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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
My thinking......
- Pay whatever it takes to land Harper
- Trade Carlos Martinez, Jose Matinez and Gyrko to Oakland for Chapman
- Or Trade Carlos Martinez and "others" in a package for one of ATL's two 3B.
- If the NL trade happens, trade Jose Martinez to the AL for some solid lefty middle relief help.
- Trade Fowler for whatever prospect or bullpen help you can get. Pay his salary as a performance sliding scale. May cost you the whole $50 million but you have to move on. O'neill is the 4th OF.
Carp
New 3B
Harper
Ozuna
DeJong
Molina
Wong
Bader
P
Munoz is your super utility player. Hicks is your closer
We have strong pitching in the playoffs in Flaherty and Mikolas. Maybe bring Reyes along slow so he can start late in the season and into the playoffs. Or if that doesn't work, we will need someone else to step up their pitching. |
Why would the A’s trade Matt Chapman when he has five years of control left and looks like a perennial Gold Glove winner, coming off a season where he was the best defender in baseball and also posted an .864 OPs? He was worth 8 rWAR this year. Especially considering Carlos Martinez is pricy (for the A’s) and inconsistent and the other pieces you’re offering there are just filler/roster garbage.
Makes no sense.
I don’t see Harper to St. Louis happening. Ultimately, Mozeliak will chicken out at the terms and length of the deal.
The Cardinals will add Josh Donaldson, I think, and otherwise sit basically right if he rebounds to form, that could even be the boost they needed to be a playoff team again.
Mozeliak missed badly on not paying a little more for Yelich vs Ozuna, though. Going to feel that one for a while. He could have been part of a really dynamic 1-2 punch.