As January comes to a close, here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world headed into the weekend:
1. Moniak, Angels await arb decision:
The Angels and outfielder Mickey Moniak went to an arbitration hearing yesterday, as noted by the Associated Press. Moniak filed for a $2MM salary in 2025 while the Angels countered at $1.5MM. Moniak appeared to break out with the Angels in 2023 when he hit a strong .280/.307/.495 (114 wRC+) in 85 games, but the former No. 1 pick fell back to Earth in 2024 with a meager .219/.266/.380 (79 wRC+) line in 124 games as his BABIP cratered from an unsustainable .397 to just .272 year-over-year. Moniak is the first position player to go to a hearing this year. Pirates righties Johan Oviedo and Dennis Santana were the first two players to do so. Oviedo lost his case against Pittsburgh, while Santana’s decision is still pending.
2. Yates press conference:
The Dodgers officially signed right-hander Kirby Yates to a one-year deal yesterday, adding him to the 40-man roster at the expense of veteran righty Ryan Brasier. The club will be holding an introductory press conference at 11am local time this morning where Yates and (presumably) members of the Dodgers front office will be available to answer questions. The presser could shed some light on the closer situation in L.A. given that both Yates and fellow offseason signee Tanner Scott are established closers coming off excellent seasons. There’s been no indication which one the Dodgers plan on using in the ninth inning to this point, though one would imagine that the larger contract for Scott signifies that he’ll get the nod most days. Both pitchers have thrived in setup and closing roles, however, so manager Dave Roberts could also opt to use them interchangeably, as the situation dictates.
3. Will Cease’s market heat up?
The Padres have long been expected to make a trade or two this winter in order to free up space in the budget to address the club’s holes around the roster, and yesterday brought some increased chatter in that corner of the market. Specifically, right-hander Dylan Cease has reportedly been the subject of inquiries from both the Cubs and Mets. The Cubs have long been known to be on the hunt for rotation upgrades, even after adding southpaw Matthew Boyd in early December, but their only other addition has been veteran swingman Colin Rea. The Mets, meanwhile, have signed a number of starters this winter but lack impact at the front of their rotation and are already planning on using a six-man staff for 2025 that could make fitting Cease into the mix fairly easy (especially if a starter like David Peterson went the other way — speculatively speaking). A recent poll of MLBTR readers suggested that a slim majority of fans believe that San Diego should trade Cease, whether that be on his own or in addition to fellow rental starter Michael King. Could a deal get done before spring training?
If I’m the Padres and I must move one or both Cease and King. I don’t see anything matching with the Mets. Preller needs to get maximum value and the best of the best here. I’d look to Cubbies, Braves and potentially the Nats?
Why do you say that Mets Farm is ranked ahead of all those teams besides Cubs ?
What do the braves have? Their system is ranked poorly and the farm of the mets and cubs are ahead
Switch out Braves and Nats with Twins, Orioles, Rangers, Tigers who have better pieces to acquire Cease or King that are mlb ready or close to mlb ready
Plus I don’t see nationals trading what it would take to get king or cease. If padres are trading them it’ll take acquiring a young LF or 1B and an mlb ready arm to replace them with least 5 years control
Good morning! Here we go again with the Cease and King trade rumors. What more can be said?
Wait for it… Wait for it… It’s going to happen and it’s going to be the Braves… Hopefully.
I understand the Padres have maxed their payroll, and need to move someone to be able to fill their holes, but the team trading for their players could simply sign Flaherty w/o giving up prospect capital. Since their is no guarantee of signing King or Cease long term, and they will likely want at least what Flaherty would cost, they don’t seem all that attractive in trade.
If you don’t have anything else to say then why are you here commenting?
Good gosh man.
Looking through the comments on this site, it looks like you love to argue with everyone like a typical New Yorker. Don’t hate me because I’m a Braves fan and you’re a Mets fan. That’s stupid. The Braves have much more to offer than the Mets like I said on another post we could offer a four for two up to a six for two swap if we really wanted to pursue another World Series title. Just because your team grossly overpaid one player does not make them better than the Braves. it’s going to be a harsh wake up call for the Mets when the season gets going in full swing.
Any team looking to add Cease has to be in win now mode. That narrows the field quite a bit regardless of farm rankings.
Yes, but that team has to have at least one top prospect that is MLB ready at a position of need for the Padres and a couple of good MLB ready SP.
The Mets are a terrific match. Who the heck would like that comment of yours?
The Mets have an extra outfielder. They have numerous big league ready players and not enough places to play them. And they have King 2.0 in David Peterson, a guy you can dream on being as good as Ceass if everything breaks right for him.
Terrific match
David Peterson is never going to be anything close to King or Cease. They’re gonna have to give up someone who’s actually good, even for just a year of Cease.
Peterson had a better ERA than King or Cease did in 2024. Now i wouldn’t bet on that happening again in 2025. But it did already happen so to say he’s never going to be anything close to them is false and silly.
Peterson and Megill coming back to the Padres would fill both Cease’s spot and Musgrove’s for the Padres this season and both are under control for next year too (Megill thru ’27). It may not be a glorious prospect haul but it inexpensively fills two rotation spots for the next 2 years
@Rsox – I’ve thought about that as well. Seems like a reasonable trade for one guaranteed year of Cease. But here’s the rub… if the Padres do it, it’s basically like waving the white flag as they’re making a playoff competitor (Mets) better and probably weakening the Padres. Although that’s debatable as they would then have two starters instead of one and that’s helpful to the Padres who want to get under the luxury tax yada yada yada.
You still have a roster with Tatis, Machado, Arraez, Bogaerts, Merrill, Cronenworth, Darvish, etc. There is still a competitive team there even if you trade Cease
Tigers
Cubs are not going to give away more top 100 for another rental. Especially when Shaw is being demanded.
Cubs do not have to do anything right now. So the ball is in their court on deals and they are not going to over pay in talent or payroll.
Padres don’t need Shaw they need pitching and outfield help. And the Cubs definitely have some of that to trade.
Word is Preller was demanding Shaw. I would be fine with Assad and Wicks. Assad is from TJ and would become a city fav. He already has a cult following here in SD so that would end up a solid PR move. Wicks lost 20lbs from doing palotties with his wife all off season. He went down from his obliques and took core conditioning seriously. So he has breakout candidate written all over him
Those two for Cease I can get behind. Nothing else.
They ain’t getting Cease for Wicks and Assad. Those guys are fringe #5 starters at best. Dream on.
No Assad is a 5. Wicks has a higher top end and floor than Assad. His issue has been health and that is why he could be traded.
Cease comes with one year of control. Teams are not going to dump their farm for that. 2-3 years then we are talking about a deal that costs the Cubs off of their top list and a regular player.
The Padres are a better team right now than the Cubs and the Cubs would be a competitor for a playoff spot. To get Cease the Cubs would have to overpay. Hence the ask for Shaw. It is also consistent with what Preller asked for Cease from the Red Sox.
You are dumb. Cubs are in a easier division so most of their wins will be against chump teams. SD has to play 3 teams in division that are superior. Then they lack a full rotation and their best pen arm left. SS left.
So you are smoking some good crack if you think that they will win more games than the Cubs.
Cubs don’t need Cease to win the central. Brown might end up taking a spot and roll with it. Then you have Horton in AAA. Then a rebound candidate in Wicks. All were top prospects and 2 are major league tested.
So until Preller fills his holes don’t talk about being better than .500 at this point, because all they have done is get worse this year and cause distractions by the ownership lawsuits.
You’re the one saying Assad will be a cult favorite and Wicks is appealing because he’s doing Pilates. So who’s smoking crack?
I live in SD so I know of the Assad hometown following. Barrio Logan bro. Plus he is from TJ. Born and played there. SD loves their own homey.
Wicks lost 20lbs doing the same work out that Jake Arreta did to go from a loser in Balt to a cy young winner.
Don’t knock core strengthing for athletes. It is not about lifting heavy.
It sucks that the Padres ownership in-fighting is essentially forcing Preller’s hand to cut payroll. I understand moving Cease from a business perspective, but the hypothetical scenario of doing a trade the day before fan fest is very bad PR.
Runt – Spending would have been reduced anyway, even if Pete was still in control of the team.
I would focus on making a good trade not the PR that comes from it. The Padres made a good trade last year dealing Soto. I think Padres fans remember that.
I just saw the Mets/Cease post and wrote this there, but since that was from last night, and it’ll get more thoughts here and I’m curious about it, I’ll cross post it:
I feel like this could be a deal where the Pads deal for their needs now rather than sign players. And it’s not the worst idea. Pads are built for now, but they have holes.
Would Marte (+cash), Peterson, and Megill for Cease work for everyone?
And just in case, I’m a NYY fan, so just an outside observation.
No offense but thats a garbage trade for the Padres
Im sure if they are cutting payroll they would want young, controllable pieces.
Peterson is a good start but Marte and Megill?
Im sure it would cost them a Top 10 Prospect in return
Saw someone post that if Mets wanted Vladi Jr and 1yr of control it would cost them 3 of their top 10 Prospects.
Not garbage if you actually read what I said. The Pads are built to win now, you can’t subtract Cease without bolstering the MLB roster. All the prospects in the world aren’t helping you NOW. Sometimes you need a trade that’ll help immediately especially if they don’t want to spend on what left out there. Marte will get you same production or better in LF as anybody left on the market especially if the Mets pay for him and Peterson and Megill slot right into the rotation no questions asked.
Also Megill is controllable for another 2 years after 2025 and Peterson for one more.
No offense, Sal, but it seems you’ve also been fooled by the smoke, mirrors & loud noise. The Pobres are NOT built to win now, or for the foreseeable future.
They feature the top heaviest roster in the sport, with the majority of their payroll tied up into a handful of misevaluated , older, veterans.
AJ Preller negotiated every single one of those bad deals.
Farm has no answers for this year.
No TV deal
They’re broke.
Sheel wants her child support….
Buenas noches, Pobrecitos
The MLB roster is mostly very good, no smoke to be had there which means, yeah given a few more pieces they are built for the now. What the future holds is not something I can comment on, but I can clearly read what they have on the 40 man. It’s not as gloom and doom as some of y’all think.
The first dozen or so names on the 40man look like that of any contender. Keep going. They can’t fill out a competitive 26man, much less 40.
Any projecting that places the Pobres as competitors is based on best case scenario production out of those aforementioned dozen or so dudes. I can squint my eyes & see that type of production out of maybe 5. We all know their names. We’re asking a ton from them…
They went pretty far last year and aren’t too much different. Add back a few starting pieces as I’ve outlined and I think they can again. I mean should thry not even try?
Really it isn’t though. Peterson and Megill go right into the rotation for at least the next 2 seasons. Marte goes into LF/DH for the season with the Mets pairing down the salary it still affords the Padres with the ability to add a Anthony Rizzo/Ty France/Justin Turner to play 1B/DH
Yup!
Don’t think Mets should let Peterson go. He was a back-end starter without his hip(s) providing 100% of their pitch propulsion potential. So velocity depended a lot on arm strength, decreasing his control (in my opinion). He should be getting close to his normal velocity thrust from his legs this year, improving his control. Would like to see how that goes.
Look, if you’re getting Cease back Peterson is not the guy who holds it back. You do not have an ace, Cease is easily that.
@Salzilla How can the Padres be built for now if they trade their best starter? Trading Cease or King is pretty much the death blow to any wild card aspirations.
Personally I wouldn’t trade both, but if one can net you the pieces your MLB club need, I’d do it. They have no left fielder and the rotation is still light.
Salzilla: That’s what I don’t understand, trading away an ace pitcher. If the rotation is light, then why can’t they find someone other than a pitcher to trade? Too many NTC’s? If you’re in win-now mode, I don’t see the benefit of trading someone like Cease.
Too many other holes, a hole in the rotation is the only spot they can stand to lose especially if that piece cam bring you back two. Rotation would be full as well as the OF.
Agreed Avenger. They’re just going to be opening up holes in the rotation to fill other holes on the roster. They either need to go all in for this year and keep their starters, or trade Cease for a prospect haul in his walk year.
As good as Peterson is
He comes with 2 years of control
He’s never started more than 21 games
I’d pass on him and rather ask for an mlb ready arm with 5 or 6 years of control. Mets could offer Sproadt as the center piece but doubt they do that so
Conversation starts with Jett Williams ss/of who’s ranked #58 on the mlb pipeline list and and you can round out the deal with say 1b/of Clifford, RHP Tidwell, and RHP Megill
Personally I’ll bow out on talking about the Mets prospects and have their fans engage, but from an outside perspective, I’d kinda want guys that’ll help this year. The NL West is not going to get any better. And your best team is now before they blow it up completely.
Why would Cease command a much better return than what the Brewers got for Corbin Burnes?
Define “much better”
Cause Burnes netted Ortiz who ranked 63rd overall on mlb pipeline list, DL Hall young lefty, and a 1st round comp draft pick
Jett Williams is Joey Ortiz
Tidwell is a lesser version of DL Hall who was a former top 100 prospect and Tidwell comes with enticing stuff but control issues
Clifford has contact issues but enticing numbers
Megill is a #4
I’d say Megill and Clifford equate to the same value as a late first round draft pick the Brewers got
Ortiz was never ranked that high prior to the trade and I don’t even think he was ranked in the top 100 at all at the time of the deal, so I would equate him more to Clifford. Tidwell is also ranked higher in their system than Hall was in the Orioles’ system at the time, although their system isn’t as stacked as the Orioles system was then, so that may be a wash or a modest tilt towards Hall. The 2nd round draft pick is probably more valuable than Megill, but even back of the rotation starters have value and he is coming of a fairly solid 2024, so it’s probably not an enormous disparity there.
I am certainly no expert on the Mets farm system, but to my eye, you appear to be asking for the Burnes return plus Jett Williams.
“Ortiz was never ranked that high prior to the trade and I don’t even think he was ranked in the top 100 at all at the time of the deal”
mlb piple line had him ranked 63rd at time of trade
“On Thursday night, Baltimore swung a blockbuster deal, acquiring the right-handed Burnes in a trade with Milwaukee. In return, the O’s sent infielder Joey Ortiz (MLB Pipeline’s No. 63 overall prospect), left-hander DL Hall and a 2024 Competitive Balance Round A Draft pick to the Crew.”
mlb.com/news/corbin-burnes-traded-to-orioles
“Tidwell is ranked higher in their system than Hall was in the Orioles system”
So your logic says a bad farm system number 2 is better than a great farm systems #3? LOL on that one
Hall was a top 100 prospect that lost his status due to service time that had yet to establish himself in the majors. When was Tidwell a top 100 prospect?
“The second round draft pick”
It was a competitive balance round A that happens after the 1st round, happened to be the #34 pick and isn’t a 2nd round pick
“I am certainly no expert on the Mets farm system, but to my eye, you appear to be asking for the Burnes return plus Jett Williams”
It appears you got a lot of stuff wrong but you certainly are no expert that is correct.
Interesting. I had recalled him falling off most top 100 lists by that point.
I still think it’s more than the Burnes return, but that does significantly close the gap.
Peterson gives you a guy who MAYBE could be an ace. And you aren’t getting a guy like that anywhere else except in a trade for Cease.
Jett Williams is an infielder or centerfielder. Those aren’t needs for the Padres. A potential ace is the need.
Peterson has 2 years of control, never made more than 21 starts. You’re better off keeping Cease.
Moving a CF to LF that can give you elite defense in the OF for a team and manager than pride themselves on defense being a key to their success isnt a negative thing.
Or you can stick Williams in CF and shift Merrill to LF whod be a gold glove candidate every year along with Tatis Jr being a gold glove candidate in RF
Williams, Merrill, Tatis Jr could possibly be the best defensive OF in the MLB however you choose to line them up.
The Padres can’t keep Cease and round out their roster. That’s the point.
Williams is a highly ranked prospect that I don’t think the Mets want to trade. And he’s not ready to play yet. That’s important for the Padres.
Williams doesn’t make sense.
They can if they deal Suarez and his 16 mill salary instead of Cease King or both. Theyre what 4 mill over the cbt?
Well that sucks. You have to give up talent to get talent. Center piece is either Williams or Sproadt
Williams make sense hes already made his mlb debut and gives them the option to put him in CF and move Merrill to LF which fills LF vacancy for cheap with a gold glove caliber above average bat player for the next 5 years
Suarez is actually 10 mill but is owed 16 mill if he opts in for 2026 and 2027 (8 mill a season).
Williams + Clifford would not be packaged together for anyone other than Vlady… and even then, I bet the Mets would struggle with the idea of both going together. At this point, I think that Clifford is actually someone they’re less willing to part with. A prospect is only a prospect until proven, but still seems a bit steep or an ask for both for just one year of control.
@San Diego Fleet, Yep, it’s going to take pieces like that to get it done. Preller isn’t trading Cease or King for a bunch of roster-filler players.
Trading Cease to fill needs (LF and maybe DH) creates a much bigger need – SP. But then, that’s been said over and over already in the previous 8 articles this week suggesting Cease trade rumor.
“Letting go of Wacha Lugo Snell created massive holes in the rotation (THREE STARTERS YOU KNOW HOW MANY GAMES AND INNINGS THAT IS) the padres won’t be able to over come. wtf are the padres thinking”
Well that’s why if you deal a SP you make sure to bring back some SP options, Tidwell Megill if they deal Cease to Mets
Replacing Wacha, Lugo, Snellzilla and Martinez was partially done by trading Juan Soto, not a SP.
Replacing Cease and King will mostly be done by trading Cease and King.
Replacing Cease and King this year can happen by not trading Cease and King this year. Replacing Cease and King can be also done by signing FAs next year or trading other players for SPs, or by extending Cease and King. Then there is the trade deadline option.
Long as mommy and daddy are fighting extensions and free agent signings are probably off the table for the time being.
Padres are also projected to be 172 mill in salaries for 2026. Thats before arbs. This year arb costs were about 45 mill. Which will put the Padres somewhere around 200-210 mill. Threshold is 244. Not enough money to replace
King, Cease, Suarez, find a LF if need be, find a C if need be
A Dh and 1B too in addition to replacing King, Cease, Suarez, and possibly finding a LF and C
Yeah 30-40 mill definitely isnt enough to replace all those guys.
And if you move say Adams to the closer role you need to find a high leverage 7th or 8th inning guy to replace him them.
I said FA signing next year, not this year. They will have about $80M free’d up under CBT
And it’s not mommy and daddy fighting, it’s widow v brothers
Adam, not Adams. C position is filled
Not if you get two already MLB proven pitchers back, too?
But it’s not at all realistic that they get 2 MLB SPs, and fill needs in LF and DH just by trading Cease, who is a one year rental. Any team interested in Cease is already a contender, and they will only want to part with prospects and maybe one mid MLer
You can get Peterson, Marte and Baty for Cease. That gives the Padres a starter to replace Cease with upside and 2 bats for the outfield and infield.
The pieces I mentioned on the Mets aren’t their main pieces. They’d part with them for Cease. I think they’d be more valuable on the Pads.
I’d go with Tirso and Eguy and maybe sign Peralta before I traded Cease for LF / DH fillers.
I think Ornelas may have his golden opportunity and every indicator from last year at AAA, where he made significant adjustments, suggests his bat will fly in the bigs. I’d almost prefer they give him a shot rather than sink $ into a mid-level FA vet. Would rather use that $ for SP
@Salzilla Those Mets players are not going to work for the Padres. They’re going to want at least one young arm similar to King with less service time. Peterson and Megill have limited upside. Marte is a fourth outfielder and bench piece. The Mets will have to give up good prospects and I don’t think they should for an excellent rental.
Play out the year with their rotation and use those prospects to get longer-controlled arms if they so choose.
According to Mets fans Peterson and Megill are worth it. And honestly as a fantasy player I see it. Padres can’t afford to wait for an arm that may not pan out. I don’t think Marte is that bad either, just been injured a lot. He can definitely platoon between Left and DH. Heck, I’d trade Stroman for him and platoon him with Jasson as insurance.
If you get rid of Cease than get guys that can help you battle the Dodgers and beyond this year and next. Worry about the future when it’s truly time to blow the team up. They have a window now though. Use it.
That’s basically what I suggested in the post last night. Stop acting like you had an original thought.
Bro, I didn’t read any comments before I commented this morning on that, lol.
You referenced the post from last night. But you didn’t read the post?
Ok…….
I referenced MY answer to that article that I wrote this morning. I didn’t read the comments, no, nor do I ever read every comment before commenting on anything. Especially don’t read yours, BITA. 😉
Sure…..
How about this, BITA, I’ll do what I should have done after your Bauer tirade, and say ciao! Now you can breathe easy, because I’ll never see and rip off your comments again.
I would think Preller wants at least (1) true stud minor leaguer. I agree, he needs MLB pieces as well but he needs to restock and Cease can get him near ML talent locks.
Once you looked under the covers, it was obvious that Moniak’s 2023 was a complete mirage. Like Adell, he doesn’t have bat to ball ability.
You can be optimistic such talented players will find themselves, but sooner or later, reality sets in.
@halo11fan. Welcome back.
Yep. Guys like these with not great contact skills and poor plate discipline get exposed over time. They may have a run or two where it looks good but tough to sustain without a good approach.
Holecamel..
The player that is a curiosity to me is Schanuel. He’s the exact opposite of Adell. Extremely slow bat, but the ability to put the bat on the ball.
The Angels completely revamped him last year, foolishly at the major league level, to get the bat head out in front. This basically caused his abilities to do what he did well, to plummet.
He now no longer controls the strike zone or hits the ball with authority. Will that continue? I don’t know. But I wish they would have let him figure it out in the minors.
I don’t think enough attention is given to Verlander vs Scherzer. They’re within nine (9) Ks of one another for career Ks, sitting #10 and #11 All-Time.
It’s noted enough that they don’t like each other.
They were both slam dunk HOFers five years ago.
My tin foil hat says that they’re both waiting for the other one’s arm to fall off so one can surpass the other and (finally) retire. Same concept as those Spy vs Spy comics
Troy – They are both only 2 years removed from a good season, and just 3 years removed from a great season. Athletes don’t call it quits after just one bad season. I think if either has another bad season this year, he will retire.
There’s no deep hatred between the two, they are just very different people. Max is more intelligent and reserved, that’s all.
It looks like Scherzer waited for Verlander to sign just so he could be sure to put earn him by $500k on the year. Would have been funnier if he did $1 higher.
Wade – I’m guessing he was waiting for Verlander to set the market for pitchers in similar situations. That’s risky though, if the market setter comes out on the low end.
I’m kinda surprised no mention of the L/R splits, which I would think Roberts would factor into his closer decisions.
In his career the lefty Tanner Scott has been much more effective vs LHB (.603 OPS) than vs RHB (.679 OPS).
In his career the righty Kirby Yates has been much more effective vs RHB (.597 OPS) than vs LHB (.660 OPS).
Absolutely, i would think it will be a two headed closure role
A realistic offer for Cease would be along the likes of what Burns or even Soto went for as a soon to be FA.
For the Mets a realistic offer to keep the Padres talking would involve Peterson a top 5 prospect and maybe a 3rd piece especially with Cease being a front line starter making less then the aging aces got this off season.
MLB – I think you are the first to add what I believe to be a huge factor – salary cost. Soto is Soto but he brought a 31 mil salary for that 1 year. Cease is an ace at 13.5? Allows the acquiring team some flexibility to add another piece while adding an ace.
That is worth a little more in the pot.
Longtime, the other thing that adds to the pot is that the acquiring team will also get a draft pick when they QO Cease after 2025. That adds to the pot.
Both of those are part of why the price set by Preller for Cease is so high.
We already knew the sky-high price centered on Mayer that he had set back at the winter meetings when the Red Sox asked about Cease. Yesterday we found out about him asking for a package fronted by Shaw from the Cubs. Preller would ask for just as big of a return from the Mets.
I agree, that’s why I said a 3rd piece Peterson for the rotation now, a top prospect and the 3rd piece could be something of real value, not some A ball lottery ticket.
3 solid players can get something done possibly, def will keep them in the conversation until something is done.
How about Torkelson (1B/DH), Wencel Perez (LF,CF,RF, switch hitter) and Matt Manning (SP) for King or Cease.
They aren’t rebuilding, if they move him they want controllable MLB ready pieces not AA prospects
Just for kicks. King and Peralta to the Mets for Peterson, Scott, Acuna and Mauricio. Cease to the Cubs for Assad, Brown and Alcantara. Arraez to NYY for Stroman, Hampton and Madea. Suarez and Isaiah Lowe to Detroit for Jung and Torkelson.
Dan that makes my brain hurt! Kind of thing AJ might do though.
You’re not getting Hampton, Madea plus Stroman for Arreaz!! Heck I would not do Hampton and Madea for Arreaz!
@Nick Deeds. Please. In the poll by mlbtr yesterday, a majority of fans clearly suggested that the Padres not trade either Cease or King, not Cease over King as you state.
Thanks for the laugh, Brew. Did you expect Deeds to get facts correct?
You can’t will this into existence no matter how bad you want it to happen.
If the Padres don’t make a trade how are they going to put a team out there?
I like your answer
Considering what’s left out there they could probably get Verdugo, one of Rizzo/France/Turner, and either Quantrill or Turnbull (or both) and bring in guys like David Peralta and Brandon Drury on minor league/low salary deals for about $20 million
And where is the 20 million coming from?
Preller has said they have financial flexibility which sounds like just an excuse to sit out the market on the big name players
Preller has so much financial flexibility that he just pushed some of Michael Kings 2025 salary into 2026 with some nonsense mutual option.
The Padres time is ending. The only question is how soon.
Long after the Cardinals time was over.
Moniak went to arbitration? Chutzpah.
Candelario, Suarez, and Paredes. For a team that can’t find a 3B, the Tigers sure have given a few away.
Suarez is still the best trade option based on BP strength. About same money as DC and while not as good of a return, should net a mlb ready player to fill 1 spot of need at least.
Agree. Or if getting under CBT is what matters most (not sure it is) then parting with Matsui ($5.5M AAV) wouldn’t kill us
Only thing about Mat is that he is Lh and well, AJ may he trying to get Adrián in the rotation still. Also no return but yes, if someone took him for a flyer the $$’s work.
For those with cable, the Caribbean tournament is on ESPN Desportes starting today at 4 pm CT and continues through the weekend. The one thing that puzzles me is that Japan is in the tournament. I don’t know why but I’m not complaining.
The Mets are not going to give up Peterson or their top pitching prospect – Sproat – or their top overall prospect – Williams – for one year of Cease. That weakens them and doesn’t make any sense. I could see them offering Megill or Butto, Marte and half of his salary plus either Acuña, Baty or Gilbert. Mauricio is still recovering and won’t be ready for the beginning of the season, so you don’t know what you’re getting with him, so he probably won’t be traded.
They won’t give up 2 years of Peterson for 1 year of Cease?
Yeah right
The Padres are looking to trade Cease because they are trying to lower payroll and Cease costs $14 million. Marte costs $20 million. Even if the Mets pay half of his salary, the Padres would only be saving $4 million by trading Cease. The Padres don’t want to take on any contracts. Square peg, round hole.
The Mets can pay all of Martes salary.
Round peg round hole. Think dude think.
I was responding to Attystephenadams. He suggested paying HALF of Marte’s salary. Read dude read.
4 articles on Cease in 24 hours. A new record for the site.
But one can imagine almost trading Dylan Cease only so many times, so there will be a cap – maybe at 10 articles?
The Red Sox can send them one of Crawford/Houck, I’d love for it to be Yoshida but it will probably take Abreu, and a non-top 100 prospect for Cease. SD would get a lower dollar rotation replacement, an ML outfielder on the cheap, and a flyer. Sox would get another top of the rotation arm AND a year to get Dylan to love Boston.
The Padres already asked for Mayer, Abreu, Fitts, and Gonzalez for Cease. .
Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but aren’t both Cease and King eligible for qualifying offers at the end of this year? Doesn’t that mean that each will be worth what they provide with their performance this year AND a 1st round pick?