The most obvious opportunities for risk have been extensions for stars approaching free agency (Donaldson, Price, Encarnacion, Bautista) or long-term extensions for younger established players (Travis, Sanchez, Stroman).
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Eric
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Hello Eric A. Longenhagen, I'm looking for the next Garrett Cooper. Preferably someone who's older and his trackman readouts are nuts. Do you have any ideas?
And the team isn’t tire fire bad. They’ll probably project at around 0.500 come opening day. Having a guy with MVP caliber skills around on a 1-year deal is never a bad thing. Best case scanario, he helps them to a WC game. Likely scenario, he returns some assets at the deadline. Worst case scenario, he provides an expensive WAR in a lost year.
It’s hard to see him not getting a QO if he’s still here on Saturday. It’s a small investment that they won’t catch much heat for if he sucks, but they’ll look really stupid if they don’t offer him the QO and he has a 5-win season.
With some of the posts on here you'd think he had bombed the season. He's still putting up a 120 wRC+ in AA at 20 with plus speed and good reports on his defense. I don't think he's taken a step back this year.