If all goes according to plan he won't play much
If all to s*** with Travis we will be glad we have him
We don't have any other relievers that I'd rather have in the pen either
Heck yeah
We have what will likely project to be a top 5 starting rotation for about 41M
Sanchez 0.5M
Stroman 0.5M
Happ 13M
Estrada13M
Liriano 14M
That's a GREAT starting point
We have good to great cost controlled players in Travis, Pillar and Donaldson
The only really big 2017 $ years committed to at the moment are for Martin and Tulo and they're both actually worth it
We're not paying a single player big $ to play elsewhere or paying anyone despite them being retired (unlike the Rangers and Yankees)
Most of our holes will likely be bullpen and corner OF spots - not nearly as hard to fill as SP, C and MIF
We're not in bad shape at all
They don't NEED to be top 5 payroll
Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers will remain the top 4
Let them spend >>> 200M and pay luxury tax (and only 2 of them even made the playoffs)
Dave Robert's says Kershaw came to him before the game and told him he and the coaching staff thought he was "good to go" if he needed him to pitch in relief