My Arenado trade

[D-train]

I don't think Arenado is coming here. It isn't impossible, but it strikes me as very far-fetched that the Mariners would be willing to take on that salary, even with the Rockies paying some of it. And they should know by now that declining players and T-Mobile Park don't mix well.

It would be worth it to get Donovan and the closer but your brother you're right cuz they're cheap

[Donn Beach]

Yeah, I think the process is really budget driven. I don't believe dipoto is trying to be clever by leaving owners money on the table. I think he's given a budget and I think he uses all of it. I think you saw that this last season. Stanton claimed he had nothing to do with the decision to make those cost cutting trades. He didn't other than giving dipoto his budget. That was dipoto repurposing money already spent. He worked out a roster in relationship to the money he could create,. He could take on a contract but he'd have to work it into his budget which seems unlikely. I would guess he's going to be trying to weed out the unproductive salaries already on the roster rather than adding to them