Abomination

Semien hit 27 home runs last year? a) where did THAT come from? I've gotta start paying closer attention.

I wonder what Jordan Patterson would cost, now that the Rockies basically have 4 outfielders not including him.

Am I the only one who had to look up who Edubray Ramos was?

Dude, come on. He's not even TRYING to disguise the trolling attempt.

I think it would be an interesting trade. Puig has 3 years of control left, and is projected at 3 WAR next year (and the projection looks reasonable to me). The cost (after factoring in Smoak) would be ~4M / year plus the arbitration year. Whether Puig is a clubhouse cancer/distraction or not, I don't know. Add Moss and we'd be looking at about 12M left to add a few relievers and a backup catcher.

Puig for Osuna and Smoak (who they can cut if they like). Who says no?

Man did the Cards ever bail on Pujols at the right time (although people have said for years he may be older than his stated age). He's still a dangerous hitter, just not bank breaking godly.

I'm not sure about that. He's seen what's happened to other players when they've done that.

I kinda feel like one OF may come via trade, one by signing. I still think with the price of RP, maybe we could net a MLB ready OF prospect (plus more) for Osuna. Maybe someone like a Brinson or Nimmo, then sign Moss. Sign Holland and give him the closer's job with Osuna gone (a little risky), sign Tolleson. Probably still a little short in relief, but we'd likely have ~7 million to play with. I doubt it'll happen, but I really think the reliever bubble won't last, and this is a chance to cash in.

Harrison doesn't have much experience in the OF (and what little he does, he was terrible). Kendrick is actually above average in LF it appears, but still has the flexibility to fill in at 2nd if needed.

Huh? Last I saw he was traded a month ago to the Phillies, and the expectation was that he would be flipped. What did I miss?

Howie Kendrick is a very realistic trade target imo.

A lot more interesting will be what Edwin eventually signs for, given we have strong indications of what he was offered at the start of the offseason.

I'm not sure that's clear (for fantasy). Correa's year 20 season was VERY similar to Seager's year 21/22. Let's see if Seager takes a short term step back next year like Correa did or not first.

Lol, regarding the wall of text I think the only way EE comes back is if he's still unsigned as ST is rolling around, and we go to ownership and ask for a payroll boost to bring him back for one year (in which we're contending and want to build off the attendance and viewership numbers). I just don't see it happening any other way, unless maybe if we trade one of Happ / Estrada / Liriano to free up some payroll. I have no idea about JB, but I suspect his ego will probably get in the way of him returning unless we overpay. He seems to think we owe him something for taking a risk on him.

He'd better not injure Donaldson or he'll probably have a mob after him. He may be able to fight off a couple dozen, but we'll sacrifice the Reddit guys in wave 1.

I've received some big offers for Correa in BORED (that I gave serious thought to), but I'm not sure how you can really trade a guy who basically put up 135 and 122 wRC+ seasons as a 20 and 21 year old shortstop. He's just scratching the surface of what he can do imo. I wouldn't have even considered pulling the trigger on this one, but that's just me. I guess if Puig gets his head out of his ass and starts realizing his potential, you could do alright.

Josh Bell, possibly David Freese.

Harsh, it's reeling people in better than that.

Powell is having an incredible game too.

It's actually kind of an interesting thought. Turner could probably replace a good amount of the production (although certainly not all) if he was to be signed. You'd need at least 2 ultra high end MLB ready prospects or young players at positions of need, plus some others to even consider it I think. Urias + Pederson as the principles would certainly get my attention for example, if we're talking Dodgers. Not sure how many teams have the need, desire, and the prospect capital though. Edited: Grant beat me to it lol.

Well, the health was a cancer issue wasn't it, and he waited until the offseason to deal with it or something? That'll take a toll physically and mentally. When he returned last year, he was very good.

He seems to be almost back to the player he used to be, minus a little speed. He's probably vastly under-rated at this point.

I don't think the Price trade is necessarily a big win, although it may have been why we made the playoffs. Norris looked pretty good when he returned last year, including increased velocity. The Tulo trade was awesome.

Part of our problem is also 2018 when we're talking about high priced guys. I kind of look at the following (keeping in mind what our needs will be in 2018 too): Regarding Edwin: Tellez will probably be ready to take over 1B in 2018, so with Morales also in the fold Edwin's resources could likely be allocated elsewhere more effectively (doesn't mean I wouldn't love to have him though). We really can't afford to give up Stroman in a trade (and imo would be stupid to anyway), especially given Estrada and Liriano's contracts expiring after the season. Our in-house options probably won't be ready until 2019, and replacing those innings is gonna be expensive as it is. Signing Ross or Nova for 2 or 3 years and trading Estrada could help a bit. Bautista fills an obvious need, and Guerrero is probably at least 3 years away anyway. Spending some in the OF makes sense. As for trade or FA targets: RF - Trade for Granderson, or sign Baustista or Moss LF - Trade for Dyson / Kendrick / Ethier or sign Moss or Coghlan C - Trade for Rupp, or sign Navarro LH RP - None, use in-house options. RH RP - Trade for Joe jimenez or sign Greg Holland / Tolleson / Chacin. I think my ideal choices (given financial constraints and trade costs) would be to sign Moss, trade for Dyson and Rupp, and sign all 3 relievers I listed. Moss is likely 10M, Dyson is 4?, Rupp is league min, Tolleson is probably 1M to 2M, Chacin maybe 4M?, Holland 8M? Chacin would also have the ability to go into the rotation if we had an injury.