Good luck getting under the luxury tax threshold with this guy, but it would be a so Yankee move...

Jeff Passan‏Verified account @JeffPassan

Sources: Yankees making progress on a trade for Giancarlo Stanton. One source cautioned nothing done. Another was confident it’s moving toward that. Either way, momentum for Stanton to Yankees is significant.

Now that they signed the Japanese guy, the Angels should offer their entire farm system (which is not great) to the Marlins for Stanton. Trout-Stanton-Pujols-Calhoun would be a pretty damned formidable lineup core, and they need to win by 2020 because otherwise Trout will go to Philly as a FA.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Pujols is just about finished.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Castro may be a fish soon...



Jon Heyman‏Verified account @JonHeyman
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yankees have tried to foist ellsbury on miami as an offset, but marlins are not agreeing to that one. castro or headley are seen as more likely at this point. they are working on it.

The Cubs trade Castro for a guy they end up trading back to NY for nothing and NY is going to trade Castro for Stanton. This is ridiculous. I need to see the details of this thing because if they trade Castro or Headley for him and just take on his contract MLB should investigate Jeter and NY.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

I bet he goes there. He's turned down 2 offers. I think his agents are in charge of this. If it happens, wow . Yanks will sell out every game on the road. Mantle / Maris Part 2.

My guess is there is a lot more to it than just Castro. The Marlins are probably fishing for one of the Yankees higher tier prospects and the Yankees aren't willing to give up that kind of player without minimizing their payroll hit. I feel like this deal is going to happen because the Yankees see their window opening right now. Would not be shocked if Gleyber Torres heads to Miami.

If Im Miami I'd jump all over a Castro for Stanton deal.

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they better be getting gleyber torres for that.

where's he going to play? DH?

I don't see the Miami fans cheering for old Castro.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Sounds like this is done.

Dang Judge and Stanton in the same lineup!

Glad to get him out of the NL and away from the Cards. Poor Card fans are melting down the last day or so. They cannot understand why Stanton would not want to play in St Louis with the greatest fans in baseball blah blah blah

Fuck the Cardinals.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

This dramatically increases the chance that Bryce Harper is a Cub in 2019.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Strong take.

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No top prospects going back to Miami.

Stunning.

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Thats going to piss off Cardinal fans again

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

This came together curiously fast. It looks like they just went thru the dog and pony show with the Giants and Cards while all the time knowing he was going to be traded to the Yankees

Jeter obviously still working for the Yankees.

Like Hall and Nash were still working for Vince during the nWo.

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Is this seriously Castro for Stanton straight up?!? How is that legal? If this was fantasy, the commish would veto the trade as soon as he was finished laughing.

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Bob Nightengale‏@BNightengale

The #Marlins should be able to move Starlin Castro and the remaining $22 million on his contract over next two years fairly easily, which helps make Giancarlo Stanton trade to #Yankees palpable to them
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They want to drop Stanton's contract and the previous dumbfucks gave him a no trade clause.

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I see it's being reported everywhere the deal is done, he just has to agree. But what are the details of the trade?

Caatro is movable, Jeter did a good job of dumping that horseshit contract on NY..The Yanks will regret this move.

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didnt' 312 call this one as well back in October?

MLB TV is saying after the giants/cards fell thru, he told the marlins he was ok with 3 teams he said no previously, the yankees, the astros, and.........THE CUBS!

Where the fuck w/ Theo with the virtual glasses!?!?

You mean he "predicted" a guy with a 300 million dollar contract would end up on one of the richest teams in baseball?

He really went out on a 5-foot diameter limb with that one

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He was the only one that said Yanks. Nobody, even the so called baseball media experts had the Yankees as a possibility back in Oct/Nov and even last week. he's on a roll. I should ask him for Lotto #s.