Really? it feels like defence was underrated like 2-3 years ago....like OBP was back in the Oakland moneyball days. Like OBP I think teams have caught on and it's the new 'cool' thing. I actually expect it win become overvalued in a couple of years...
They may have 30-40 million to spend in 2016...but take a gander at 2017. It may strongly limit our ability to add a top pitcher when Tulo, Donaldson and Martin are all making $20M+ (and that's assuming both Bats & EE are gone....scary)
BAM - you just got Northed....
Personally - I'd keep Tulo as I suspect by 2017 we may not have Bautista or EE (or at least 1 will be gone)....the core of the offense will be built around Donaldson, Tulo and Martin...
What's Friedman done that I should be raving about again? Traded Kemp for Grandel, traded for Alex Wood, signed Anderson, McCarthy and Howie Kendrick. Did I miss something interesting?
That's pretty close to saying "we want to have the best pitching/defense and the best offense in baseball" Like thanks Captain Obvious....everyone wants that.
I'm going to remain positive because I generally agree that he did as much as he could with what he had. They have a good young team there. Kipnis, Brantley, Lindor, Santana, Salazar, Kluber, Carrasco....there's a lot to like there. If Swisher and Bourn didn't completely bomb out of nowhere - this team would have been a central division contender.
I agree. AA found the loop hole in the old CBA and exploited it. He was also one of the first to grab a bunch of 4 year guys at low dollars to make space....it seems some are copying that already - but really at the end of the day it's too early to know if that's successful.
Yep and the young arms you wanted to keep may have turned into Isringhausen, Pulsipher and Paul Wilson. You can sit there and play the "what if" game all you want man. Best of luck with that.
I guess you could call both options. They could stay on and be Shapiro's little bitches. Chance they both leave too. Nish is my boy so I am rooting for him.
That was my point. Jays started this season with the 10th highest payroll in MLB, in 2008 Riccardi started with the 13th highest...just a couple mill out of 10th...
seriously man? The Donaldson trade alone counterbalances all 3 of those players. Then add Tulo, Price, Travis, Stro, traded Wells, Osuna, Sanchez, Pompey, Martin...