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[BTS]

53 minutes ago, Laika said:

2.2 WAR projection

Crowd source was 3/$51M 

QO free agent so Boston loses pick

Interesting roster for Boston. Contreras / Bauers / Anthony / Yoshida something's gotta give. Also Casas' corpse. 

Milwaukee was NEVER going to commit that money to a 1B/DH 

Bauers/Contreras pretty much every day at 1B/DH

Anthony, Rafaela, Abreu, Duran in the OF

Duran probably could be had for almost free to anyone willing to pay him 11M in arb. He was terrible last year, projects poorly, and might be the biggest douche in the league. But he’s also a capable CF and a year removed from putting up 11 WAR over a two year stretch, available on a 1-year commitment, and controllable for two seasons.

[jaysblue]

2 hours ago, BTS said:

Bauers/Contreras pretty much every day at 1B/DH

Anthony, Rafaela, Abreu, Duran in the OF

Duran probably could be had for almost free to anyone willing to pay him 11M in arb. He was terrible last year, projects poorly, and might be the biggest douche in the league. But he’s also a capable CF and a year removed from putting up 11 WAR over a two year stretch, available on a 1-year commitment, and controllable for two seasons.

Duran would be a nice buy low. 

 

[Spanky__99]

4 hours ago, BTS said:

Duran probably could be had for almost free to anyone willing to pay him 11M in arb. He was terrible last year, projects poorly, and might be the biggest douche in the league.

I cracked up, it's likely true.