G-Snarls

We really don't have any "holes" on the position player side And we have lots of guys who can play multiple positions If you want to add to the lineup then yes you have to trade for a superstar. That just seems less likely than sticking with the player position core we have and solidifying the starting rotation and back end of the bullpen. Most superstar players are currently either on contending teams that would never trade them (Judge, Ohtani, etc), or are young and under cheap team control for many years so they don't want to trade them either.

Freddie Freeman has probably let this go by now at least. He's doing OK. :) But Lopez, Harris, Acuna, Albies and others must feel like prisoners.

We'll dunk in years that we can, man! LOL

Yeah that didn't work out well for the Braves this year either

100% And with all the post season $$$ and savings from Green and Bieber they can afford to keep him Bo just needs to want to stay and be willing to move to 2B.

YES!!!!!!!

Yeah. With a healthy and productive Santander (and ideally with Bo) it's a much easier lineup to construct 1. Springer (DH or COF) 2. Bichette (2B) 3. Guerrero Jr (1B) 4. Santander (DH or COF) 5. Kirk (C) 6. Barger (COF) 7. Clement (3B) 8. Varsho (CF) 9 Gimenez (SS) Bench: Heineman, Schneider, Straw, and another utility infielder that's not IKF The defense suffers a bit compared to what we had for most of 2025 but that could be one of the deepest lineups in the league. Santander becomes a full time DH after Springer is gone in 2027. For 2026 I want both in the lineup so they both have to play some OF.

Yankees tho? Rightly or wrongly that fanbase wants their current SS punted to the moon And Cashman clearly undervalues defense

He's a California kid so I could guess where he might end up in 2027......

Yes they can qualify him next year because he'll have been with them all season and never qualified before.

Bieber for 16 and Greene off the books is great financially

Yeah they have months to try to work out an extension too. I suspect they'll make a real push for one. But even if they don't, his caliber for 1/16 and the ability to give him a QO next year is beyond great.

I think guys like Bieber, Scherzer and Springer showed the whole league how great it was playing in Toronto this year.

100% same A dozen teams would happily give him 3-4 years

Wow!!!

Royals new deal with Sal Perez 2 years $25MM guarantee, though the deal includes some deferrals. The guarantee includes a $7MM signing bonus.

In the regular season hardly ever anymore

Yeah that would suck Please trade to an NL team

There's no way they're not trying to extend him Deadline for option/opt out decisions is Nov. 6. Though there's no way he's going to take it. It does seem like a piece of business this FO would try to get done as soon as possible. He can't negotiate with anyone but the Jays for 2 more days.

Everyone seemed to love playing here this year That should help with Bassitt/Bo/Biebs

MLBTR list of FA SPs - both definite FA and those with options/buyouts - Starting Pitchers Tyler Anderson (36) Chris Bassitt (37) Shane Bieber (31) – $16MM player option with a $4MM buyout Paul Blackburn (32) Walker Buehler (31) Griffin Canning (30) Carlos Carrasco (39) Dylan Cease (30) Aaron Civale (31) Alex Cobb (38) Patrick Corbin (36) Nestor Cortes (31) Nabil Crismatt (31) Anthony DeSclafani (36) Jon Duplantier (31) Zach Eflin (32) Erick Fedde (33) Jack Flaherty (30) – $20MM player option Chris Flexen (31) Zac Gallen (30) Lucas Giolito (30) Austin Gomber (32) Jon Gray (34) Foster Griffin (30) Kyle Hart (33) – $5MM club option with a $1MM buyout Andrew Heaney (35) Kyle Hendricks (36) Adrian Houser (33) Shota Imanaga (32) – $57MM club option for 2026-28 or $15MM player option for 2026 Andre Jackson (30) Jakob Junis (33) Anthony Kay (31) Merrill Kelly (37) Michael King (31) Zack Littell (30) Michael Lorenzen (34) Kenta Maeda (38) Tyler Mahle (31) German Marquez (31) Nick Martinez (35) Steven Matz (35) Dustin May (28) Triston McKenzie (28) John Means (33) – $6MM club option with no buyout Miles Mikolas (37) Wade Miley (39) Frankie Montas (33) – can opt out of remaining one year and $17MM Jordan Montgomery (33) Chris Paddack (30) Freddy Peralta (30) – $8MM club option with no buyout Martin Perez (35) – $10MM mutual option with a $1.5MM buyout Cody Ponce (32) Cal Quantrill (31) Jose Quintana (37) – $15MM mutual option with a $2MM buyout Colin Rea (35) – $6MM club option with a $750K buyout Chris Sale (37) – $18MM club option Max Scherzer (41) Michael Soroka (28) Marcus Stroman (35) Ranger Suarez (30) Tomoyuki Sugano (36) Jose Ureña (34) Jose Urquidy (31) – $4MM club option Framber Valdez (32) Justin Verlander (43) Jake Woodford (29) Brandon Woodruff (32) – $20MM mutual option with a $10MM buyout

It sounds like he did everything he could to get Ohtani and Sasaki. They just wanted to go to LA. I don't get the sense they were strongly in on Yamamoto. Trade market is the best option but it's tough to make a deal for a high end SP from this farm. And we don't want to give up any of Yesavage, Nimmala or Barger that's for sure.

Team might have a MOTY winner but no gold gloves LOL

#1 bounce back candidate in MLB next year But I know what you mean