Trade Rumor: 3 team trade, Senzel for Kluber

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(01-18-2019, 11:22 AM)Hoofhearted Wrote: It's not smart baseball roster management for a small market team. If they were the Yankees or Dodgers, sure, go get Harper, Kluber, Machado and don't worry as much about the prospects. But we're not those teams. You absolutely have to have players still on pre-arb deals that can play in the majors. 

It kind of depends on how close management thinks the team is in competing for the big show. If it's a rebuild year then no, signing big name free agents to short term deals don't make sense, but if it's only a matter of adding that one special player to get there it's sometimes worth the risk. Personally I think they're pretty close, but then again I think that EVERY spring, even when it's painfully obvious that the entire team needs to just find a new hobby.. A few things in life make me the eternal optimist.. Baseball in the spring is one of them..