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[Terminator]

As long as Putin keeps power and the Ukraine war drags out, yes, probably

 

How many flagrant violations of the "no politics rule" is Jim going to be allowed to commit? The guy is just openly flaunting the rules at this point. I recommend a life time ban.

[jerb]

 

Jeff Passan

@JeffPassan

 

BREAKING: Catcher Sean Murphy has been traded to the Atlanta Braves, sources tell ESPN.

[L54]

 

Jeff Passan

@JeffPassan

 

BREAKING: Catcher Sean Murphy has been traded to the Atlanta Braves, sources tell ESPN.

 

Wow! Now the Braves have three catchers

 

Wasn’t there a tweet saying this last week that they shot down?

[glory]

Murphy will take one look into AA's eyes and sign his prime away for nothing.

 

Let's see if this trade finally opens up a path to a Jays/catcher trade.

[Terminator]

Seems like this is a good scenario for the Jays. Braves weren't an obvious trade fit and the options for the remaining teams are dwindling.

[L54]

Unless William Contreras suddenly becomes available

[glory]

 

This would make more sense as opposed to the Braves getting Murphy and holding on to 3 catchers.

[Stangstag]

Wow! Now the Braves have three catchers

 

Wasn’t there a tweet saying this last week that they shot down?

 

Yeha I remember hearing the Braves pop up in Murphy discussions and thought it was extremely odd

[Olerud363]

How many flagrant violations of the "no politics rule" is Jim going to be allowed to commit? The guy is just openly flaunting the rules at this point. I recommend a life time ban.

 

I don't see how he is breaking the politics rule... the rule allows passive aggressively talking left wing politics but does not allow any right wing politics.

 

Implying inflation is caused by Putin is totally within the rules, now if you were to respond implying that inflation was caused by policy mistakes by the Bank of Canada and Trudeau that would be out of line and you would get the lifetime ban.

[Jimcanuck]

How many flagrant violations of the "no politics rule" is Jim going to be allowed to commit? The guy is just openly flaunting the rules at this point. I recommend a life time ban.

 

xposbrad initiated it..... direct your grievance elsewhere

[glory]

[wilko]

 

Wouldn't mind a 4 way with the Jays.

[L54]

 

This would make more sense as opposed to the Braves getting Murphy and holding on to 3 catchers.

 

There it is ...

[Terminator]

Contreras to the Brewers is a good outcome for the Jays too. They don't have a whole lot that they could trade to us.

[xposbrad]

Contreras looked like he had some good numbers last year, is only 24, and over a full season would have put up more WAR than Murphy. Is this a real big upgrade for them?

[Ehjays]

[Laika]

Yeager + Muller + Contreras + Tarnok

 

This is a weird trade

 

Contreras has substantial value as a good young catcher. It's not often that you see the centrepiece of the trade flipped in a 3-way deal like this.

Most of the time the selling team wants to centrepiece and the third team just gets involved to make the rest of it work.

 

Esteury Ruiz SUCKS

 

Oakland is just stupid.

[BTS]

Muller, Tarnok, and Ruiz is a pretty good haul. A bit surprised that the difference between Contreras and Murphy was worth Muller, Tarnok, and Yeager to Atlanta.

[Terminator]

Leave it to the A's to pull off a bizzare three team trade with an underwhelming return.

 

Looks like the Brewers did pretty well here though?

[BTS]

Leave it to the A's to pull off a bizzare three team trade with an underwhelming return.

 

Looks like the Brewers did pretty well here though?

 

Contreras + Yeager for Ruiz seems pretty fair. Honestly, at first glance I like it least for the Braves. But I might be overrating Contreras. Maybe he's a really bad receiver or something.

[Laika]

Leave it to the A's to pull off a bizzare three team trade with an underwhelming return.

 

Looks like the Brewers did pretty well here though?

 

I think so

 

Ruiz has like, 6th percentile max EV. He's a slap hitter!

[Ron tokama]

so where do we trade Jansen now? At this point it looks like he’s gonna be starting in AAA with Kirk starting and Moreno as the back up in the majors(barring an injury). Atkins has completely messed up this off season and made this team worse.

[Laika]

Banned Ron for being a stupid troll

[MikeM3]

A's are s***.

[Krylian]

Wouldn't mind a 4 way with the Jays.

 

Pervert

[BTS]

so where do we trade Jansen now? At this point it looks like he’s gonna be starting in AAA with Kirk starting and Moreno as the back up in the majors(barring an injury). Atkins has completely messed up this off season and made this team worse.

 

Arizona, Boston, both Chicago teams, Cleveland, Houston, LAA, Miami, Minnesota, San Diego, San Francisco, are all at least notionally trying to win and have weak catching.

[Stangstag]

Contreras to the Brewers is a good outcome for the Jays too. They don't have a whole lot that they could trade to us.

 

Yeah this basically means the Jays own the catching market right now, with teams like the Astros/Cleveland/Cubs looking to add

[Stangstag]

Leave it to the A's to pull off a bizzare three team trade with an underwhelming return.

 

Looks like the Brewers did pretty well here though?

 

How do they consistently make s***** trades while dealing stars at least once per year? Its insanity.

[Laika]

How do they consistently make s***** trades while dealing stars at least once per year? Its insanity.

 

They have this weird thing where they NEED to get MLB ready players in the deal

[L54]

One thing is for certain, I’d rather have teams acting like the Mets and Padres than the s***** A’s

 

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