putting him on the 40 at the price of someone else might be considered the same. Trying to sneak him through the draft is probably the prudent thing to do. Unless of course they know teams have shown interest in him. I feel like things like the Rule 5 are pretty much discussed among the GM's.
Rule 5 has changed quite a bit over the past few years. Teams that are willing to punt (Padres last year) go 20/21 year old high upside internationals. Most other teams fill their pen. Not many teams have a spot to stash a 1B only guy. Maybe a team gives him a shot to win a starting job in Spring. I was down on Rowdy last year when he could hit, so maybe I just think it's not a big deal.
Can you justify a 40 man spot on him next year? Are you going to give him pinch hit or spot starts over Teoscar, Smith or Lourdes that are already on the 40? Do you prioritize him over a Connor Greene? Danny Jansen? Pentecost? Jays have 44 on the 40 man right now with the 5 on the 60 day. Do they have enough guys that can be moved to the 60 day (I honestly don't know the injuries I've been away) Does it leave them a roster crunch for next year?
I think you leave Rowdy exposed to the Rule 5 next year and hope he doesn't get claimed.
I had Stanton and Realmuto against Bumgarner and I thought that was too much. But then when I moved Realmuto out everything had to change. Essentially it was Realmuto, Freeman and Gardner for Pujols, Lucroy and Mancini
P Wood
P Estrada
C Lucroy
1B Pujols
2B Kipnis
3B Donaldson
SS Story
OF Trout
OF Stanton
OF Mancini
I really thought Estrada and Wood would be more popular
I think I and quite a few others here understand lack of time to negotiate. I've been guilty of coming in with my best deal because I really covet a guy and I'm down on someone because I lack time. But sometimes you have to see things from the league perspective too or that there is zero chance that he makes Jaysblue's cuts so he's got zero future value for him.
Seriously lets try and keep this impartial and stop with the comparisons. My only issue here is that GP adds picks every year and then wastes them. Thus we can't take any late round picks as factors in deals (Not sure they are factors in any deal). Everyone has people that they go to first for deals, and people they don't go to. We just have to make sure that it's not affecting the integrity of the league. Some feel this is so lets deal with it...like adults.