There's a couple things I'm open to doing:
- Jose Abreu for a 1st rounder or 2nd and an upgrade on Brooks Raley or Chris Martin
- Elehuris Montero for an upgrade on Raley or Martin
- Josh Lowe for a 2nd
- My 2024 2nd for a 2nd in this draft
Elehuris Montero available available for a 2023 pick or good reliever. I like the potential of his bat at Coors and that he's out of options, but I have one too many bats.
Yeah, if he stays healthy and has a 4+ win season, the extension will be a bit less than he would have gotten on the market. But the odds of that are, what? 15%? Less? And they've prematurely risked a 90M sunk cost betting on that outcome.
It's hard to take you seriously because you start from the premise that every contract is good, and then find the defense of it. I don't think there's a single contract this offseason that you were willing to concede doesn't seem likely to work out well.
I want to see the analysis that led them to believe they had to do this now. Worst case he breaks this year and you don't want him back next year. Best case he has a 3-4 win season, and you probably still get him with a 5/90 offer going into his age-37 season.