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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
I don’t like this return. Each of the three guys they got has enough ceiling to make it pay off huge... but they also all have some significant risk.
I can see why they did it - and always try to ask myself what the team is seeing/doing when it makes a deal - but I actually don’t agree with it in this case.
Like I said, I don’t think they got a surefire everyday player, and that should have happen d for the top reliever on the market, especially this early.
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The timing is the strangest part for me.
Why make the deal this early unless you really love your return?
Hard to argue that this is that kind of 'pull the trigger early because you can't get that much late' return for Moore. Especially for a reliever when there are ALWAYS a few teams looking to add relief pitching at the deadline. Maybe his concern was that more teams would be looking to sell at that point; maybe Britton has recovered his form, maybe Oakland gives up and looks to move Treinan with more control, maybe Cincy peddles Iglesias. There are other teams that could put relievers on the block and potentially dillute the pool.
Perhaps Moore was trying to beat that rush.