What Can/Should NY Do?

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And Nelson and Kriske have been horrendous but both have insane stuff, Cashman clearly is not ready to give up on them yet.
 

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I think they are going to trade for Story, Gallo and some random bullpen arm.
Gallo would have been so much cheaper when I kept pushing for him this winter, something like Clint Frazier and Luis Gil might have gotten it done (Gallo/Frazier had almost exact trade values this winter, I certainly checked enough, heh). He is going to cost a ton now, I would love to have him but I dread the other half of that exchange.
 

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Gallo to NY, reportedly a 6 for 2 trade including Clarke Schmidt.
 

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Man, those five plus Schmidt would be a ton of value, no wonder TEX pulled the trigger.
 

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Damn, Josh Smith too, Cashman with a serious consolidation move.
 

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Damn, Josh Smith too, Cashman with a serious consolidation move.
Yup. We've been talking about a big consolidation move for a few years now, and you've been all over why it needed to happen. Is Gallo the best guy for it? I dunno, but he isn't a rental and certainly meets some needs. I'm happy. I'm curious if Cashman has anything else up his sleeve.
 

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Duran, Otto and Pereira all needed to be protected this winter, none are on the 40 man now. TEX already had a 40 man crunch this winter, but those guys are all getting protected.
 

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Based on MLB's rankings, it seems like Rangers went quantity over quality. That never works out.
 

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Based on MLB's rankings, it seems like Rangers went quantity over quality. That never works out.
Those mlb.com rankings haven't been updated in a while, they do it after the deadline. NY sold high on a bunch of prospects who seem to be having breakout seasons and held on to the guys they like the most.
 

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Yeah, you're getting six years of six guys for a year and a half of Gallo and 5-6 years of King (the reliever). It's a little reminiscent of the 3 for 1 deal for Sonny Gray NY made, Kaprielian has finally broken out this season and is a major asset now.
 

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Those mlb.com rankings haven't been updated in a while, they do it after the deadline. NY sold high on a bunch of prospects who seem to be having breakout seasons and held on to the guys they like the most.
Yeah, I don't know how accurate MLB's non-updated ranking, but if the highest-ranked guy is truly 14th-best player in the system, Cashman did great.
 

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Yeah, I don't know how accurate MLB's non-updated ranking, but if the highest-ranked guy is truly 14th-best player in the system, Cashman did great.
Crosspost but you can see the BA writer's take above, Duran is a top 100 candidate and Smith is a bit old but has destroyed two levels this year.
 

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Crosspost but you can see the BA writer's take above, Duran is a top 100 candidate and Smith is a bit old but has destroyed two levels this year.
I'll buy that. For the Sox I always put more stock in Soxprospects.com than MLB. BA probably better do.
 

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I'll buy that. For the Sox I always put more stock in Soxprospects.com than MLB. BA probably better do.
MLB is better than they used to be, but they are the slowest to update of any of the ranking sites, so their rankings are essentially still from this offseason. They will update after the deadline, they said.
 

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Mike Axisa put together this list of rule 5 guys a couple weeks ago, six of the ten guys NY traded this week are on there (everyone but Cessa/Wilson and Smith/Hauver who are recent draft picks):


  • Catchers: Josh Breaux
  • Infielders: Oswaldo Cabrera, Ezequiel Duran
  • Outfielders: Brandon Lockridge, Everson Pereira
  • Righties: Janson Junk, Barrett Loseke, Glenn Otto, Matt Sauer, Randy Vasquez
  • Lefties: None!
  • Minor league free agents: OF Trey Amburgey*, IF Diego Castillo, IF Kyle Holder, IF Hoy Jun Park, C Donny Sands