I've said it before and I'll say it again, Pittsburgh would rather hold onto him than deal him for a lackluster offer. We see it every year- some team finds themselves in the thick of a pennant or WC race and can justify moving high end prospects for a guy like him (see Price; David).
Moving him for less than what they deem fair would be disastrous. If they didn't have faith he would rebound I think we would've seen him moved by now. I think (and I know I would) rather bet on a rebound and selling him at the deadline than moving him right now for a package around Devon Travis or someone to that effect.
Sorry to hear that Ang. As someone who hasn't gone more than a few months without a dog in his life I know how hard that can be. You're in my thoughts. Merry Christmas brother.
Well like intentional wok countered, playing chicken with 80M isn't the best idea either. They put their best foot forward out of the gate and didn't beat around the bush. 3/54 with an option year would've seemed more gimmicky than 4/80.
Run Carrera and Upton for all I care. Not re-signing Edwin at a price point they found fair signals to me they're much more concerned long term. The last thing I want to see is them refuse to give one up for Edwin and then do it to sign Bautista for one year.
If you're going to lose the pick might as well make sure you get an option or two. If not just take the pick at this point and sign somebody else.
Not interested in Jose on a one year deal at all. Would rather accelerate the prospect cultivation.
I missed this, but I agree. Like, getting Edwin for only 3 years at 20 per is a no brainer to me. Eat half Smoak's salary and move him. There is no way someone wouldn't sign him to a 1/4M contract if he was a FA.
This is a derp post. If they signed EE and Fowler there would be no need for SS.
Can someone confirm that with the new CBA that AAV is used for luxury tax purposes? That really only ends up impacting a handful of teams.