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Trade Idea...Operation: Sacred Cow

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Stotle Hangout Grand Counsel

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Manny is an empty your farm system type of player.

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I don't think empty your farm system players exist anymore. I *do* think Machado would be worth at least two pre-arb first division players and another good prospect close to ready.

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O's84 Hangout Grand Counsel

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I think Manny will eventually leave as a free agent. Unless there is an ownership change I doubt they have a change in this approach.

If you know you can't sign Manny to an extension than you have to trade him. No way do you let him walk and just take a compensation pick for him. I can't imagine even the Orioles would let that happen.

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If you know you can't sign Manny to an extension than you have to trade him. No way do you let him walk and just take a compensation pick for him. I can't imagine even the Orioles would let that happen.
Well' date=' that could be any time in the next three years. No reason you have to do it now.[/quote']

I didn't mean it has to be this season but they should do it next off season if they can't extend him. Under certain circumstances they can do it the last offseason before he becomes a FA but I'd prefer to do it when he still has 2 years of control as we'll get more value.

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Could always sign Fowler AND Jackson and trade Jones. An OF of Fowler, Jackson, and Kim wouldn't be horrible. I'm not for that, but everything needs to be done to keep Manny.

500 million? That is what Harper wants and Manny doesn't want to be second chair.

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