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  1. glory
    Play Gose at CF and Pompey in LF against RHP, and Pillar in LF and Pompey at CF against LHP. That's what I'm guessing the OF will look like. Whether they move Bautista to 1B or keep him at RF is the question.
  2. glory
    The Pirates would be better off ditching Ike Davis and playing Alvarez at 1B, rather than trading Alvarez for Lind. I'm sure if they dangled Alvarez in a trade they could get someone better than Lind, probably a SP upgrade. Depends what PA's value is, though. He's coming off a bad season, but 2.3 and 3.1 WAR's the previous two years respectively. I'd do that deal in a heartbeat but don't think Pitts would. Since this is Alex we are talking about, it will almost certainly be a reliever coming in return. We just have to hope he can convince a team to add a useful position players on top of that.
  3. glory
    Man, Lind for Alvarez would be amazing but would the Pirates actually make a move like that? Alvarez's value can't be that low.
  4. glory
    Yeah but the Jays do not know if Melky will accept the QO yet. It's a safe bet he won't, but they wouldn't add Tabata's salary without settling the Melky situation first. Once the QO is declined and Melky is gone, then that opens the door for the Jays to take Tabata's salary plus a reliever. Trust me, I don't even want Tabata, I'd prefer they go super athletic in the OF, but he pretty much check marks everything that Alex likes. Three team options, not criminally overpaid, Latin, and fills a need. I'd be surprised if it doesn't happen.
  5. glory
    Melky is not going to be worth more than three years, so if they hold firm to that, then they are being smart.
  6. glory
    Yeah I'm going to guess Tabata and a reliever (Watson, Pimentel, or someone like that). No way the Pirates take Lind's entire salary. They'll stick Tabata on us, and Alex will take it as long as he gets the reliever he so desperately loves.
  7. glory
    Oh crap, it's going to be Lind for Tabata, isn't it?
  8. glory
    I remember reading that AA asked for Walker in return for Lind last off-season and was turned down. I'd imagine the Pirates could do better for Walker than Lind. Plus, moving Alvarez to 1B and Harrison to 3B makes far more sense for them.
  9. glory
    Honestly, with what's out there in the free agent market for 2B, and the club too scared to move Reyes off short, they might as well play Izturis at 2B rather than spend what little money they have on a 1 WAR player to fill that spot. They are paying Izturis $4M regardless. They need a real upgrade at 2B or 3B. If it's Kelly Johnson or Rickie Weeks, then just stick with Maicer and spend the money elsewhere. The difference would be minor at best.
  10. glory
    Moving Lawrie to 2B and overpaying Headley for one year would probably the best alternative (assuming Headley would take a one year deal to boost his value for next year). A one year deal for anything close to the QO would probably be worth it, but whether he would take it is another story.
  11. glory
    As far as 2B, since the FA class is pretty weak, they really need to take a chance on a cheap young prospect that might be expendable on another team. Upon some lazy research, the only one I could think of that was even borderline realistic was Cesar Hernandez on the Phillies. Maybe get him and hope he turns into in-prime Maicer.
  12. glory
    I don't think it will go up. It may stay around the same general area ($130-135M), but I can't imagine Rogers would increase it after doing nothing at the trade deadline (when the probability of making the playoffs was probably over 50% at that point) and all the circumstances around the season, ownership, dollar, etc. Beeston did say it would go up, and he'd be an idiot if he said something like that so emphatically only to lie about it, but who knows with this group. I think we will see some moves that give the impression that they are spending money (i.e. signing a closer), but with options being declined and possibly some players being traded (Lind? Happ?) to save some money, I think the payroll will ultimately go back to around the same general area as last season. Which is still big enough of a payroll to win, but whether Alex is the one who can right the ship is the issue.
  13. glory
    Isn't Hutchison a super two? MLBTR didn't mention an arbitration figure for him.
  14. glory
    Jays fired the bullpen coach. There is our first scapegoat and step one on building a better bullpen!! Alex with money to spend (presumably) and a huge hole in the bullpen scares he crap out of me. k-Rod will definitely be closer next season, and at $5M per.
  15. glory
    I'd think Lawrie would get more than that (whether he deserves it or not is another story) but the others look about right. Are the Jays really going to bring Francisco back? He is good minor league depth in case of injury but unless they think Luis Mercedes in the DR will fix his swing/approach or they plan on trading Lind and keep Juan as a 1B option, there is no reason to bring him back at that price.
  16. glory
    Sign K-Rod and Oviedo. Saves.
  17. glory
    My gut feeling is Melky will decline it, but stranger things have happened. It wouldn't be terrible if he accepts it since it will only be a one year deal but it would be way too much of the 2015 payroll to use on a limited OF/DH. I also like the Aoki idea. Maybe it's just the Royals success getting to me but I really like the idea of three CF's in the OF at once. Starting Pompey and Gose/Pillar would accomplish 2/3's of that. I guess asking for a third pure CF who can hit might be too much so I'll settle for an above average 3rd OF while moving Bats to 1B.
  18. glory
    How much would Fernandez command? It would have to be a five year deal with the dinosaur as team president, but what would the AAV project to be? Tough to read the Cuban market. I'd imagine it would take something like 5/65.
  19. glory
    Having Pompey/Gose/Pillar taking up two OF spots won't be so bad if they used the saved money on a 2B and/or SP (dream scenario: go cheap in the OF and sign Fernandez). But if those three are in OF and it's status quo everywhere else, then yeah, blow it up.
  20. glory
    Signing Fernandez would mean no K-Rod, Oviedo, and Weeks. No thanks. /Alex.
  21. glory
    Friedman left the Rays with a s***** farm system but the man knew how to trade players at the right time for the right return. I can't imagine the GM who replaces him can duplicate that.
  22. glory
    Why would anyone choose Toronto over the Dodgers? Unless Friedman is a Jays fan, Canadian, or wanted to leave one toxic management group for another for his own amusement, I'd imagine it would have taken way more money to get him to come here.
  23. glory
    Good news. I can't imagine the Rays getting a better GM for their situation than Friedman. Hopefully it leads to their decline.
  24. glory
    I'd rather have these guys than the relievers I'm expecting AA to overpay this off-season, namely K-Rod ("proven closer") and Oviedo (former closer with "proven closer" pedigree).
  25. glory
    This draft was unlike any JP draft prior so I'm tempted to believe that he was phased out. Jenkins does look like a typical JP pick, but then AA picked Deck a year later, so can't say for sure. The later rounds definitely resemble the drafting post-JP, but Beeston didn't mind going overslot while Godfrey was against it so that may have just been a philosophy change. Tough to say. Either way, definitely a good draft. If Gomes panned out in Toronto instead of Cleveland, it would have been better.
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