I feel very lucky to be going to the playoffs given how bad my players have been. But I feel very unlucky that so many of my players have s*** the bed. The baseball gods giveth, the baseball gods taketh away.
Yeah. Even if you have to kick in like $2 million, I don't think you let that stop you from signing Martin. If Martin makes sense at like 3/30 or whatever he's going to get, he makes sense at 3/32.
If you trust the framing numbers, he probably has been replacement level. Matt Carruth has him at -14 framing runs, which takes his 1.3 fWAR down to -0.1. Even if he's not quite THAT bad, he's probably still worth less than a win all things considered.
Anybody want to take a flier on Trevor Cahill? I'd like to move him today for a prospect that isn't completely terrible. He's only 26 and has had a sub-4 xFIP in 5 of the last 6 years, 3.69 this year.
It's actually kind of a perfect fit in that they have Cespedes, who would be expendable with Bautista + Victorino + Craig + JBJ in the fold. He'd allow the team to still compete this year, while cashing out on Bautista to acquire Betts + someone else.