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I am just going to chime in since on TC. I would not approve this deal. 1 major league player for 8 just doesn't work. I understand there are a lot of moving parts, but a bunch of young major leagues players that have hit at that level or in AAA for a bunch of guys proven at AA or lower, just doesn't work.
7M is quite a bit. You are going from a situation of having trouble retaining Lind and Rasmus to having extra cap space to be a major player in the FA. I'd rather you just take the Mets name and inherit CIN"s players and cap structure. This league isn't 100% realistic anyway, the real life Mets would not have 40M burning in their pockets.
This is my proposed trade...Mets getStewartHamiltonRasmusSniderLindTholeBurnett - contract is an anchorBeckhamOF Nieuwenhuis, Kirk, $0.5m (P-n/a)X-MI Roberts, Brian, Cash Exchange on Contract through 2013, $3.5m in 2011X-RP Broxton, Jonathan, Cash Exchange on Contract through 2012, $6.5m in 20111-15 CIN2-15 CIN3-15 CIN4-15 CIN5-15 CIN6-15 CIN7-15 CIN8-15 CIN9-15 CIN10-15 CINReds getSP Archer, Chris, $0.5m (2012)C Bethancourt, Christian, $0.5m (P-n/a)C Harper, Bryce, $0.5m (P-n/a)SP Harvey, Matt, $0.5m (P-n/a)OF Hicks, Aaron, $0.5m (P-n/a)OF Neal, Thomas, $0.5m (P-n/a)MI Profar, Jurickson, $0.5m (P-n/a)MI Sano, Miguel Jean, $0.5m (P-n/a)CI Singleton, Jonathan, $0.5m (P-n/a)OF Wells, Vernon, $18m (2014)+ 14 mil a yearSP Ranaudo, Anthony, $0.5m (P-n/a) - any other prospects worth mentioning, not named Havens1-6 NYM2-6 NYM3-6 NYM4-6 NYM5-6 NYM6-6 NYM7-6 NYM8-6 NYM9-6 NYM10-6 NYM In essence what is does is saddle the Mets with pricey contracts on aging players - Carpenter, Lackey, and AJ, plus the money owed to Wells, and the money the Reds owe out on previous trades... it builds the Reds minor league team up and gives them several young cheap foundation pieces in Belt and Harper, plus a cheap pitching staff that I have assembled. I know the concern is that I will be taking on a larger payroll, but I will have a lot of dead money on my roster as well, plus I will have no farm system to speak of. Plus the Mets payroll will be dropping annually because of the awefulness of their team the past two seasons. Thoughts?