The Stanton Sweepstakes

[totdprods]

I wonder if the Angels are now on Stanton's list of teams he'd approve a trade to.

[bloodbrother]

Stanton rejects the Cards

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Just now, bloodbrother said:

Stanton rejects the Cards

 

Honestly, kind of a dick move on his part. He (and all these guys) need to understand theres a flip side to guaranteed contracts.

[ukyah]

i have my own thoughts on guaranteed contracts, but those not withstanding, he has every right to refuse a trade to a place he doesn't want to go.

just look at it this way, the cardinals expressed interest in hiring him and he considered it, but eventually decided he didn't want to move to the midwest. there's nothing wrong with that.

[ukyah]

i would really love it if the angels traded for stanton.

what he does for the lineup is so meaningful that it's not replicated by any other free agent out there.

i just don't believe that the angels are looking at adding a salary like that, outside of a trout extension.

it sure would be a dramatic improvement though.

[JarsOfClay]

1 hour ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Honestly, kind of a dick move on his part. He (and all these guys) need to understand theres a flip side to guaranteed contracts.

Who are you talking about Stanton or Mozeliak?  Don't use "he" unless you actually have a name in your sentence..

 

[nando714]

1 hour ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Honestly, kind of a dick move on his part. He (and all these guys) need to understand theres a flip side to guaranteed contracts.

No it isn’t a dick move 

his agent got him a “full no trade clause” 

put it on the Marlins GM who agreed to the deal 

[bloodbrother]

Wow. Giants out now too

 

[m0nkey]

I hope he goes to the yankees

[Stradling]

Hey Eppler, do what you do.  Thanks in advance.

[ten ocho recon scout]

5 minutes ago, JarsOfClay said:

Who are you talking about Stanton or Mozeliak?  Don't use "he" unless you actually have a name in your sentence..

 

My bad, thought it was pretty self explanatory. 

[totdprods]

I still can't shake feeling that Eppler is quietly watching this.

[Ohtani&Trout]

Interesting. It seems he's determined to go to a place where he truly wants to play. 

It's tempting... but 10 years is a looooooooong time. However, he'd be 37 when that deal expires. Pujols was 37 last season.

I'd probably do it, especially if the Marlins can eat around $30-50 million or so.

[bloodbrother]

pls no

[bloodbrother]

 

[ukyah]

i'm not speculating on the angels' interest, but i have to believe that if the angels were interested that stanton would absolutely accept a trade to the angels. it just defies any reasonable logic that he wouldn't want to be here. now, i'm not saying that he'd prefer the angels over the dodgers because that's just speculative, but we check off all the boxes for stanton accepting the trade.

also, if the angels took on stanton for 25 million a year? damn that sounds like a pretty good friggin deal.

[nando714]

Get on the horn Eppy 

[CanadianHalo]

22 minutes ago, totdprods said:

I still can't shake feeling that Eppler is quietly watching this.

I don’t know...

I feel like the fact he grew up a dodgers fan probably outweighs the fact he lives in LA.

The Angels may actually be the biggest no for him. Plus he has the opt out right? Even if he decides to come here IF he wants to be with the Dodgers THAT bad he can just opt out and make something work then

[ten ocho recon scout]

5 minutes ago, nando714 said:

No it isn’t a dick move 

his agent got him a “full no trade clause” 

put it on the Marlins GM who agreed to the deal 

I agree....except generally speaking, no trade clauses are to stop a team from trading you to benefit themselves. In this case, stanton is the one demanding to be traded. 

He chose to sign the biggest contract in history...knowing it would obviously hinder the teams moves going forward. Now hes saying trade me, but only where i want to go, even if it means getting a shittier return.

Dont get me wrong, i could see him blocking a trade somewhere shitty. But the cards and giants arent...and it would still be in his power to opt out in 2 years to go somewhere he prefers. Not to mention, a far wider set of teams because nobody eould have to give anything back to Miami.

Again, this thing didnt start (as far as I know) with the marlins saying we cant afford this. He wants out. Id think they want him to stay.

[T.G.]

Maybe Stanton can play basketball over seas with the Ball brothers.

[ukyah]

8 minutes ago, CanadianHalo said:

I don’t know...

I feel like the fact he grew up a dodgers fan probably outweighs the fact he lives in LA.

The Angels may actually be the biggest no for him. Plus he has the opt out right? Even if he decides to come here IF he wants to be with the Dodgers THAT bad he can just opt out and make something work then

which would be great! the angels would get stanton in his absolute prime years, for about 75 million bucks, with a reasonable loss in prospects.

sign me up!

[ten ocho recon scout]

19 minutes ago, bloodbrother said:

 

And there it is. Its basically stanton wanting the dodgers and nothing but.

[bloodbrother]

Sucks that Stanton is going to the Dodgers but what can you do. He clearly wants to be there and ONLY there. Dodgers continue to be stacked

[KDWells]

Just now, bloodbrother said:

Sucks that Stanton is going to the Dodgers but what can you do. He clearly wants to be there and ONLY there. Dodgers continue to be stacked

You’re doing the lords work here. It worked with Ohtani let’s see it happen one more time!

[Troll Daddy]

If Stanton goes to the Angels ... would you consider batting Trout at lead off?