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Dark Helmet Hangout Grand Counsel

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Interesting topic. Roy Halladay was traded with one year left, but the Jays gave the Phillies a window to negotiate an extension. The Jays got Kyle Drabek, Travis d'naurd, and Michael Taylor. At the time, it looked like the Jays got alot. Shows prospects are just that.

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Sir_Loin Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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34 minutes ago, Dark Helmet said:

Really doesn't help that maybe 6 teams can afford Manny. Arod is his idle, and I think he wants to end up in NY. Manny wants that stage imo.

This isn't necessarily true.Everyone thinks that because Manny looks up to Arod that he wants to be in the limelight. That's not true. Manny is one of the most humble guys you will meet. A good family guy...it's not all about the spotlight for him. Rest assured though, he will get paid. 

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20 minutes ago, Sir_Loin said:

This isn't necessarily true.Everyone thinks that because Manny looks up to Arod that he wants to be in the limelight. That's not true. Manny is one of the most humble guys you will meet. A good family guy...it's not all about the spotlight for him. Rest assured though, he will get paid. 

He doesn't always come across as humble on the field. But I don't know him personally.

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23 minutes ago, Sir_Loin said:

This isn't necessarily true.Everyone thinks that because Manny looks up to Arod that he wants to be in the limelight. That's not true. Manny is one of the most humble guys you will meet. A good family guy...it's not all about the spotlight for him. Rest assured though, he will get paid. 

So, if Baltimore is the best situation for he and his family, would he be humble to take say a $200m contract over a $350m contract in NY? Your family is set for life either way.

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8 minutes ago, bpilktree67 said:

Justin Upton from the Braves to Padres for Dustin pederson, Max Fried, jace Peterson, and Mallex Smith. 

The Upton trade seems to be the closes type to Manny both were still very young and still quite a few years left in prime.

 

Fried was the Padres number 1 prospect and 48th in baseball at time.  Jace Peterson was number 10 in farm and other two were not in top 20 but were very young.

 

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On 12/18/2017 at 3:58 PM, Frobby said:

2.   In the 2008-09 offseason, Matt Holliday was traded for Carlos Gonzalez, Greg Smith and Huston Street.

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Talk about a horrible trade for Billy Beane.

That and trading Josh Donaldson with what, 4 years of control left were absolutely brutal. (Know this has nothing to do with the thread as did the 30mill given to Billy Butler.)

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On 12/18/2017 at 5:52 PM, OriolesMagic83 said:

Didn't the O's resign him, which made it worse.

Yes, they resigned him for $3.4M, after a year where he was hurt and hit .227 with 10 homers.  At a time when Cal was making $2.1M.  

But that had nothing to do with the fact that they traded three young players for one season of a 30-year-old.

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