going into his prime?

“debunk” it. His sources gave him different information than Price’s sources gave him.

it once, but Al got really agitated so I’m not going to do it again. Someone with a better knowledge of searching the site could probably find it.

Guys that likely are unavailable in a Lilly deal (just guesses on my part):

Tigers: Casey Crosby, Jacob Turner.

Andy Oliver has graduated and Rick Porcello isn’t a prospect, but neither guy is likely available. This doesn’t mean everything else is possible, as they may want to hold on a guy like Daniel Fields, but it’s hard for me to imagine that there’s anyone else in the system that can’t’ at least be discussed. I’ve indicated my preferences before – landing a young arm like Brayan Villareal would be a nice get, IMO, as part of a package. Sizemore/Villareal wouldn’t be bad, but not sure they’d do it. I’d be fine with pen type arms like Weinhardt, although the deal wouldn’t excite me.

Dodgers: Dee Gordon, Ethan Martin, Chris Withrow, Aaron Miller, Garrett Gould, Allen Webster.

The Dodgers are a unique case due to their financial situation. In giving up Elisaul Pimentel and Lucas May for Scott Podsednik, though, they seem to be giving a sign that they’ll try, and you’d like to squeeze them if possible. Their system is a bit weaker from it’s peak several years ago, but it’s still go some good pieces, particularly on the arm side. That said, it’s hard for me to imagine them giving up potentially elite arms like Martin and Withrow. Aaron Miller is too much value, and hard for me to see them deal youngters Gould and Webster. Of the guys above, Webster is the one I’m least sure on. Gordon is off-limits. There’s still enough here, though. Taking a gamble on Josh Lindblom as a power pen arm might be interesting. Seeing if Scott Elbert is available is a thought. A gamble on a guy like Pedro Baez – perhaps. There’s some raw low level arms to ponder.

Twins: Aaron Hicks, Ben Revere, Wilson Ramos, Kyle Gibson, Miguel Sano.

This is a system that you could put together a lot of combinations to come up with a deal … as they have a lot of 2nd tier arms. There’s guys like Glen Perkins or David Bromberg, both mildly interesting. There’s some raw young arms like Tootle, who is on the DL. Strike throwing young Aussie Liam Hendriks does intrigue me a bit, I’d ask on Revere, but I doubt it.

Leaving Philly out as they are closing in on an Oswalt deal.

or may not be true that the deal is being discussed. If it is, they would approach Ted and say, “Hey Ted, would you be willing to go to Philly for the last 2 months of the season?” He could say yes or no. Maybe there are places he doesn’t want to play for extended periods, but is willing to go for a month or two.

Maybe for some baseball players the chance at a ring or playing meaningful baseball is more important than the city they play in for a couple months at the end of the contract. Maybe some baseball players appreciate the tens of millions of dollars an organization paid them, and is willing to move around a bit for a couple months to help the team that paid them all those dollars.