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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Agree the market is the market- but very, very, very curious how much negotiation went into this. I have my doubts they scrubbed super hard on it for the sake of preserving a new GM relationship. Total guessing here, but if I’m right I don’t think that’s acceptable.
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I don’t think a little more scrubbing moves the needle much. That’s an extra 6th type of material for a trade like this, or a similar level player swapped for the one we got.
There were likely multiple teams in on this. They didn’t have to preserve relationships, they just needed to beat the next guy’s offer. I have no doubt this was floated and wasn’t beaten by anybody. And working the negotiation a little harder doesn’t turn this into a 1st or whatever.