There’s one Deebo Samuel trade that can actually improve the 49ers
I don’t think the 49ers are going to trade Deebo Samuel.
Ultimately, I believe that Samuel will play the 2022 and 2023 seasons in the Bay Area. The only question is if he will be on a new contract during those seasons.
After one All-pro season, Samuel wants to be paid at the top of the booming wide receiver market for the next four or five years. The Niners have, understandably, been reluctant to make him such an offer to this point.
They are even more reluctant to trade away their best offensive player ahead of a pivotal 2022 season.
But everyone in the NFL is available. Every player for every team has a price.
Any trade the 49ers make with Samuel would have to come before Thursday’s start of the NFL Draft.
Trading Samuel for draft picks isn’t ideal for helping
Emma Wolfgram also hit a solo home run for the Falcons (12-5-1, 4-1 CVC).
Starter Korrie Almond pitched six innings of onerun ball with 10 strikeouts.
Yuba City 4, Woodcreek 0
Senior Allyssa Williams pitched a complete-game shutout Wednesday to help the Yuba City High softball team blank Woodcreek at home, 4-0 in a Capital Valley Conference contest.
Williams struck out three and allowed six hits.
At the plate, Alexis Alvares and Gilian Renzullo each tallied two hits, with Renzullo driving in a pair of runs.
YC improved to 5-9-1 overall and 3-3 in the CVC.
Prep baseball
Center 5, Marysville 4
The Indians’ 17-game win streak came to an end Wednesday in Antelope against Center.
Marysville pitcher Matthew Haggard went 6-1/3 innings and allowed four earned runs on six hits.
At the plate, Dairius Jacobs was 2-for-4 with a double, a triple and a run scored. Elijah Marin was 1-for-3 with a triple.
Marysville (20-3, 9-1 Pioneer Valley League) hosts Center today (Friday) at 4 p.m.
USL soccer
Republic FC’S next opponent in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup fourth round will be Phoenix Rising FC at
7:30 p.m. May 11 at Heart Health Park in Sacramento.
Republic FC has reached the fourth round/round of 32 in the tournament in all but one of its six previous entries.
Republic FC and Phoenix have never faced off in U.S. Open Cup play. This is the seventh appearance for the Arizona club including under its previous moniker Arizona United and second appearance in the fourth round/round of 32. Phoenix Rising have never advanced to the round of 16.
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