All right, Pat, the latest from Kenny Rosenthal in the Athletic is that the twins have offered Buxton $70-plus million over multiple years.

And if he doesn't say yes, they will probably trade him either before July 30th or if not this offseason.

Your thoughts?

If they are going to trade him, they better wait until the off-season in order to

hopefully have him play for a couple of months and increase his value.

What would you pay him, Patrick, right now?

Well, I can guarantee a 70 isn't going to get it done.

Correct.

But I mean...

I don't know what I do.

I told you before I'd let him play.

I'd let him play the rest of how much, however much of this season he could play.

And I'd let him play, you know know see if he could play two months next year

and then I'd make my best offer next June so then but there's no way you can make him your

best offer right now until you see him play 90 out of a hundred games right somehow here

let's between over two years, let's go here.

I don't know.

What do you think they're going to get if they try to trade him now?

They're going to get a quarter on the dollar, aren't they?

Yeah.

I would say, I'd give him over $100 million, and I'll tell you, Pat, we've spent almost 20 years worrying about the next David Ortiz.

Byron Buxton has a better chance of actually making us feel regret than Kenny Vargas, then Oswaldo Arcia and all these other guys, Aaron Higgs.

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