Better Call Sal
Salnalysis
Y’all acting like Severson is some bum is wild. Him and Vats has been pretty together and yesterday was just bad. The narrative on Severson makes it sound like he’s some bottom pair journeyman when he’s honestly been good.
Some might be doing that, but I'm coming from the line of thinking that Severson would provide the biggest return in a deal of one of our 3 current right-handed defensemen. This is all based on Vatanen willing to return and sign an extension of course.
If Vatanen's intent is to test the market, then you trade him before the deadline and don't consider moving Severson at that point.
For all of Severson's talent and strengths, his mental lapses can come at the most inopportune times. It's been the case for a few years now. I still really like the kid and want to see him succeed here, but if we're looking at the big picture here, selling high on him with Vatanen returning wouldn't be the worst move in the world.
We'll see how it ends up playing out soon enough.