggerty/Lewis
Castillo
Rodon
Gilbert
Ray
Kirby
That's a division contender, especially with our bullpen. There aren't many true impact bats available outside of Judge, but the above lineup is incredibly deep with plenty of everything.
What are the expected returns on trades of Marco Gonzales and Chris Flexen, who have a combined trade value of a negative $11.6 million at Baseball Trade Values ?
https://www.baseballtradevalues.com/teams/478/
Wish lists are fine but concrete proposals are more meaningful.
Fill the rotation spot with another great pitcher (using the money saved on Marco and Flexen), then it opens up several trade possibilities for Reynolds.
Hancock+ seems like a good start to the package for 3 years of Reynolds control when we would have a full rotation after we add Rodon.
If it's hard to get bats to sign here, have to maximize pitching and trade from that depth to get the bats.
That's not how business works.