early trade offers

[cavebird]

None of those are acceptable offers but what exactly is the downside to countering? Unless you just dont want to trade, which is fine.

Counter with a similarly unbalanced trade in your favor, maybe they accept. They have established that unbalanced is okay, so counter with a similarly unbalanced option, but in your favori.

That's the common strategy. I do the opposite. When I get those kinds of offers, the offending owner goes into the penalty box, so to speak, and I refuse to trade with them, or negotiate trade with them for a while. I don't have time to deal with crap like that, so they are just dead to me for a while. If people complain that people don't respond to trade offers, I will happily explain that I will respond to any offer that isn't a joke. If people can get away with this without repercussion, they will just keep doing it.

[chancellor]

It's what he offered. That's why I come here to know if it's a good offer or not.

I'd counter with exactly what you want from him - Walsh and LeMahieu for Mondesi and Gonzalez. That counter is a lot less terrible than the offer he gave you.