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38 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

Don't Cano and Akin have options? Felix does as well. And folks get hurt. 

*saw your post re: Akin, yeah, he might be out of options. 

Akin has one left, August didn’t count was not down for 10 days. Another poster pointed that out to me. I thought he was out of options too

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3 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

A premium is what you trade. They didn’t trade a premium package for him. 

The premium I was referring to was the difference in what we paid for him above what we would have paid for a rental of comparable talent. We in fact paid that, as you just admitted.

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Just now, DirtyBird said:

The premium I was referring to was the difference in what we paid for him above what we would have paid for a rental of comparable talent. We in fact paid that, as you just admitted.

Ok but that’s not how anyone would define “we paid a premium for him”.

That said, if they traded for a rental like say Carlos Estevez, they would have paid the same or more.

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9 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Ok but that’s not how anyone would define “we paid a premium for him”.

That said, if they traded for a rental like say Carlos Estevez, they would have paid the same or more.

It is literally the meaning of paying a premium.

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2 hours ago, webbrick2010 said:

 

LOL, so you are going to pick up the option on Dominguez for 8M, and the arbitration salary for Soto for 5+ million, but not interested in Saurez.

This message board deserves whatever crappy roster Elias throws together in 2025

Soto and Dominguez have the possibility of being dominant--you pay for that. Saurez was likely an aberration--you don't overpay for that. 

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5 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

It is literally the meaning of paying a premium.

Well in the bs context in which you are saying, no they didn’t pay a premium. They would have had to pay more for most, if not every, rental reliever dealt this deadline.

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25 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Ok but that’s not how anyone would define “we paid a premium for him”.

That said, if they traded for a rental like say Carlos Estevez, they would have paid the same or more.

A literal definition of premium.

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a sum added to an ordinary price or charge

They are not misusing the term.

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13 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Well in the bs context in which you are saying, no they didn’t pay a premium. They would have had to pay more for most, if not every, rental reliever dealt this deadline.

I disagree. I think Seth Johnson is a guy coming off TJ surgery who could have had the chance to compete for major league innings in ‘25 and Chase, a 21 year old starter who was promptly promoted to AA where he held his own (16K/9) was a hefty price to pay for a career 1.4 WHIP, 5 BB/9 reliever. And the price would have been nowhere close to that had that pitcher been a rental. He probably wouldn’t have cost even one of those pieces. Probably could have had him for Stowers alone if he was a pending FA.

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22 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

I disagree. I think Seth Johnson is a guy coming off TJ surgery who could have had the chance to compete for major league innings in ‘25 and Chase, a 21 year old starter who was promptly promoted to AA where he held his own (16K/9) was a hefty price to pay for a career 1.4 WHIP, 5 BB/9 reliever. And the price would have been nowhere close to that had that pitcher been a rental. He probably wouldn’t have cost even one of those pieces. Probably could have had him for Stowers alone if he was a pending FA.

Stowers is worth more than either of those guys.

Rental relievers, off the top of my head, fetched more than Soto did.

The Os didn’t pay any kind of a premium for him. Johnson was an old prospect who has had injury issues and barely pitched above A ball. Chace maybe has a chance but there are tons of international arms like him throughout the system.  It’s no biggie to lose him.

This was a nothing package in the scheme of things.

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2 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Stowers is worth more than either of those guys.

Rental relievers, off the top of my head, fetched more than Soto did.

The Os didn’t pay any kind of a premium for him. Johnson was an old prospect who has had injury issues and barely pitched above A ball. Chace maybe has a chance but there are tons of international arms like him throughout the system.  It’s no biggie to lose him.

This was a nothing package in the scheme of things.

Stowers is an older prospect with talent issues

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5 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Stowers is an older prospect with talent issues

He doesn’t have talent issues…he is a flawed older prospect though. 
 

He has less question marks than either of those guys do and has experienced some success at the Ml level.

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Just now, wildcard said:

Akin has one option left.   When he was optioned in 2024 he did not stay in the minors for 20 days so that means the option was not used.

Which makes him a total no brainer keep. Having that flexibility is a huge bonus.

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