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Green struck out 5 K/9 in Single A lol. Sanchez struck out nearly 10 K/9 on average through all Single A levels.

Nah. That K/9 is horrendous for a player at his level. For as poor as Sanchez' control was in the minors he still had swing and miss stuff. Green needs A LOT of work.

How does this sound? RF - Fowler or Reddick 1B - Pearce or Thames DH - Holliday

Re-sign: - Edwin - Cecil - Benoit Sign: - Reddick - Thames - Pearce - buy low relievers Off-season complete.

Always find it amazing when teams string together solid contact on Chapman.

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I don't want Votto at all with what he'd cost. I doubt Shatkins would either.

Thanks for that friend. I look forward to hopefully reading more of your posts here in the future. Good luck to your Indians against CHC/LA!

I feel like Eric Thames can be signed pretty cheap. Maybe 2/20 or even less? He could fill DH/1B coupled with Pearce or maybe signing Eddy, if they choose 2, in the other spot. With Tellez coming within 2 years, likely, we may not need a long term option at 1st. Reddick to fill a corner OF spot and come up with a Platoon with Upton/Carrera/Pompey for the other spot. I think most of our holes can be addressed through FA without too much risk. I think you're right, we don't need to trade from our strengths to fill our needs reasonably this offseason. Now is the time spend a bit.

He looks like a hipster. Everyone hates hipsters?

It's possible though Shapiro did say that the lineup needs more balance, recently, and referenced Boston and Cleveland. Take that as you will, as he could be referencing adding more LH but it could also be about adding more contact oriented guys.

If you look at the past world series champions, most teams aren't typically home run hitting teams, and they certainly don't strike out a lot 2015 - Kansas , 30th in strikeouts , 24th in home runs 2014 - San Fran , 17th in strikeouts , 17th in home runs 2013 - Boston , Boston 8th in strikeouts , 6th in home runs 2012 - San Fran , 26th in strikeouts , 30th in home runs 2011 - St.Louis , 29th in strikeouts , 13th in home runs 2010 - San Fran , 19th in strikeouts , 11th in home runs 2009 - Yankees , 27th in strikeouts , 1st in home runs 2008 - Phillies , 12th in strikeouts , 2nd in homeruns 2007 - Boston , 21st in strikeouts , 18th in homeruns 2006 - St.Louis , 25th in strikeouts , 12th in homeruns Now if you compare that to the Blue Jays 2016 - Blue Jays , 8th in strikeouts , 4th in home runs You'll notice a pattern among winning teams. They don't usually strike out a lot and don't hit a lot of home runs. Now don't get me wrong, there's an exception to every rule but they're exceptions, not the rule. You can take a chance at slugging to a world series, but its not something that happens often.

Not a bad idea.

I would do Pillar + for Inciarte.

Nothing wrong with that. How many teams even have multiple elite power bats?

Power hitting and mashing is not a priority imo. We have plenty of that already, especially if we re-sign one of Edwin/JB, which is possible. Finding the rest of that is a possibility.

Thames and Pearce platooning is a fantastic idea.

Do you have to be so douchey all the time? The reason I'm looking for that is simple, we have openings in LF/RF, struck out a ton this season, and it would be nice to get some batting profile versatility like the Indians have with all of those LH/SW in their lineup. Obviously you look to add WAR wherever possible, but I think that combo would work nice in our lineup.

He's a bit old at 34 but he's kind of what I'm looking for. Of course, more power would be appreciated, but the contact, versatility, OBP, and LH profile could really help add some balance to this lineup. He's not a bad choice, especially since he's a Switch hitter, though he's kind of around that decline stage now at 35 and doesn't have a great OBP/contact profile.

Yeah, if he costs that, I don't make that move. I would be looking somewhere to find a high OBP, low K%, LH/SW bat, outfielder though. Do you have any ideas?

Oh did he? Thanks for the correction. I read on MLB Trade Rumors that he was a RFA, but I guess that's that. I still feel the other 2 would be good shrewd signings, and maybe trying to trade for Ender Inciarte as well. I'm not really sure what he would cost us though. A young 3.5 WAR player like him has to cost something decent. I'd look to sell high on Happ as well.

IMO there's only a few tweeks needed. What I would do: RE-SIGN - Edwin (4/100) - Cecil (2/14) - Benoit (1/8) FA-SIGN - Martin Prado: RF - Steve Pearce: 1B - Josh Reddick: LF - Various relievers

I've liked Cleveland for a few years now, and the fact that they dominated us here without Carrasco or Salazar is very commendable. Our boys did the best they could with their skillets. I think if guys like Bautista could change their approach, they probably would. Though I'm looking forward to seeing what Shapiro does with our offense in the off-season, I'm thankful for what Jose did for us in the past, what Edwin did previously and especially this season, what Saunders did in the 1st half, Dickey's string of consistency, and Cecil's periods of dominance. I will miss all of these guys in some way or another if they leave, except Thole, he f***ing sucks. Onwards and upwards! Let's go Blue Jays, and win the WS Cleveland!

This is what happens when you let a scrub like Merritt with 5 K/9 in AAA shut you down for 4+ IP lol. Hopefully we see some huge changes to our offense in the off-season. So damn frustrating..

Pillar deserves a giant punch to the balls.