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Originally Posted by jd1020
I've read that they dont want to give him the year but they will max out the AAV.
I would have to imagine if you are dumping outfielders for ****ing Homer Bailey and no legitimate prospects then is has to be for Harper. Took on money and the best prospect coming back doesnt have a single plus grade on any tool. Thats a yikes if Harper signs somewhere else.
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What I don't get is that it suggests that Wood and Puig combined have NEGATIVE trade value. I mean they took on Bailey at $28 million and shipped out Kemp while taking on some of his deal at $18 million. They effectively ate $10 million and moved Kemp to rid themselves of Wood and Puig.
But Wood and Puig were arb eligible, no? I mean...non-tender them if you want them gone that bad. I have to be missing something here? What's the upshot that I'm not seeing in trading Kemp for Bailey and getting some organizational chaff thrown in to boot?
It's just very odd to me that they couldn't have found a taker for Wood and Puig that didn't also require them to do that Kemp/Bailey swap. They didn't HAVE to keep Puig and Wood. Did they mis-read the market on those 2 guys that badly?