Reality is Acuna is blocked by 2 superstars + Duran. Hurts to give up, but hurts a lot less as long as you make it count. Hopefully this financial aspect is him agreeing not to opt out while NYM picks up a chunk of 2024 too. That's what I'd want for Acuna

Despite reports to the contrary, Max Scherzer has not yet waived his no-trade clause, and a source with knowledge of the situation said, “As of right now, it’s not happening.” Things can change of course, so this saga is far from over.

— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 29, 2023

52BloodBlue said:

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Most of the UNT dorks on LSB hate this trade, so I reflexively love it. Those guys must beat off to prospect scouting reports at night.

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Go to know... lol. I mostly hang out here for Ranger talk, so I'll avoid that place.

DallasAg 94 said:

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Despite reports to the contrary, Max Scherzer has not yet waived his no-trade clause, and a source with knowledge of the situation said, “As of right now, it’s not happening.” Things can change of course, so this saga is far from over.

— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 29, 2023

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He's Probably going to try to milk it for $$$. Can't say I blame him.

gigem1223 said:

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I hope he shuts this down. I don't want to give up a prospect like Acuna for a very expensive 39 year old with a 4+ era

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Same here.

KT 90 said:

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gigem1223 said:

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I hope he shuts this down. I don't want to give up a prospect like Acuna for a very expensive 39 year old with a 4+ era

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Options are starting to dwindle if SD isn't selling ....

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Would much rather prefer a Montgomery/ Hicks package

KT 90 said:

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gigem1223 said:

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I hope he shuts this down. I don't want to give up a prospect like Acuna for a very expensive 39 year old with a 4+ era

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Options are starting to dwindle if SD isn't selling ....

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We're supposedly still in on Stroman.

Probably wants an extension. Evan is saying we want to make sure he opts in for 2024. He's obviously going to use that for either an additional player option for '25 on a reworked contract

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Flounder Dorfman said:

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Would much rather use Foscue and Saggessee on trades. Acuna is one of my untouchables.

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Where is he going to play. Infield is blocked at the Big League Level

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He's been playing CF lately as well. He can play all over. I think he can absolutely be a future star.

I know we have a lot of middle infield guys but Acuna and Walcott were my two to keep.

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He has played a total of 4G in OF, this season.

Stroman has given up 21 runs in his last 5 starts (23.2 IP). Wouldn't be excited about that unless we got him for a bag of chips.

So passive aggression was used. Sorry if you felt that way.

gigem1223 said:

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Stroman has given up 21 runs in his last 5 starts (23.2 IP). Wouldn't be excited about that unless we got him for a bag of chips.

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He would be a nice bullpen/insurance starter.

Wasn't too thrilled when I heard Scherzer was the pick that's just a big question mark between his age and money

I don't feel anything about what anyone posts on here. You did a masterful job of it, man up and own it.

Scherzer deal to Texas for Luisangel Acuna has hit an impasse. While Scherzer was willing to waive his no-trade he hasn't agreed to turn the 2024 part of his deal from an option for $43.33M into a guarantee for $43.33M. (Wants to retain his optionality).

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 30, 2023

I asked in the past if it was possible to go over the tax in our situation and all the answers I got was no. Now it appears that is not the case. I am just genuinely curious and want an explanation so I can learn. If you have a problem with me just don't respond or block me.

TexAg1822 said:

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Scherzer deal to Texas for Luisangel Acuna has hit an impasse. While Scherzer was willing to waive his no-trade he hasn't agreed to turn the 2024 part of his deal from an option for $43.33M into a guarantee for $43.33M. (Wants to retain his optionality).

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 30, 2023

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Guess he loves New York.

Well. Good. Move to the next.

I say keep deal in place and change scherzer out for verlander then

Flounder Dorfman said:

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And he's 21 years old.

They're playing him there to increase his versatility. If he can play there, then he can play left as well.

Semien is 32. Seager likely could be at 1B in a couple of years. I just like the idea of keeping Acuna instead of giving him away for a 39 year old with a 4+ ERA like someone said earlier.

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That's my thing.. I love Seags, but he's not a gold glove at short and he's not going to be getting any better going forward. I think he'll need to make a move within the next three years.

Here's an article that explains how it works.

https://legionreport.com/luxury-tax-mlb/#:~:text=Penalty%20Levels%20and%20Rates,-Major%20League%20Baseball's&text=First%2Dtime%20offenders%20face%20a,50%25%20tax%20on%20their%20overages.

Thank you sir!

TexAg1822 said:

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Scherzer deal is now complete. He’s a Ranger

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 30, 2023

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HELL TO THE YEEAH!!

LET CY COOK

BREAKING: The Mets send $22.5 million to Texas, per league sources. Receive Acuna. Scherzer goes to Texas. That is the trade.

— Andy Martino (@martinonyc) July 30, 2023

It's not a perfect analogy, but here's an attempt at illustrating why teams don't like to go over the luxury tax (exceptions being the NY teams and the Dodgers, who are made of money & give zero sh*ts).

So imagine you buy a house in a really nice gated community, and you decide to put an expensive pool in your backyard. It'll cramp your budget a bit, but you really want that pool, so you go for it. You buy the pool, have it installed, etc. and you're a happy camper....until someone from the HOA shows up and says "hey, beautiful pool, but it's really not fair that you have one and all your neighbors don't, so we're going to need you to help the other 20+ homeowners in the community pay for a pool so they can have one too." So you have to pay 15, 20, 25% or more of the purchase price of your pool to the HOA to spread around to the other homeowners.

I don't know about you, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to help buy somebody else's swimming pool. I think that's the mentality of ownership when it comes to paying the luxury tax.

So Scherzer keeps his option for 24?