Trevor Bauer is a 40M/year pitcher easy in this market. Even more if he goes year to year like he always said he would.
Someone will sign him, Molly Knight and Jon Heyman will give their opinion, there will be a slight increase in she/her rage on Twitter and after that it’ll be a non story outside of generating clicks.
Agreed Jim. Can’t count on Ricky or Zulu as depth to start the season. If they force their way up then you’re in a great spot. If not and you brought in a #5 you’ve at least insulated yourself to some degree.
You’re overestimating the PR impact. The only people who truly care enough aren’t enough to outweigh the impact a front of the line starter on a short term deal brings.
Not having pitched in the majors isn’t an issue. The games most analytical player will be ready. In fact you could argue it’s a positive in his favour.
There’s enough teams that will risk it and once he starts playing again nobody will care. People never do, they’re only outraged by the current thing until the next thing comes along