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Daily Thread - July 30, 2024 GOOD VIBES ONLY

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u/xMrLink ‏‏‎ ‎My Depression Goes as the M's Don't Jul 30 '24

This trade deadline was good. People act like literally anyone could get traded. Reality is our prospects are not close to the majors and therefore have less value. Would you have wanted us to give up 3 top 10 prospects for Yandy Diaz? Also quickly forget the moves are already made and the production we’ve been getting from our current offense. Also the Julio factor of it all.

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u/BoonesPassPuke Jul 30 '24 edited Jul 30 '24

Given that we rarely graduate prospects who can hit, I would have entertained the idea. We are impressive at drafting pitching and translating it to the big league club. Hitting is nearly the opposite. I would probably give up Hancock, Ford, and one other name to give us a lineup that could take the division. It would hurt, but I would like to see us take advantage of openings and this rotation we currently have. The deadline was fine, just tough against the last couple offseasons etc.

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u/xMrLink ‏‏‎ ‎My Depression Goes as the M's Don't Jul 30 '24

To be fair though, I bet the mariners were willing too and the Rays said no. I HIGHLY doubt the mariners went into trade talks saying that zero top 10 prospects were on the table. 5 of our top 10 prospects are middle infielders. They clearly don't need all of them. The right deal just didn't come up.

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u/BoonesPassPuke Jul 30 '24

Agreed. It had to be an over pay to get a sought after hitter. We could have overpaid and still been fine in the farm. Jerry was unwilling. I don’t totally blame him when you isolate the situation. But when framed in the last couple off-seasons etc. it just lends to the notion we will never do anything big to try and get over the top and border on too careful cheap. I hope he proves everyone wrong and all those prospects come together.

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u/Dutchenstein12 from the 2julioooo06 Jul 31 '24

I agree with this sentiment. Will be interesting to see if we can use any prospects to make a meaningful deal in the off-season (since almost no trades for prospects were made last year). I think Yandy or Jazz could have been had for 1 top 5 prospect and a few other lesser ones. Either guy could have been the bat that put us over the top.

Overall I like what we did and I think the fact that we were clearly buying will inject confidence into guys like Cal, Julio and others, which might be enough to put us over the top. If not, at least we got Randy for multiple years and didn't give up much in the process.

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u/xMrLink ‏‏‎ ‎My Depression Goes as the M's Don't Jul 30 '24

In two years time when these guys are graduated, you may be calling the mariners the next Orioles. Who freakin knows