Just spitballing as we near the deadline, but the Padres are very motivated to move off Hosmer's salary after the Soto deal. He's still a decent bat and $40 mil over 3 seasons isn't THAT much.

I'd call them up and offer them a Hosmer for Sano swap (to get his salary off the books), along with a 10-18 range prospect like Ryan Bergert, Brandon Valenzuela, or Victor Acosta.

Am I crazy or might this be a decent move? Would the Padres agree to this given their need to cut significant salary?

You can't trade him while he's on the IL. Putting him back on the IL took him off of the market. 

2 minutes ago, jctwins said:

You can't trade him while he's on the IL. Putting him back on the IL took him off of the market. 

Simply not true.

I'd do that in a heartbeat. 

No, Sano's contract is done after this year. Hosmer's anchor of a contract continues for a couple years.

1 minute ago, FlyingFinn said:

No, Sano's contract is done after this year. Hosmer's anchor of a contract continues for a couple years.

Concur. 

1 minute ago, FlyingFinn said:

No, Sano's contract is done after this year. Hosmer's anchor of a contract continues for a couple years.

I'd do the $ even for this year, but they'd have to kick in some $$ for 23/24.

1 minute ago, FlyingFinn said:

No, Sano's contract is done after this year. Hosmer's anchor of a contract continues for a couple years.

Yeah, it'd have to be a really good prospect coming back because that 13M the next three years is 13M the team won't spend in free agency, and lately, they've been willing to get some big named free agents when the opportunity arose.

Any time spent contemplating futures with either one of those players could be better spent planning an off-season base running camp.

The Padres have essentially boxed themselves into a contention window of 2022-2024; they already have a $99M payroll in 2025 BEFORE paying Soto, Darvish, Snell, Hader, and/or Manaea (or replacements).  If I'm Falvine, I'm not trying to help them with a salary dump as much as I'm trying to help them accumulate talent now in return for strong prospect returns.  That said, if the Padres really do want to dump Hosmer's salary, I'd be happy to do that, but like Nick said, for a top 100 caliber prospect at minimum.

Too late……Hosmer is headed to Red Sox.

18 minutes ago, Bctwinsfan said:

Simply not true.

Is that a change from what used to be true?

I'd lower there $ to get Campusano. After this season I believe the actual cost of Hosmer's deal drops quit a bit to 13 mil? I don't think the Twins will be pushing any tax thresholds so the AAV shouldn't really matter.  Have them pay 30-50% of it for the last three seasons.

Hate to kill the thread, but apparently Hosmer is going to Beantown.

4 minutes ago, jctwins said:

Is that a change from what used to be true?

I can't recall there ever being a restriction on trading someone on the DL/IL but I could be wrong.

8 minutes ago, jctwins said:

Is that a change from what used to be true?

Not sure. You might be thinking of the old August waiver trade system -- there, a player had to be healthy to be placed on revocable trade waivers, before they could be dealt in August. Might be one of the reasons that system was scrapped.

14 minutes ago, jctwins said:

Is that a change from what used to be true?

Wikipedia's article on this is out-of-date, but it says you need permission from the commissioner's office to trade an injured player. To the extent that is/was true, I wonder if it's just a formality to limit post-trade grievances related to the injury.

My question would be "why?"  Corner types are what this team has an abundance of.  Bringing one back for a longer duration makes no sense.

While Hosmer may be gone, the padres are probably still motivated to shed payroll. Perhaps Snell could be had more easily. Or Clevenger, Darvish or Manea. 

I always felt the Twins should've included Sano in the Rogers/Rooker trade, and taken Hosmer and catcher Luis Campusano with the Twins eating a bit of the Hosmer salary, but still San Diego paying the bulk of it. Sano might've been healthy and found a home and got that extra year. But all moot now.