Proposals:
1. Starting this year, we start our NPD one week after the start of the LoD NPD, which starts at 9AM the second Sunday of January. So we'd add the following to the Rules:
The Annual New Player Draft (NPD) will begin at 9AM on the third Sunday of January every year.
2. On January 1st we add all unowned players to waivers and expand rosters to 26.
There was a point in 2019 where I thought Stephenson was breaking out as an elite reliever. I think his swinging strike % was pushing 20% for most of the season. Hoffman hasn't really ever shown promise like that. Seems like a weird trade for the Reds.
If a 5-win player is willing to sign here on something that makes sense financially, it's hard to argue that we shouldn't shuffle the pieces around to make it work. Danny Jansen has trade value. Kirk has significant trade value. Either can be used in a package to bring in a SP or OF.
I've loved AA's approach to the FA market in his Atlanta tenure. Ozuna, Donaldson, Keuchel, now Smyly and Morton, all on one year deals. Ended up wasting money on Hamels, but that's a lot of wins added with very little risk.
I'm a bit surprised they haven't removed Yamaguchi. Clearing the roster spot and taking the chance (however remote) that someone claims him seems like a no-brainer.
I think he was placed on the restricted list before the season, and the team has never reinstated him. He’s stuck in Venezuela or something.
What’s RDS?