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I posted a question in the MLBTR chat asking who would say no to Mounty for Scott, and he said Os. Said he wouldn't want to give up multiple years of Mounty for Scott.

Which I get, but then what is Mounty worth? More than a back end reliever? I find that hard to believe but who knows. 

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24 minutes ago, interloper said:

I posted a question in the MLBTR chat asking who would say no to Mounty for Scott, and he said Os. Said he wouldn't want to give up multiple years of Mounty for Scott.

Which I get, but then what is Mounty worth? More than a back end reliever? I find that hard to believe but who knows. 

Mounty for Nardi would probably be more appealing.  If the Marlins wanted Mounty (I’m skeptical they would but they do have a lot of pitching coming back next year, so they could try to win), you might be able to do something larger and get back Luzardo or Cabrera.

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Trade Mounty for Manoah.  

Send Manoah to Jenny Craig for six months and we have our ace.  

Watch Manoah hit Mounty in the head next year and the bases clear.  Fun times to be had by all. 

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I personally am hesitant to trade Mountcastle to open a spot for Mayo on the team. There is no guarantee that Mayo will hit major league pitching right away. And if he struggles there would be no backup plan. 

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18 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

Trade Mounty for Manoah.  

Send Manoah to Jenny Craig for six months and we have our ace.  

Watch Manoah hit Mounty in the head next year and the bases clear.  Fun times to be had by all. 

That doesn’t sound fun to me?

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1 hour ago, HowAboutThat said:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/orioles-willing-to-trade-ryan-mountcastle-cedric-mullins.html
 

If the O’s are willing to trade Mountcastle, the M’s are a logical spot but I don’t think they’d want Mullins.

I am surprised that Mullins’ defense has declined, too.

 

They might want Mullins if Julio’s injury hampers him at all. They just put him on the IL. 

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1 hour ago, Jagwar said:

I personally am hesitant to trade Mountcastle to open a spot for Mayo on the team. There is no guarantee that Mayo will hit major league pitching right away. And if he struggles there would be no backup plan. 

How much is Mountcastle actually helping us with the bat? He had a great April but has been meh since then. Mayo would only have to hit LHP to contribute. If RMC could get us back a decent SP or bullpen arm, and there is at least say 55% chance Mayo outperforms his bat, you have to consider that. Worst case scenario you put Urias at 1B vs LHP.  

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2 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

How much is Mountcastle actually helping us with the bat? He had a great April but has been meh since then. Mayo would only have to hit LHP to contribute. If RMC could get us back a decent SP or bullpen arm, and there is at least say 55% chance Mayo outperforms his bat, you have to consider that. Worst case scenario you put Urias at 1B vs LHP.  

I don’t want Urias playing regularly as part of any platoon, especially with his .580 OPS against lefties. 

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41 minutes ago, jcaponio said:

I don’t want Urias playing regularly as part of any platoon, especially with his .580 OPS against lefties. 

So we should just let Mayo sit in AAA indefinitely? Worst case scenario, the dropoff from RMC to Mayo/Urias is compensated by the pitching upgrade we get back. The upside case would be Mayo outperforms RMC and the pitching improves. I think that possibility is realistic enough that it would be worth it. 

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2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

So we should just let Mayo sit in AAA indefinitely? Worst case scenario, the dropoff from RMC to Mayo/Urias is compensated by the pitching upgrade we get back. The upside case would be Mayo outperforms RMC and the pitching improves. I think that possibility is realistic enough that it would be worth it. 

I didn’t say I don’t want Mayo playing 1B against lefties. I said I didn’t want Urias doing it. 

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How rumors start from simply one “national writer” looking at a team, that writer deciding what they could do, putting that in an article, then other publications just simply referencing that author’s ideas as facts or rumors. 

Yeah we could do “insert”…

It’s just a writer, pulling up our stats, and trying to ship off the two worst of our starting 9. Mateo and Urias don’t sell stories. So he picked the two players that have some recognition. 

This is just like someone posting on here after a Loss about how we need to get rid of Mateo and Urias. 

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