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I hated owning Francisco Liriano. Even when he was good you never knew when he'd drop 6 walks on you. Also, Alex Cobb because he has the skillset, but seems to always find a way to turn in a near-useless season because of injuries.
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He'll start the year in their rotation, but his leash will be short.
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You don't think he has a high ceiling?
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I hate that I own Scott Kazmir again. I did not enjoy the experience in BORED last year.
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Sorry. For a team in my position, the upside of Broxton was just more attractive than the framework we were discussing.
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Keon Broxton + Scott Kazmir for Robert Gsellman and Gio Gonzalez
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Still have some pieces to sell that could be rosterable past the cut: Bats Howie Kendrick (2B, 3B, 1B, OF) Luis Valbuena Hyun-Soo Kim Relievers Cam Bedrosian Mychal Givens Pedro Baez Brad Ziegler Felipe Rivero Mid-to-back rotation starters Steven Wright Gio Gonzalez Wei-Yin Chen Robert Gsellman
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They project similarly, and Ottavini just had TJS. They're close enough that choosing either one makes sense. And Devenski could still start.
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Yeah, I don't think anyone will give a s*** if he's claimed.
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There's no place for Goins on this team as it's currently constructed. He needs five years of service time, so he can't refuse assignment, but he will have to clear waivers when he's sent down.
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I'm almost sure he's a better player than Carrera or Smoak. Would give him a smal MLB deal.
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Reported.
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Decent chance he'd get claimed on waivers I think.
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He's out of options, yes. The other option is punting Smoak.
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Is this deal done? Details on the options?
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20 holds, nice ratios, and 100 Ks is pretty nice even if he doesn't close.
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You obviously choose Hand.
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Diekman just died.
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Longenhagen doesn't think he has the bat speed, and says a lot of scouts feel the same way.
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Stream is to announce that Austin Jackson has been signed to replace Bautista, who has joined Edwin in Cleveland on a 2-year deal.
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All of this is probably moot anyway, because I'm fine with Carrera as a 5th OF, and the player I'd actually want cut in favour of Moss/Pagan/Valbuena is Justin Smoak. Not sure if the team is more likely to waive Carrera or eat Smoak's 8.5M though.
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I think expecting 0.5 to 1 WAR is too optimistic, because I think he's a true talent replacement-level player. We saw the best he has to offer in 2016: he hit about as good as he can hope to hit, picked up 5 runs via UZR (which is probably not an accurate reflection of his actual defensive ability), and we have a +7 run season. It could happen again. Or the opposite could happen and he loses half a step in the OF at 30, he has a wRC+ of 50 in May, and he's cut in early June with -0.5 fWAR. I think these two outcomes are equally likely.
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I think Carrera is getting a bit of the 2015 Ryan Goins/Chris Colabello treatment on this forum right now: player with replacement-level skills has a good season (if you buy the 10 UZR/150 - I don't), that season represents a sizeable proportion of his MLB PA, and people start penciling him in for above-replacement production the following year. I think that, much like Goins and Colabello, he's closer to washing out of the majors than he is to carving out consistent playing time over the next few years.
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Yup, Valbuena makes so much sense. Can be Donaldson's primary backup, can handle 2B if Travis goes down, and can obviously handle 1B. I'd have him shagging flies in LF in ST too just to see how comfortable he looks. The team would have to make Smoak go away though. Or waive Carrera, but I don't think they'll do that.
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I disagree that the remaining free agents aren't big upgrades, at least if you mean big enough to be significant. Carrera is replacement level, and is currently set to be the big side of a LF platoon, even with Bautista. Replacing him with Moss/Pagan/Valbuena is a 1-2 win upgrade.
