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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Interesting. Ballsy move, but also a pretty calculated risk. Klein gets Ohtani plus Neris for cheap, at least compared to what he'd have had to pay if Ohtani were a lock to be in the AL beyond the deadline. At the same time, Ohtani is now effectively a pure pitcher, given that his power is useless to the Nine.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Mark</div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 11:25:43 AM CDT, Klein Nine via Announce <announce@usml.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp448fc52dyiv0333140898"><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>The Klein Nine trades</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>Harry Ford</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>Emmanuel Rodriguez <br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>Jeremy Pena <br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>to the Blocks Bombers for ...</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>Taylor Walls</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>Hector Neris</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span><span>Shohei Ohtani</span>*</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>That is all.</span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span>-Andy<br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><span><br></span></div><br><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;" class="ydp448fc52dyiv0333140898protonmail_signature_block">
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