10-30-2019, 02:23 PM
(10-30-2019, 02:18 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I'm not saying they were offered a 1st. What I'm saying is that, at best, they were ASKING for a 1st? That's assuming they even took phone calls in regards to trades.
My guess is they were willing to listen to offers and either rejected them outright or counter-offered with a ridiculous offer. Either way, they didn't even TRY (based on all the reports from yesterday).
Would you really want to move him for less then a 1st if we can get him healthy and show he is healthy and actually trade him for a 1st after the season? The biggest knock on him was him being hurt and not knowing what you were getting, we can actually increase his value by playing him. Again, lack of movement yesterday doesn't mean we can't move guys before the draft.
As to not trying, again I am not really buying that as it comes across as hyperbole in the reports. They said we aren't listening, but we aren't listening based on what they were willing to give. We have shown we will listen for the right offer, we moved Palmer when we said we wouldn't and we slid back in the first round for Cordy Glenn when that was something we just didn't do. Like every single other team with a star yesterday, we were only moving them if we were wow'ed and no one was wowing anyone yesterday.
