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Episode Date: February 6, 2026

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The Mariners might be done adding, but what if they're not? We've tasked you with coming up with your best Mariners trade ideas and we'll react to them here on fan fiction Friday. Colby, hit it. You are Locked-on Mariners. Your daily Seattle Mariners podcast. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Ahoy, Sailors. It is Friday, February 6, 2026.

You're listening to the Lockdown Mariners podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network now, the number one sports podcast network. My name is Tiding Azales, and I'm joined as always by my co-coast Colby Patnode. We're two lifelong Mariners fans who've been covering the team for over half a decade. And today, it's Fan Fiction Friday, the show where you submit your Mariners trade ideas. We grade them on the 2080 scale based on things like creativity, uniqueness. And of course, if they make sense for both clubs. Now, I want to start today's episode a little bit differently than we typically start our

Fan Fiction Friday episodes. I want to talk about a real trade that happened. I want to take things back to Monday, where, The mayor has acquired, Brennan Donovan from the St. Louis Cardinals. That's all they got in that trade. The Rays were involved. They got Ben Williamson. That's all they got.

And then the Cardinals, they got Gerangelo Sanger. They got Tai P. They got two comp round B picks and Colton Ledbetter as well from Tampa Bay. Now, Colby, if that trade was submitted to us for a fan fiction Friday, what would your reaction have been? What grade would you have given it? Yeah. It's a little tough to say.

Again, we always try and give some extra credit to three-team trades because they're harder to come up with and they are more creative. And those are two things in our, you know, ever-changing rubric. I think I would have looked at what the Mariners, you know, gave up on their end to get Donovan. And I would have said, like, okay, that's, yeah, I mean, that's about what riot. That's about what we've been talking about all. winter that feels right. I would have looked at what the Cardinals got in totality and said, yeah, I think that's a pretty good return for the Cardinals as well. But I think, you know, it would have prevented me from giving it a super high grade is I would have looked at what

the raise, you know, their involvement. And I would have said, like, what's the point for Tampa? Like, why would they do this? You're not going to, nobody's going to value Ben Williamson at a comp round B pick and, you know, a, you know, a, and a fourth outfield type of prospect, whatever, decent prospect. They're not going to do that. So it kind of feels like the razor here just to make this work. Instead of them actually getting something out of this and getting better because of it. So I think because two thirds of it I would have thought was pretty much right on and the creativity and the three team trade part of it.

I probably still would have given it 50, I think. but like, you know, it's, it probably wouldn't be much higher because I would have thought there was no way that the raise were going to give up, you know, two assets. Yeah. To help you get Donovan if their prize was Ben Williamson. So yeah, that's, that's probably where I would have stood. I think I would have argued that the deal was DOA because, you know, Ben Williamson's not worth a comp round B pick. But what do you know?

Turns out he was. What do you know? Indeed. Yeah, when I saw like the rays were involved, my mind started racing because I was like, the Maris could absolutely just complete the steel with the Cardinals on their own, no problem, right? In theory. But because they were just so insistent on including Ben Williamson of the steel, because obviously Donovan's going to play third for them. And then they have Emerson as well.

And I don't know if you heard Joel Sherman talking about this and kind of the process of this trade on MLB network yesterday. and Hyde Bloom also talked about this a little bit, but the Marys really, really wanted to trade Williamson and the Steel, and the Cardinals just didn't want him, right? They didn't feel that he fit in whatever their plans are for this year. And so they just spent so much time looking for someone that would be, you know, interested in the Williamson aspect of this and would be willing to give the Cardinals

something to kind of make up for the Williamson part of the package for the Mariners. and I guess the Rays were involved for a while then they kind of fell out and then they came back around or something like that but at the end of it yeah Ben Williamson for a comp round B pick and a pretty solid prospect

now Colton Ledbetter is probably like a Zach to Loach type of prospect in the end that's Jared Sunstrummy yeah like maybe he's like one step above those guys but but still like yeah it's a solid recognizable

prospect and you know what top 70 pick in the draft for Williamson who again I know a lot of you guys really like him but he's never had top prospect pedigree he was a senior sign money saver in in 2023 you know and he came up and he was really good defensively but he couldn't hit you know just I didn't think that he had that kind of value but apparently you did really interesting to see what the raise do would have been well and by the way, like, I don't know what the plan is there because Caminero is obviously the third basement right now. They have DH kind of locked up between Aranda and Yondi. So I don't know.

I guess he's, he might play with a what stop for them. We'll see. But, but yeah. It's going to be more of a utility role. It was kind of how it sounds like it's being described. But we'll see.

Yeah. But, but yeah, if that trade came across like in a fan fiction Friday, I don't think I could give it much higher. than a 50, right? I commend you for the creativity, but I'd just be like,

I don't get why the raise would do this. Yeah. Again, like all the pieces that ended up being involved in the trade, we've talked about at some point or another going to the Cardinals, including Ben Williamson, which sounds like they did try to do, but obviously, you know, the Cardinals weren't that interested.

So, yeah, I mean, it would have been a weird one, that's for sure. But, yeah, I think the, grade would have been knocked down just like you said because we would have felt like why would the rays do this all right now let's finally get into your trades this week kevin has a deal with the royals luke raleigh for john striber straight up shriver's only got a year left to club control and he is very much a middle guy uh there there's really not much upside to him he's a true side armor uh so you know that low arm angle that the mariner's like he's actually

lower than that even. And again, he's a solid reliever. He was much better in 24 than he was last year, but just a good solid relie. But again, it's three years of Rayleigh for one year of a seventh inning guy. I feel like I could accomplish the same thing by just signing Paul Seawald. You know, and now again, are the mayor's interested in Seawald? Doesn't seem like it, but do they want to trade Rayleigh right now? for a guy that they could probably just go pluck out of free agency still. Probably not. I don't think it's egregious. I think Kansas City is a pretty decent fit, although it sounds like they want to play Caglio in right field, and Rayleigh probably shouldn't be playing center field, and that's Kyle Isbell out there.

So it might be a little bit of a kind of a, you know, fluky kind of fit there, but it is what it is. I think it's not bad in terms of valuation. Would I do it if I were the Mariners? No, it feels like Kansas City needs to add a piece. I don't think a significant one, but like, you know, just a little sweetener to make up for the club control difference. But, yeah, Shriver's fine.

But, like, I just feel like he's pretty, you know, getable without trading Luke Rayleigh. I mean, you might be able to get him without trading Rayleigh. Like, you might just be a trade target that you go and you offer prospects for it. Because, again, he's only got one year left. He's not a high leverage arm. So he shouldn't cost all that much. Yeah, and I'm not sure exactly like what the Royals interests would be in Rayleigh. I kind of feel like when they acquired Isaac Collins, that might have ended whatever interest there might be in Rayleigh.

Shriver, though, solid target, especially if you're like looking at the things that the marries have clearly valued with some of the, you know, recent relievers they've added. You know, he's in the past at the very least, not so much this year, but in the past, he's. has kept the ball on the ground quite a fair amount last year in you know in 2024 he only gave up one home run in 51 innings basically 52 innings bitch you know averages a little under a strikeout per inning uh doesn't walk that many guys you know solid you know solid 6th 7th inning guy you know bridge guy um yeah i mean like i could see the merits certainly have an interest in driver at the price of luke raleigh I mean, again, if they are really, really trying to make this work where Colt Emerson's on the roster,

but they also want to have a right-handed hitting infielder on the roster. And Luke really is just the guy and they're just not willing to send Dom-Can zone down or anything like that, then maybe they would do this. You know, maybe they're just like, this is the best we can do. And, you know, we feel that Striber helps us and yada, yada, yada. But in general, I don't know. I don't know. Again, like you, I feel like, now this obviously is dependent on how the Royals feel,

but I kind of feel like you could get Shriver for not major league pieces. Yeah. But who knows? Yeah, I feel like you probably could. But who's to say? Kansas City obviously thinks they can win the division this year. And Shriver helps, but he's not a significant piece of that. that. Like, again, he's replaceable.

You can, you know, kind of get his value in other ways, which limits his trade value a little bit. So the Mariners come with like a pretty good offer. And it's not any of the top like 12, 13 guys. But like, yeah, maybe you get them for that. But in this trade, you know, enough of it makes sense. It's believable enough. It just to me from a Mariners aspect. like, yeah, so 45. Yeah, again, the Mariners don't really have much leverage in trading Luke Rayley. Because like if they're, if they're going to teams or they just make it clear to teams like, hey, he's available, then, you know, teams understand why. You know, they see what's going on on the Maris roster.

And they're like, okay, we're not going to do too much for this guy. So, yeah, if you could get Schreiber, maybe that's enough to tip the scales there for the end. but yeah I don't know I just I don't really know about the fit for for Rayleigh specifically in Kansas City I don't think it's a bad fit or anything like that I just I'm not sure if they would have much interest in him after getting Isaac Collins with isbell already there and Caglio and but I'll go you know I'll go 45 50 yeah somewhere in there yeah it's fine it's not it's not it's not bad all right we'll go over more of your trades in just a moment but first a reminder this episode of the lockdown errors podcast is brought to you by Indeed. Hiring isn't just about finding someone willing to take the job. It's about finding the right person with the right background who can actually help your business move forward. And if you want candidates who match what you're looking for, indeed sponsored jobs is the move.

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We're just trying to gauge where you're at in general with the club as a whole, right? Like the front office. How do you feel about the front office? How do you feel about the players? You know, you can make some predictions, all that stuff in the survey. And we've already gotten a little over 400 participants here in the first couple of days that we've headed up. So thank you so much for, you know, participating already. And let's keep it going.

Because eventually we're going to do a show reacting to all the results and we want as big of a group here as possible to kind of help us out here. So we'll be doing, again, like I said, we'll be doing a show reacting to all that in March. So looking forward to that. And again, thank you so much for participating. All right. Let's get back into your trades. Amsoirity 69 has a deal with the Tigers, Will Vest and Jemmy Jones.

to the Mariners for Randy a Roserana. Why? Like I suppose the idea here would be that Donovan's the left fielder. And Jemai Jones is the right-handed safety net. But I just think, you know, you spend all off-season trying to find a way to push Randy down the lineup so you can lengthen your lineup. And you just completely undo that. now. Will Vest is a really good reliever, but also, side note, why would the Tigers do this?

Yeah, it's two years of Vest. Yeah, for one year of a Rosarena. I don't know how many years Jemai Jones has left. Pretty much all. Yeah, he's got a lot. A lot. Yeah. So, like, I don't know if this makes sense for really either side.

You know, Riley Green's the left fielder in Detroit. And he's there for a while. Randy is, you know, an expensive one-year rental for them. They're giving up their best reliever or second-best reliever, however you want to look at it, giving up that. And they're giving up, you know, well, how good is he, I don't know. He had a nice year last year, but, you know, kind of a first time for him. So, yeah, in general, I don't love the idea. It just kind of feels like you're robbing Peter to pay Paul right now.

like I like vest fine. But again, like you've just gotten your lineup to a place where you're like, okay, this is pretty good. And I feel pretty good about, you know, two thirds of it. And now you're going to trade one of those pieces. And you're going to be right back where you were a week ago. Yeah. I just, I don't, I don't see the point in doing that.

Not for a bullpen arm, not for, you know, I mean, a really good one. But I would just look at other avenues. like I'm fine getting a lesser reliever if it means I get to keep the lineup that I have right now. So I just I think this is too messy. It's too big of a risk for the Mariners to take. And I don't know if there's really enough upside to justify a deal like this. Yeah, no, Randy or Rosarana does far more for your club this year than what Will Vest would do for you because of just, you know, the other talent that you have in your bullpen already. You don't need Will Vest.

Will Vest is a luxury. like could you use another you know solid mid-leverage established reliever sure but like you definitely don't need will vest and you definitely don't need will vest at the expense of Randy or Rosarana and at the expense of your lineup

no no you kind of need Randy like your lineup is not deep enough without him like right now and now you're taking more pop out of your lineup because Brennan Donovan doesn't make up for that no so you know and you're kind of hoping that maybe Cole Emerson makes up for some of

that and you're kind of hoping that Luke Rayleigh makes up for some of that and you're kind of hoping that Dom, you know, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Like, yeah, no, you, yeah, you cannot afford to do this if you're the Maris. No. So, um, it's creative. Uh, it makes no, it makes no sense for the Marriss. So, so, um, I'm still probably somewhere at like 40 to 45. Yeah. I go 40.

next trade here from Jack Luke Rayleigh Jared Sunstrom oh that's it okay for Spencer Steer of the Cincinnati Reds defensive versatility and if Cole Emerson pops and he's a solid bench piece maybe another low end prospect to sweeten the deal Tyler Cleveland question mark

defensive versatility is really stretching it with Spencer Steer I mean in the same way that Donovan Solano had defensive versatility yeah a little better than that, but not much. Yeah, not, not much.

If memory service, he's like a pretty good first basement, which... Yeah. Now, obviously, since the Reds, you know, signed Gino, the red sign Gino, so now steer is kind of on the bench in a utility role because he's, Gino's going to be the primary DH and Brian Hayes is going to play third and

what's his name the the prospect the big south steward yeah he's going to play first it sounds like uh so yeah steer is more of a you know rotational guy but again he's not really good anywhere defensively so and the bat is about average like it's a league average bat there's really he's a fine player he really is but he is not a guy that like you're super excited That being said, you know, is he a decent fit for the Mariners? Sure. The Mariners kind of have enough versatility on the bench where they can put guys in defensively late in the game to kind of hide Steers and efficiencies in, you know, seventh, eighth, ninth inning. So it's interesting.

I believe Steer and Rayleigh both have the same years of club control left as well. I think they both had three. is Stier or is Rayleigh a good fit in Cincinnati? No, not really. Not a terrible fit, but no, not really. So, I mean, it's kind of be like the Mariners and the Reds swapping bench pieces a little bit, but I don't see why the Reds would do the Sunstrom to me. I don't think he tips the scales, to be honest with you.

For the Reds, it's do you like Rayleigh more than JJ Bladay? Do you like him more than Will Benson? because those are the other two because obviously Friddle, but like, Friedel, Friedel's got his spot locked in, so I'm not talking about him.

Honestly, they feel pretty similar to me, like those three guys. Yeah. In terms of value. So I don't think they want to carry three of the same player. I think that's where this dies. But it is interesting.

Stier is one of the guys that, you know, when you talk about finding the right-handed compliment on the bench and that like steer was one of the guys I thought of. But again, it's just really hard to find a deal for that. And I don't think Rayleigh's going to work because, again, he's very similar to Bladay, and he's very similar to Benson in that he's, you know, lefty who probably shouldn't face

right. He's corner outfield type of guy. So I don't see it. I think from that standpoint, the Reds would look at and say we already have Luke Rayleigh at home. And so I think that's probably what kills it. And I don't think Sunstrom makes up that difference for them. So, yeah, it's interesting in a vacuum, just player for player.

I think the deal is fine. But obviously, when you get out of the vacuum, you look at the team needs and whatnot. I don't think Cincinnati has really any incentive to do a trade like this. So, yeah. 40. Yeah, it's a 45 for me. The Reds could use some bullpen help, but I don't think you're getting Spencer Steer for Carlos Fargus. and obviously you're not going to trade

you know, Ferreira or Bizarro yeah for him. So that kind of gets cut off there as well. So yeah, I just don't really see a path

that makes sense to landing, you know, steer unless, of course, as always, the reds are willing to take on just a pure prospect package. But even then we've talked about this,

you know, the mayors have already traded Harry Ford. They've already traded gerandil of Sanja. How much more do they want to dip into their farm system? especially if it's, you know, you're going to take one of those top 12 guys, which it might because you don't really have, again, like we've talked about, you don't really have that established middle tier right now to trade. You kind of trade it away. What was already a thin middle tier, you kind of traded that away in the summer for, for Gino and Nailor.

Worth it. But, yeah. So it's going to take a little while for you to rebuild that portion of your farm system. By a little while, I mean, probably a year, like this summer. you'll probably be back in decent shape there, but right now you just don't have it. So maybe this is something to keep an eye on like in June and July, like if Blades are not very good. And at that point, though, they probably just put Steer in left field and live with it. But maybe not.

So again, Spencer Steer does fit okay here. It's just what do the Mariners have that fit Cincinnati that makes the trade worth it? And I don't see anything just yet. But then again, I also never would have. if somebody had sent me like, hey, trade Ben Williamson for the race comp round B-pick, I would have given that a 20 because that's like laughably ridiculous. There's no way he's worth that. So stranger things have happened.

But, uh, yeah, yeah. All right. We got a couple more of your trades to go over in just a moment. But first, a reminder, this episode of the lockdown barrens podcast is brought to you by TurboTax. Look, y'all, tax season doesn't have to take over your life, all right? Because this year, TurboTax is making it easier than ever to just hand things off and move on with your day. With TurboTax full service, you can have your taxes done for you by a trusted local expert, start to finish, without the stress or guesswork. Instead of spending hours trying to figure out forms, you can meet with a local TurboTax expert in person or connect online.

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we have a patreon it's called control the zone and on there we talk mariners seahawks all that good stuff For more information, go to patreon.com forward slash control the zone. Link in the description of this episode. Daisy and the dingo has a trade for us here as we continue fan fiction Friday. This one is with the Giants. Jared Sunstrom and Troy Taylor to San Francisco for Tyler Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald is clearly on the bench. Like they signed Luis Arise to be the second baseman.

And they're infield right now. It doesn't even have room for Casey Schmidt. So Schmidt's going to be a head. at Fitzgerald on on any kind of, you know, pecking order on top of that. So, uh, I looked at Fitzgerald last night and I do think he's a decent target to be kind of that right handed. He does hit lefties very well, although I believe most of that came from the one really good year. So it's kind of an act, you know, like how much do you trust Tyler Fitzgerald? Do you think that 2024 is, is the outlier? Do you think 2025 is the outlier? The answer is probably somewhere in the middle, although if you're laying odds and

you tell him it's one or the other, I would say 24 is probably the outlier. But Fitzgerald's in 28 years old. He's got some versatility, very fast runner, like elite sprint speed guy. So defensively, he's okay. Like, you live with it. But you really are hoping that he hits left-handed pitching and that he's, you know, a havoc to have on the bases, not so much with stolen bases, but like late game, pinch running opportunities, stuff like that.

It's not all too dissimilar, honestly, from Dylan Moore, where, you know, when he gets hot and he's connecting and the swing is good, then he can somehow carry you for like a couple days when you really need it. But overall, you don't want to play him too much. Is that guy worth Jared Suntrum and Troy Taylor from a mariner standpoint? Yes. From a giant standpoint? Probably not.

But maybe. I didn't write it down. I don't remember. I think Fitzgerald has an option left too. So I don't think. He does. He does. Yeah, I don't think the Giants don't have to have them on the opening day roster. And he is solid depth to have down there. So it's one of those things where it's like,

is this enough to get them? I kind of doubt it. You know, is this potentially a spot for a Luke Rayleigh for Fitzgerald swap? Because if, you know, the Giants needed a Luke Rayleigh type, this would make a lot of sense. But I don't think they do. I mean, I know their outfield's not great, but they probably feel pretty good. And they have Drew Gilbert right now on the bench who is similar-ish to Rayleigh. So, yeah. That's just one of those situations where Rayleigh is probably better than Gilbert, but we're just going to roll with the young player and see what we have here. Right.

I think I think Fitzgerald's a good target. I'm not quite sure how you get that done. I don't think this is enough. Yeah. Because it really is, you know, all due respect to Jared Sunstrom and Troy Taylor, but it really is just like, here's some stuff for Tyler Fitzgerald. Like have you soured on Fitzgerald? Have you the Giants soured enough on Tyler Fitzgerald that you'll just take stuff for him?

Sure. Maybe. I mean, it's not impossible, but probably not. So, you know, all in all, I think this is an interesting deal. deal. I do think Fitzgerald's a pretty solid target in kind of the bounce back roll type of guy. If you're not going to go out and spend the money on, you know, Ureus or whatever. So I like the idea. I just, I don't think for this price it's going to get it done. And this is kind of one of those guys where it's like, this is where you would really like the middle class to be a little bit stronger because like, could you have gotten him for, you know, Brandon Garcia and. you know, in Sunstrom, maybe, maybe something like that. But I don't think Taylor's going to carry enough value here.

So the trade as it is right now, it's probably like a 40. I just don't see, you know, the way that it gets done. And even, you know, just in general, unless the Giants are ready to give up on a fish, unless he is a DFA candidate for them, which maybe he is, I don't know. But unless that's the case, then, you know, you're probably going to have to give up at least, I mean, Tai Pete might have been a good swap here. Maybe Teddy McGraw is enticing enough to get something done. Maybe Carlos Vargas, maybe.

But like, I know they have some bullpen issues in an injury front, but is that enough? I don't know. But it does feel like you'd almost have to give up, you know, a little bit more of a headline. Sunstrom is maybe the second piece if you're lucky. So I'll give it a 40. Yeah, I'll go 45. last trade of the day comes from jake to deal with the chicago white socks don't get many of these dom canzone and michael morales to chicago for reliever grant taylor so you know you you

put their f wars in here and kanzan was 1.5 taylor was 1.7 how this reads to me is that took their F-4 totals very literally and they were like, well, how do I make up for the point two difference? I got it. Michael Morales. Yeah. And it's like Grant Taylor's pretty

freaking good. Like, I don't think the White Sox would just trade him after one year when they don't have to at all for to bank on the 250 good plate appearances that we saw from Dom Kanzum.

Yeah. Plus, you know, again, like war for relievers is not exactly a good indicator for how valuable that that player is. I think if the White Sox were going to trade Taylor, they would want prospect capital for him because, you know, Dom Kanzone, maybe he's good, maybe he's not, but why not take a shot on a couple of guys rather than take a shot on a guy whose ceiling is probably. a strong side platoon dh like it just doesn't make a lot of sense the value's not lining up there um now would can zone or Rayleigh potentially make sense

in in Chicago sure it's possible Austin Hayes is the right fielder right now so he kind of could use a partner Brooks Baldwin is the center fielder who I mean like fine whatever but yeah have they said what their plan is for for Murakami

so he just uh for them? First base, I believe. Okay. But yeah, first base, D.H. play some third. But I know that they like,

Kyle Teal obviously is their catcher, but I also know that they like, I believe it's pronounced Quiro, Edgar Quiro. Yeah. And I think their plan is to DH him, so they're going to carry three catchers. So Murakami would have to play first.

Vargas is at third. So I don't think they're married to Argus either. So I imagine he'll play some first and third mostly. But yeah, could, you know, one of those guys makes sense as like a partner with Austin Hayes? Sure. But again, how much do the White Sox care about platoon bats in a year where they're probably still going to lose 100 games? They probably go. So I would tweak your trade here. And I would say, you know, what about one of the lefties for, for Sosa. Sosa's not great.

He's about a league average bat, but he can move around a little bit, and he is a righty off the bench. And he does have some pop, again, not very marinary, but if you're just looking to, you know, you're in a position where you feel like

you have to move one of these guys, which again, you don't. You could just send Canzone down, but if you feel like you have to, then Sosa's like fine. He played 99 games at second base, 42 at first base, three at third base last year.

that was a 100 WRC plus straight across 20 talking about him before though he's just not very marinerary i think if i i think if you're trying to get one of these white socks relievers the guy to focus more so on is is jordan leisure yeah uh taylor is just he's young he just had a really good year i know the e r is not good but overall he had a really really good year he's he's got nasty stuff like he's he could be a legitimate dude and i i think the now the white socks are stupid no you're wrong the white socks are really bad at this so

maybe but like I think they would look at Taylor as someone like we're just going to keep them right now and we're you know someone wants to just blow our socks off like we'll trade him but like that's kind of the thing too right is that it's like look if we keep Taylor and he stinks

this year what did we lose a platoon bat oh no we'll never be able to find one of those if we keep Taylor and he's good or great even like he's an all-star candidate for us going into the summer or next winter and he's going to have five full years of club control left still. I'm going to cash in on that dude. So there's really no reason for them to trade them right now. They might try and sell high on leisure, who's got some nice traits to him. I could see that being more in line. But I think ultimately either way,

the White Sox are going to want prospects more so than they're going to want, you know, Dom Canzone and Luke Rayleigh. Maybe they really like Dom, I don't know. But, yeah, I just, I don't think, I think you look at the White Sox roster and you're like, they could use an outfielder. Sure, but also how much do they care this year? Yeah. So, yeah, I don't think that that's going to work. So trade as you presented is like, to me, it's like a 30.

I just, I don't think that's fair value for the White Sox. I don't see anything that pushes them to do it. Now, it was like, hey, you want Dom Kanzone and Feldman-Selston? maybe they're like uh maybe but even then i think they probably want like a top 100 guy uh you know probably like a farmello right now for for taylor and and there's really no reason for the mayors to do that on their side so yeah take a look at the white socks sure leisure sosa to a lesser extent i i think there are some pieces there that makes sense i just i don't know how much they're actually going to care about production from a strong side platoon guy in

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