- Manoah for Ha-Seong Kim or Jorge Polanco
- Sign JD Martinez for 2/40
- Blow their load on Yamamoto for like 10/270 or whatever if they think he's an ace
- Bring Gurriel back for like 3/50
C - Kirk
1B - Vlad
2B - Kim or Polanco
3B - Schneider
SS - Bo
CF - Varsho
LF - Gurriel
RF - Springer
DH - Martinez
Jansen/Horwitz/Biggio/Lukes on the bench
Gausman
Yamamoto
Berrios
Bassitt
Kikuchi
Playoffs will be easy to make
I have all four about as valuable as hitter Ohtani in the short term, especially given that the two lesser hitters have CF eligibility. So it’s a question of whether I value pitcher Ohtani more than the 4-6 year age gap. After two TJS I’ll just take the younger elite hitter.
I wonder how soon the Royals trade Bobby Witt Jr. He's a FA after 2027, their team isn't winning anything between now and then, and they're probably not giving him the 400M it will take to keep him. Maybe they trade him with 2+ years left like the Nats did with Soto.
If the team has the willingness to spend 300-500 on a single player, that puts them in the market for mid-prime HoF level talent. The Harper/Betts/Judge tier of player. I hope they don’t get tunnel vision with Bo and Vlad. They can pick their spot here. Maybe it’s Soto next off-season. Or Sasaki when he’s posted. Or the Padres decide they can’t afford Tatis. Or Yordan Alvarez is the next Astro to hit the market. No need to hitch their wagon to someone like Vlad if they’re playing in the big boy pool.
I don't know why he sucks. Maybe injuries sapped his skills? League average hitter, and a butcher at 2B. Not really sure what problem he solves for Toronto.
Seems like the best fit of all the Reds infielders. They won't move McLain, EDLC, or probably CES. India sucks. I guess Steer is also a decent target, but I don't think I'd move Tiedemann for him.
I legit didn't have any idea this was a thing until today. I thought a 10-year 700M contract would be 70M a year for luxury tax purposes for 10 years, regardless of the payout structure/defferals. Absolute ******** if this isn't the case.
Can't really be mad at Rogers for not ponying up 700M + whatever amount of luxury tax they'd end up paying.
It's going to be hard to win the fans over this offseason though. Bellinger is a landmine, and there's not much else out there. Robert? Yamamoto? Chapman and Gurriel won't really cut it.