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Crawford, Franco and Vinnie V for Manny. Who's in?
 

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According to sources around here, the Orioles want 2 MLB ready pitchers (with a few years of control) plus 2 prospects.
 

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According to sources around here, the Orioles want 2 MLB ready pitchers (with a few years of control) plus 2 prospects.
Yeah, unfortunately the Phillies are a little short on pitchers, plus they might be afraid to give that much up for him when they know he could be a free agent next year.
But I will say that all the pitchers the Phillies have have a couple years of control.
 

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Yeah, unfortunately the Phillies are a little short on pitchers, plus they might be afraid to give that much up for him when they know he could be a free agent next year.
But I will say that all the pitchers the Phillies have have a couple years of control.
And, I did say that's what they WANT. What they want and what they get may be two different things.
 

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Machado is very good but Now at .259/.329 I would hate to trade young players on the way up for a guy possibly on the way down. He hit 8 more homes than .230 Franco. Wait, Franco’s been on the way down for three years! Galvis and Franco for Manny and throw in future great Mark Appel.
 

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Machado is very good but Now at .259/.329 I would hate to trade young players on the way up for a guy possibly on the way down. He hit 8 more homes than .230 Franco. Wait, Franco’s been on the way down for three years! Galvis and Franco for Manny and throw in future great Mark Appel.
Franco is home in Dominican R learning to hit the ball up. He currently hits too many grounders. This could
help. Maybe he should crouch a little. I do not think it will change much since he is not a good student.
 

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Machado is very good but Now at .259/.329 I would hate to trade young players on the way up for a guy possibly on the way down. He hit 8 more homes than .230 Franco. Wait, Franco’s been on the way down for three years! Galvis and Franco for Manny and throw in future great Mark Appel.
He had an off year (for him) but Machado is still only 25 so I don't think this is a signal of his decline. He's a guy you could plug in at shortstop and be set for the next 7 years (if you could extend his contract). Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about some of our young guys like Crawford and Kingery but even best case scenario, are we expecting them to be as good as Machado?
 

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He had an off year (for him) but Machado is still only 25 so I don't think this is a signal of his decline. He's a guy you could plug in at shortstop and be set for the next 7 years (if you could extend his contract). Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about some of our young guys like Crawford and Kingery but even best case scenario, are we expecting them to be as good as Machado?
The real problem is the money he would expect. Which will be too much! Low batting average and low OBP
makes him overvalued.
 

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The real problem is the money he would expect. Which will be too much! Low batting average and low OBP
makes him overvalued.
Phillies got stacks of cash. But it doesn't look like it is going to happen anyway so I'll be content to wait on Crawford and Kingery
 

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I really don’t think Machado would want to come to Philly simply because he wants to be with a sure winner both now and in the future when he signs a new contract. Phils have loads of money but our near term success is 50-50. Any proven winning team who needs a ss/3b player will make a huge offer to the guy and that’s that. Franco will be with the Phils all next season. Sorry about that, I guess.
 
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