Going Deep on Carlos Santana and the First Base Market, Trade Ideas for Outfield, JUCO Ruling Effect

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1. I think some prospects needs to be called up as in Chase DeLauter as an outfielder. We’ll see what happens with the rest of the season with him

2. Are there any starting pitchers you would like to see get a non roster invite to spring training out there (ex. Tyler Alexander)?

   I think this would make for a good episode and great "roster fodder"

3. Good job sweet cheeks

4. Merry Christmas and happy new year Jeff!

5. Just curious Will Naylor go to arbitration with the Diamonds or have they already signed him to,a contract. Anyway I’m ok with the trade

6. The Cardinals are saying they're not interested in trading Fedde now. I don't think anybody is buying into that. Fedde struggled a few games after being traded to the Cardinals, but settled in nicely after that. I think Bloom would take a return for Fedde like Cleveland got back in the Naylor trade for Fedde. Gorman can play 2nd base he is just so-so there he can also play 3rd I believe that's his original position when he got drafted. Like you said he strikeouts way too much. I would probably avoid him. Great show and I hope you're getting some rest over the Christmas break. My wife use to be a Teacher I know how stressful that job can be.

7. Musical Chairs is the name of the game with Music, and Chairs. Hahaha, I do appreciate how much you and Justin own everything good and bad. Someone had mentioned that the Guards were in talks with Goldschmidt before he signed with NYY.

   I am wondering if Santana is able to help Manzardo and Noel with 1B Defense? Swing decisions are tough to change, but would Santana be able to show them the blue print or give them different perspective on 1B defense?

8. Great job as always!

   I think I missed it though: your right field platoon was who and Noel for 25 dingers?

9. I think something to remember that there is a worse case scenario where Santana regresses a bit but is still a viable platoon with Manzardo at 1B

10. Any thoughts on signing Kahnle and trading one of the current relievers as part of a package for an outfielder?

11. Santana is the new Giambi Napoli guy…

12. Gaddis for Taylor Ward. Fair deal or who says no?

13. I’m so tired of the “Dolan is cheap” trope. Dolan is smart, not cheap. He was one of the first to realize that post-arbitration free agents are one of the worst ways an MLb team can spend. FO salaries, scouting, player development, draft money, and international free agents all impact winning more than FA spending and Dolan doesn’t rank behind many owners (if any) in spending in these areas. Cleveland spends where they can get the most impactful players, not where they can make the most headlines. And FWIW, Noel won’t be on the 26 man roster come the end of the season IMO. Noel isn’t going to magically make better swing decisions.

14. Fantastic show Jeff. Love the trade idea with Miami even though Donovan and Ward would be my hopes.

15. I'm not trying to sound like a broken record, but does anyone else feel like we should have gotten more for both players?

16. You are the man Jeff. Happy Holidays

17. Great point regarding arbitration and not wanting to argue a case with Naylor. Great case. Especially, if bad blood occurred, that could affect Bo attitude towards the Cleveland office.😂

18. trade for fedde and get another bat and then we can c how that works till season opener

19. Just musical chairs 😊

20. I do take your point on Naylor’s issues and of the two moves (Josh and Andres) I am most sympathetic to for Josh move. Carlos was about as good and Josh has warts

    I am deeply skeptical they just traded him to avoid arbitration that seems like it’s overstating the case

21. I don’t mean to always be dissenting and I don’t think you are shills. You provide good analysis and I appreciate it

    But stating the Guardisns spent money this off season is miss representing the case. Overall our payroll is less than it was last year according to Cots Baseball contracts (by about $8M) and as you point out: the Carlos and Josh swap is about neutral. So is the Shane Bieber-Andres swap

    Sure they may have spent more than other teams but on net they’re a cheaper team and their payroll is smaller than the twins, Padres and brewers.

22. Great solo ep Jeff! Hope you had a great Christmas 💚

23. Vogt is questionable . How do you bat slow azz players 2nd throughout the playoffs ? That guy reminds me of Erik wedge . Brainless

24. A big part of this is the cost for free agent starting pitchers. Just prohibitive. Getting a pair of controllable starters through trades is about as good as you can do.

25. Thanks for the good shows all year

26. Give me Jesus Sanchez and Erick Fedde and I’ll be very optimistic about this team next year

27. Just giving me a link to an article showing estimated 2024 revenues that didn’t even include post season shares and perhaps revenue sharing figures doesn’t mean anything. I did the detailed analysis and using conservative estimates, the team made $350-$400m in 2024. $150m payroll for this team is break even worst case, the team even got considerable funds for stadium renovations. Don’t give this team an out for lying to us.

28. A Sanchez and Weathers deal sounds like a low risk move that could help at 2 key spots.

29. Walk-Tana.

30. I really appreciate your efforts! Just a quick off-topic question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?

31. Musical chairs Jeff! Musical chairs!

32. Anyone with eyes can see that Naylor was 30 pounds overweight and its easy to conclude his lousy second-half of the season was the result of that weight wearing on him. At least he has an opportunity to get in shape for another team to start the saeason and earn that $12 million salary. A trade is often a wake-up call for players.

33. I really think the naylor trade / santana pickup is something that only time will tell… I can see both having sub-par seasons or both having good seasons (maybe Naylor having another all-star season) but I love the point you made about depriving the Twins and Seattle from a 1b and trading him to the NL

34. Thanks Geoff, superb once again, have a superb new year 👍

35. Nice show Jeff

36. What would it take to get fedde? Cardinals taking offers. He is cheap for a year