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ESPN article suggesting a straight up swap of Harder for Kieboom.Would you do it?
trading our only legitimate prospect for a reliever that could turn into a pumpkin immediately? hard pass. uber pass. don't even consider it. i am down on kieboom but that'd be hilariously dumb considering we currently have no 2B or 3B
I just don't believe that comment. It feels of a really poor move to try and temper Boras's expectations from the Nats. This franchise just got below the tax threshold and has had payroll in prior seasons close to this year's limit.That doesn't mean I believe they will sign both, but it's a really lame cop out to do now.
I think I'm in the same boat even if Rendon comes back. Also, 6 years of control vs 4 and relievers just aren't consistent enough.
Hilariousy dumb? I'm not saying I'd do it...I'd want to feel really good about Hader's health and I don't know how many more years of control he has...but Kieboom isn't a prodigee prospect. It is far from guaranteed he becomes a good big leaguer. Hader has proven himself to be dominant in an area we are always sorely lacking. I mean if we retained Rendon (and Stras) and flipped Kieboom for Hader...that positions us quite well to repeat. 2B isn't that difficult of a position to fill.
This is probably the only way it makes sense. Both Stras and Rendon would need resigned and we go for the repeat now.
I think this is the Lerners telling us that Rendon aint' coming back
Well, if it is the "we can't sign both," then I am very [annoyed] that we are letting the likes of Wheeler and Hamels and Moustakas cut deals for high teens / low twenties. We need backfills at both positions. Frankly, we are going to need to re-sign Howie for either 3d or 2d if Rendon walks, and probably use some of the money not spent on Stras for a better 2d bullpen addition (Harris and Hudson) on top of his replacement starter. It'll take a quality bats at 1st, 2d and 3d to make up for the lost production from 2019.
The nice thing is that both Rendon and Donaldson are available, and even though it's a steep drop off, Donaldson isn't garbage at 3B. Also, the market is rife with 2B. Just sign Didi for that and move Kieboom for Hader.
IF we cant sign Rendon would you all be interested in trading for Kris Bryant? I think he might be available.
Bryant is another short term fix, right? his walk year is soon, maybe after next season.
https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/washington-nationals/payroll/Per Sportsrac, we have 70 million before we hit the luxury tax
with Kendrick, we're at $142 million per this https://www.rosterresource.com/mlb-washington-nationals-info/Luxury tax kicks in at $208, so $66 million left and in addition to 3B and SP, we still need to do something at 1B (Figure Zimmerman on a 1/$5 million, and maybe another backup IF if we aren't going with Difo. And, another couple of relief pitchers. So that doesn't appear to leave enough for both Rendon and Strasburg if the Nats aren't willing to go over the cap.
Give the Yankees credit for their strong push for Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg this week, despite the likelihood that neither will end up in New York. A large swath of Yankees fans have turned against Hal Steinbrenner, somehow deciding he's a cheapskate, but the club's face-to-face meetings with both mega free agents say otherwise
I want both back but I do not see it happening. Rendon wants shorter length high average. So with that being th ecase its almost 100% certain he wont be back. It sucks but thats the nature of the business. Woulda loved him to retire a Nat but we had plenty of years to sign him. and truth be told if he had resigned bryce we never woulda signed Rendon. Once max's money comes off the books that will just go straight to Soto anyways.
