bruin
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It. Glad you were able to see TRAYCE.
It’s a massive get for the Padres, and while it’s a genuine surprise to see Milwaukee move its closer while holding a three-game lead in the National League Central, the reasoning behind the trade is fairly straightforward. Hader’s $11MM salary figures to jump north of $15MM next season in his final year of club control, and a generally budget-conscious Brewers club may not be willing to dedicate $15-17MM to a single reliever when that represents such a notable portion of the overall payroll.
Never felt confident with Rogers pitching. Is Hader still a racist?He is not lights-out, and was looking less and less dominant with each outing lately. He also blew a save last week and said something to the effect of "it wasn't our day," which just sounds like loser talk. Surprising, but so it goes...
The Athletic’s Jim Bowden is reporting that if the Nationals and Padres do swing a Juan Soto trade, it’ll be Soto and Josh Bell for C.J. Abrams, Robert Hassell III, Adrian Morejón and “at least” two other prospects. Adding Bell (a rental) would make giving up all those prospects more palatable for GM A.J. Preller because it would bring in a switch-hitting bat that would bump Eric Hosmer and Luke Voit to part-time roles. (Hosmer could also be traded, but if the Padres are already losing this much prospect capital, they may not want to lose more to dump Hosmer’s salary.)
The Padres already have committed to Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. long-term, and they surely would attempt to lock up Soto as well. If they fail, they still could turn around and trade him at some point before he reaches free agency following the 2024 season.
We’ll hear much more about Soto in the coming hours. Maybe the Cardinals and Dodgers and others will redouble their efforts to acquire Soto. For now, the Nationals still appear to be listening, and the Padres are making this interesting for them.
Mr. EarlyReactionPants
Oh Gore is in. That helps.
Can’t get over Nationals having:
Bryce Harper
Anthony Rendon
Max Scherzer
Trea Turner
Juan Soto
All gone in a matter of a few years.
Fabian Ardaya·
Staff Writer, Dodgers
Doyers prolly still win the division