Reminder that I want to sell a SP (probably not Rodon, but one of Gonzalez, Odorizzi, Chen, Wright, Kennedy, Gsellman, Cotton) for a 1B, 2B, or 3B. Willing to add picks/prospects/relievers for the right deal.
So you're declining my offer then?
I think I have vanilla king Kole Calhoun to show for Montas after we finished passing Gattis around, so I'm OK with it.
I have one more SP than I want to protect, and would like to move one (likely Gio, Chen, Wright, Kennedy, or Gsellman) in a deal for an improvement on Kendrick or Valbuena at 2B or 3B, or for a 1B. I have picks/prospects to facilitate a deal.
I also have two of Bedrosian/Baez/Rivero/Givens/Ziegler/Biagini available for waiver or MiLB upgrades (or as additions to a bigger deal).
It was close last year: 4.5 games. I've downgraded by replacing Cabrera with Tim Anderson and Keuchel with Gsellman and Cotton, and you've downgraded by losing Ortiz. I think we're still close enough to make a $20 bet fair.
Anyone who paid attention and though that this team was going to continue to improve after 2015 had unrealistic expectations. That was never going to happen.
Given the value of the 1st round pick, and the fact that the NTC has some kind of value, the total value of the commitment to Fowler is in the vicinity of $100M. People need to step back and remember that, while he had a fine season, he's a 31-year old who projects to be a hair above average in 2017.
I guess you missed the last 12 months? Here's a recap:
The team made smart low risk additions (Happ, Estrada, Grilli etc...), and made the ALCS without doing any damage to their long term flexibility.
I'm curious to know: of all the players who signed for more money last offseason, assuming a payroll of ~165M, how many of them would you trade Estrada for? How many would you trade Happ for?