Since we've already got Price, doesn't that just mean that we could have 3-of-5 by the end of the offseason? I'm never a fan of either/or thinking.Yeah, that's just too crazy. Can we get back to taking on one of the 5 biggest contracts in history? I mean we've got our choice of two of them...
And, in that spirit, cross-posting from the news thread:
How much more than Benintendi’s next 5 years of club control is Stanton really worth, though, given his salary? Some, to be sure, but probably not that much.Not a fan of acquiring Stanton. Between the cost in talent it will require the Sox to give up and his injury history .......no thanks.
Obviously, to beat the other teams offers — all of whom appear to have better true prospects at the moment — I think the Sox would need to dip into their young MLB talent to get Stanton. But the Sox have a large number of MLB-minimum options available to them who should help the Marlins rebuild their MLB team on a budget. I don't know the Marlins prospects, but they only have one MLB catcher on their active roster. Would they take just Swihart + Benintendi for Stanton? Would Stanton even agree to play LF after playing basically his whole career in right, or would that be a sticking point for his no-trade? So many questions.
Though frankly, in the end, I’d probably really rather see Stanton on the team despite his low historical BA, after considering his age, high productivity despite hitting against really darn good pitchers in NL East, and good rate stats in high-leverage opportunities, than most of the options who are actually on the market rather than pie-in-the-sky (such as Votto or Freeman).