jayfan79
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Projecting Hutch, Stroman, Sanchez, Happ and Dickey may be risky, but at least here there is a chance with Norris as backup. We keep Goins, our poor bullpen, and both of Pillar and Gose in lineup and we will for sure not make the playoffs regardless of whether we trade for Donaldson or not.
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It absolutely does. Because, we need to deal one of Buehrle or Dickey to save on enough money for bullpen / lineup upgrades. We need Sanchez in rotation in 2015 and Norris as depth in AAA in case one of the regular starters falters. Like I said, we need to focus on eliminating holes in our lineup and bullpen much much much more than acquiring any star player. Else we will not make the playoffs regardless of whether we acquire Donaldson or not. Now hypothetically, if we were able to add say 20 to 30 million to the payroll next year , then we can make the trade you suggested and fix holes in lineup / bullpen. But we all know that is not going to happen.
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And I would choose Stroman + Lawrie + Pompey over Donaldson. Think about it: Why would Billy Beane want to do the deal? Because he knows that multiple above average players >>> One star player. That is the reason why the Blue Jays have been unable to make the playoffs over the years despite having players like Delgado, Halladay, Bautista, Wells in his prime, etc. We have always had either a poor bottom of the order (like this year) or poor bottom of the rotation (remember Josh Towers during the Halladay years?) or both. Oakland does these types of deals ALL the time. That is why they are able to make the playoffs year after year despite not having a high payroll.
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Just because Billy Beane may agree to Stroman + Lawrie + does not mean we should do it. not in our interest. Losing too many mlb ready pieces. Now if it were for prospects, sure...... why not?
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I would trade Dickey and Thole too. Only problem is,other teams would likely value Buehrle more for the same reasons we would.
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Also...... Alvarez,Marisnick, etc. for Buehrle,reyes and Josh Johnson???? LOL
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Lot easier ways to fix team while not increasing much payroll. Let the following players go: Rasmus, melky, Morrow, Janssen. Trade Reyes and Buehrle to Dodgers for Justin Turner. Sign Yasmani Tomas for 7 yrs 100 mm Sign JJ Hardy 3 years 30 million Spend all the remaining money on 2-3 Free agent Relievers/ closer. Lineup: Gose / Pompey Bautista Encarnacion Lind Tomas Lawrie Hardy Navarro Turner Rotation Dickey, Stroman, Hutch, Happ , Sanchez Bullpen: Loup, Cecil, Redmond, FA Pitcher 1 , FA pitcher 2, Graveman Nolin Bench: Valencia, Thole, Gose, Izturis. If we still have any money left over,upgrade catcher position. That is a better team,offensively , defensively and pitching wise, without trading away too much of the future. Key to all this is being able to unload contracts of Reyes and Buehrle.