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3 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Santander - Maybe they have.  That does mean Elias liked what they offered.

Alberto - He is also young, cheap, several years from FA  and useful to the O's.  Apparently there   has not been an offer Elias likes.

Cobb - Cost saving may be enough.

No disagreement with your comment. My point was that the Indians really need a right fielder, and Santander is exactly what they need. I think he would be fairly expensive, because he has outgrown his Pedegree as a rule five guy and become a meaningful contributor on both sides of the ball. But I think the Indians would be willing to pay that price. They’ve got to worry about the twins and the White Sox and their window is closing.

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That's your choice, but you are putting on blinders to a primary consideration in most transactions.  There are many, many trades where the money is all that matters, at least one of the teams involve

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29 PTBNL.  Orioles leading the way with 6.  Mets owe another 3 to Texas.  Since it's been mentioned a bunch, Conine (Villar trade) was listed lower than all 3 guys we officially got back.

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The problem is that they've rarely been in a rebuild, they've always been trying to retool with a bad farm system and a middling payroll and almost no international activity.  Rebuild in 1985 was sign

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9 minutes ago, Philip said:

No disagreement with your comment. My point was that the Indians really need a right fielder, and Santander is exactly what they need. I think he would be fairly expensive, because he has outgrown his Pedegree as a rule five guy and become a meaningful contributor on both sides of the ball. But I think the Indians would be willing to pay that price. They’ve got to worry about the twins and the White Sox and their window is closing.

They may be getting that OFer if/when they deal Clevinger.

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9 minutes ago, Philip said:

No disagreement with your comment. My point was that the Indians really need a right fielder, and Santander is exactly what they need. I think he would be fairly expensive, because he has outgrown his Pedegree as a rule five guy and become a meaningful contributor on both sides of the ball. But I think the Indians would be willing to pay that price. They’ve got to worry about the twins and the White Sox and their window is closing.

They traded Clevenger and filled left field. 

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16 minutes ago, connja said:

Was thinking about Alberto when the Padres trade was announced.  A trade for someone like Trammel would have been very interesting.  Would think Alberto would be at least as valuable as Nola?

The knock on Alberto is the lack of BBs to support a .350 OBP and his lack of power to fuel a 850 + OPS.

 

Sp far this season he leads the league in doubles so if he continues that should fix that problem. I’m not sure he will 3ver walk a lot ...but he doesn’t K much either so there’s that. 
 

He murders LH pitching and  also hits righties...I would think he has value.... but I thought the return for Villar was a robbery

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They may be getting that OFer if/when they deal Clevinger.

Yes I just now heard about that trade, the Indians got an outfielder named (got the name wrong) but I know nothing about him. The Padres tend to over pay, but I don’t know whether this particular player is a starting right fielder on a playoff team.

edit: I had the wrong outfielder, but the guy the Cleveland’s are getting back is left Fielder, So it’s possible they might still be interested in Santander.

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The Padres traded a lot but didn’t really overpay.  They are so deep, that they probably won’t miss any of the guys they just dealt.

Doesnt mean they aren’t good players but to get a guy like Clevinger, who you have for a few more years and not have to trade your top top guys, that’s very nice.

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