06-17-2022, 09:06 AM
(06-17-2022, 07:59 AM)Kammrath Wrote: This is 100% what the tea-leaves are showing me as well.
If JB is re-signed, then SD or THJ should be outgoing in a trade this summer if you can get any kind of decent return.
I totally agree with this in theory, but the problem is what you want in return is defense. Because both of those guys are negative assets (particularly Bertans) and we don't have any assets to attach to them (except maybe Green has some value) then you are looking at trading them for an overpriced player. The problem is its rare for a good defensive player to be overpriced. It always seems to be the offensive players that are overpriced. If anybody can think of any player that is good at defense yet overpriced in Timmy's price range, I would love to hear it. That is going to make it really tough to convert Timmy into a defensive player. It can be done in the future when we have access to all of our picks and Timmy's contract looks better, but I have not heard a name yet that makes sense (and I can't think of one either).
The closest I can think of are going back to Tobias or Hayward who are not good defenders, but better than Timmy, overpriced and something we might be able to do without adding picks.