Braves got Murphy and so far the only thing confirmed they gave up was William Contreras.

EDIT: Freddy Tarnok and Pina as well.

Contreras to the Brewers and Tarnok + Esteury Ruiz + Manny Pina to the A's.

That doesnt look like the A's were asking for anything outrageous that should scare a team off.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Estuery Ruiz is going from the Brewers to the A&#39;s. Joel Payamps, Justin Yeager and William Contreras are going to the Brewers in 3-team deal.</p>&mdash; Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/1602405214006480913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Kyle Muller going from the Braves to A's as well. Still feels like the Brewers should be giving up A LOT more in this deal.

How did the Brewers get William Contreras for nothing?

I think it's ridiculous, too.

It's amazing the value that Esteury Ruiz is fetching after his breakout season. He first was the key piece in the Josh Hader deal and then he basically gets flipped by himself for William Contreras.

I think he's a intriguing player with the new 2023 rules (85 steals in the minors last year), but he's a total Judy, too.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I should note that Rich Hill came in at 68.3 mph on 16 balls in play in 2021. So, there&#39;s a feather in Ruiz&#39;s cap.</p>&mdash; Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) <a href="https://twitter.com/matthewpouliot/status/1602467270965747712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Rodon to NY Yankees, nobody comes in 2nd like Mo.

Man, are pitchers really fetching 27m AAV now?

For 10+ years to avoid the luxury tax. I'd bet money that MLB is going to step in on these long term contracts.

During the Pujols era until a couple of years ago, we were on the top 10 spenders, usually 8/9 but not so bad. Now, we fell out of the top ten to 13th spot in 2022. But, a lot of that money was spent poorly.

Fan Graphs has them at $164 million. Up from the $163 million from last year.

Gotta keep that powder dry. Market is crazy. Don't want to block (fill in the blank).....

Yeah, Mo, we have heard it all before.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Cubs and Dansby Swanson have an agreement on a seven-year deal for $177 million, per source. <a href="https://t.co/9cmtK9mLzL">https://t.co/9cmtK9mLzL</a></p>&mdash; Kiley McDaniel (@kileymcd) <a href="https://twitter.com/kileymcd/status/1604227896914202625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Padres and Matt Carpenter have agreed to a deal for 2023 with a player option for the 2024 season, per a source. Carpenter will play something of a utility role in San Diego -- some 1B, LF, RF, DH and potentially backup 2B and 3B as well.</p>&mdash; AJ Cassavell (@AJCassavell) <a href="https://twitter.com/AJCassavell/status/1605254060625403905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Breaking: Carlos Correa and the Mets have a deal. $315M, 12 years.</p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1605467617019527168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Seems like a lot of money for Carpenter without having the benefit of the short right field of Yankees stadium.

Some of these contracts are just dumb

Mo gives this 3 thumbs up