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  On 12/11/2018 at 8:34 PM, Snake Diggity said:

Which package would you rather have:

 

Bryce Harper, Zack Greinke, Marco Estrada, and Justin Wilson

 

Yasmani Grandal, Michael Brantley, J.A. Happ, Charlie Morton, and Andrew Miller

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I'll take B, without Grandal.  Give me another bat either in FA or via trade.  How about Abreu for DH?  I read the Astros may still be sniffing around acquiring him.

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  On 12/11/2018 at 8:34 PM, Snake Diggity said:

Which package would you rather have:

 

Bryce Harper, Zack Greinke, Marco Estrada, and Justin Wilson

 

Yasmani Grandal, Michael Brantley, J.A. Happ, Charlie Morton, and Andrew Miller

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A. Harper is the best player of either group. In his "down" year in 2018 he had a 135 wRC+, which would have tied him with Altuve for second-place on the 2018 Astros. And Greinke can still pitch. 

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  On 12/11/2018 at 11:05 PM, Storm the Field said:

Cross another one off the list:

 

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while this may very well be true, his own agent refuted this report.  and a different report mentioned the astros and white sox also possible landing spots.

i'm not sure i want him, but thought i should pass along the "news".

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  On 12/12/2018 at 12:05 AM, Mez2 said:

I'm going to continue to trust jeff luhnow, but would've been nice to have cutch roaming leftfield with this lineup. And really would've liked cruz as a DH

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i like cutch as a dude, and he had a really nice stretch a few years back, but he just seems like the type of guy that settles into a .260/17/65 rut as he gets into his 30's.  which is totally fine, but not for the type of money he's gonna make with philly.  3 for $50mm?  no thanks.  we basically have reddick already doing that at a 25% discount.

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  On 12/12/2018 at 1:50 AM, Fozzz said:

That would be pretty impressive.  How many 2.5-3.0 WAR 22 year olds have there been?

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Well you’re assuming McCutchen puts up 2.5-3 WAR. Part of my prediction is rooted in skepticism of that.

But, beyond that-Correa did. Bregman was 23, but put up 3.5 in his first full season. Altuve put up 2.0 at 22.

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  On 12/12/2018 at 2:43 AM, formermav43 said:

Well you’re assuming McCutchen puts up 2.5-3 WAR. Part of my prediction is rooted in skepticism of that.

But, beyond that-Correa did. Bregman was 23, but put up 3.5 in his first full season. Altuve put up 2.0 at 22.

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I don't know, Cutch has been pretty consistent offensively over the past few seasons and it is much easier to hit HRs as a RHH in Citizens Bank vs AT&T Park.  

Given how Tucker played in Fresno to end the season, I wouldn't be shocked if he's able to put up offensive rate stats sufficient to garner 2-2.5 WAR if he's afforded enough PAs.  From looking through FG, it appears there are a few 21, 22 year olds that put up 2 WAR each season, although most of them put up more defensive value than Tucker could likely put up.  

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Charlie Morton, Weighing Two-Year Offers, Could Sign Soon:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/12/charlie-morton-weighing-two-year-offers-could-sign-soon.htm

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  On 12/12/2018 at 3:06 AM, TexArcher said:

3 years and $50 million for Cutch is asinine.

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Not really. They're paying for his age-32, 33 and 34 seasons. He had the worst year of his career in 2016 (and he was still an above-average hitter), but the last two years he has posted wRC+ of 123 and 120 and OBP of .363 and .368. He is still a good offensive player. He's averaged ~3 WAR the last two seasons; if he only averages 2 WAR/year over the next 3, it's a good deal. 

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  On 12/12/2018 at 3:27 PM, Hank Chinaski said:

Not really. They're paying for his age-32, 33 and 34 seasons. He had the worst year of his career in 2016 (and he was still an above-average hitter), but the last two years he has posted wRC+ of 123 and 120 and OBP of .363 and .368. He is still a good offensive player. He's averaged ~3 WAR the last two seasons; if he only averages 2 WAR/year over the next 3, it's a good deal. 

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Disagree.  You can't reasonably expect anything more than .250-270 with 20-25 HR and 10 SB at this point.  That can be had for less than $17 million a year.

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  On 12/12/2018 at 9:09 PM, Seasick Sailor said:

So right now our rotation is JV, Cole, McHugh, Peacock, and Valdez/James?

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Yep,  if opening day were today, Verlander, Cole, McHugh, James, and Valdez would be the rotation.  Luckily it’s not opening day and there’s a 100% chance they add at least 1 SP.

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  On 12/12/2018 at 9:52 PM, Mez2 said:

yeeesh - this sucks. i understand you can't sign players off of emotions but really thought we'd offer something to CFM. 

would rather him retire than play for another team but that's just me being selfish. 

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We did offer him something.  He wanted a 2 yr deal.  Stros only want to give a 1 yr with option.  

Tampa ponies up the 2 yr deal so they get him 

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