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The Mets will likely pay at least half depending on the prospect they get back.

Piggybacking this, the Cubs won their 8th in a row and are now 3.5 out of the division and 3 out of the WC, so it's extremely unlikely they'll be selling.

No. The Rangers pay 22.5M, the Mets pay everything else.

Done deal

Looks like the Scherzer deal might be dead. Rangers want Max's 2024 option guaranteed, but he wants it to remain an option. Met fans are pissed.

Really sounds like it's going to be Luisangel Acuna and Thomas Saggese which is a significant haul for an aging Scherzer

Yeah he's a terrible owner, but it would be fun, and great for the game, to see Trout/Ohtani in the playoffs. I promise you MLB desperately wants them in.

I've never understood actively rooting against teams that have historically been bad, especially if they aren't even in your division. Like who roots against the Pirates, Tigers or Rockies?

Luisangel Acuna not in the lineup and Brock Porter pulled after 3 scoreless innings. That would be a huge haul.

No Porter or Walcott apparently

Porter made his start.

Maybe they hate guys with absolutely electric arms, who are a command tweak away from being a frontline starter?

Would Baltimore? Absolutely. Would Miami? Not a chance.

Those rankings were severely out of date

Number 1, I never said he had more or the same value as Basallo. I said "Vargas has huge helium, and isn't that far off from giving up Basallo. One of the guys at Baseball Prospectus wanted him in their top 50." In another thread I posted a tweet which I'll post again. I don't know what your deal is or why you're coming in here looking for a fight, but if he's a prospect in the running for top 50, as is suggested above, then their values are not terribly different. Frankly I'm not sure why I even bothered to summarize this for you since you weren't looking for an honest discussion from the beginning anyway.

Or maybe you could read more. I already posted a tweet showing a guy from Baseball Prospectus saying Vargas is in the discussion for top 50 at the end of the year, but way to come in taking shots.

You're all wrong, this was a significant package. The rankings you're looking st are severely out of date.

This is 100% wrong. Vargas has huge helium, and isn't that far off from giving up Basallo. One of the guys at Baseball Prospectus wanted him in their top 50.

Ohtani proceeds to immediately through a complete game 1 hitter the day after the Angels pull him off the market. He's kind of good.

He's actually still quite good against righties(.658OPS), but he has been an unmitigated disaster against lefties(1.037OPS). Unless someone sees something they think they can instantly fix, I'd guess he'd be a pen guy.