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How much is Michael Brantley projected to get? I would love to get him. With our outfield being a strikeout parade between Grichuk and Teoscar, a high-contact/OBP lefty would be a great fit.

Cleaned up by position: Catcher: C Matt Wieters elected free agency. C Nick Hundley elected free agency. C A.J. Ellis elected free agency. C Wilson Ramos elected free agency. C Devin Mesoraco elected free agency. C Jose Lobaton elected free agency. C Yasmani Grandal elected free agency. C Drew Butera elected free agency. C Bobby Wilson elected free agency. C Kurt Suzuki elected free agency. C Rene Rivera elected free agency. C Chris Stewart elected free agency. C Jeff Mathis elected free agency. C Jonathan Lucroy elected free agency. C Chris Gimenez elected free agency. C Evan Gattis elected free agency. C Martin Maldonado elected free agency. C Jarrod Saltalamacchia elected free agency. 1B: 1B Mark Reynolds elected free agency. 1B Matt Adams elected free agency. 1B Lucas Duda elected free agency. 1B Neil Walker elected free agency. 1B Joe Mauer elected free agency. 1B Steve Pearce elected free agency. 2B: 2B Asdrubal Cabrera elected free agency. 2B Brian Dozier elected free agency. 2B DJ LeMahieu elected free agency. 2B Daniel Murphy elected free agency. 2B Gordon Beckham elected free agency. 2B Jed Lowrie elected free agency. 2B Logan Forsythe elected free agency. 2B Adam Rosales elected free agency. 2B Brandon Phillips elected free agency. 2B Ian Kinsler elected free agency. SS: SS Freddy Galvis elected free agency. SS Jordy Mercer elected free agency. SS Manny Machado elected free agency. SS Andrew Romine elected free agency. SS Adeiny Hechavarria elected free agency. SS Alcides Escobar elected free agency. SS Jose Iglesias elected free agency. 3B: 3B Mike Moustakas elected free agency. 3B Jung Ho Kang elected free agency. 3B Jose Reyes elected free agency. 3B Ryan Flaherty elected free agency. 3B Daniel Descalso elected free agency. 3B Adrian Beltre elected free agency. 3B Josh Donaldson elected free agency. LF: LF Gerardo Parra elected free agency. LF Hunter Pence elected free agency. LF Curtis Granderson elected free agency. LF Matt Holliday elected free agency. LF Cameron Maybin elected free agency. LF Matt Joyce elected free agency. LF Marwin Gonzalez elected free agency. LF Michael Brantley elected free agency. CF: CF Gregor Blanco elected free agency. CF Austin Jackson elected free agency. CF A.J. Pollock elected free agency. CF Eric Young Jr. elected free agency. CF Rajai Davis elected free agency. CF Adam Jones elected free agency. RF: RF Brandon Guyer elected free agency. RF Bryce Harper elected free agency. RF Jose Bautista elected free agency. RF Carlos Gonzalez elected free agency. RF Nick Markakis elected free agency. RF Jon Jay elected free agency. RF Carlos Gomez elected free agency. RF Andrew McCutchen elected free agency. RF Chris Young elected free agency. RF Melky Cabrera elected free agency. RF Lonnie Chisenhall elected free agency. RF Colby Rasmus elected free agency. LHP: LHP Tim Collins elected free agency. LHP Derek Holland elected free agency. LHP Aaron Loup elected free agency. LHP Jerry Blevins elected free agency. LHP Gio Gonzalez elected free agency. LHP Wade Miley elected free agency. LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu elected free agency. LHP Justin Wilson elected free agency. LHP Jaime Garcia elected free agency. LHP Jorge De La Rosa elected free agency. LHP Jake Diekman elected free agency. LHP Patrick Corbin elected free agency. LHP Zach Duke elected free agency. LHP Brett Anderson elected free agency. LHP CC Sabathia elected free agency. LHP J.A. Happ elected free agency. LHP Zach Britton elected free agency. LHP Dallas Keuchel elected free agency. LHP Tony Sipp elected free agency. LHP Francisco Liriano elected free agency. LHP Hector Santiago elected free agency. LHP Oliver Perez elected free agency. LHP Andrew Miller elected free agency. LHP Drew Pomeranz elected free agency. RHP: RHP Joakim Soria elected free agency. RHP Greg Holland elected free agency. RHP Jeremy Hellickson elected free agency. RHP Kelvin Herrera elected free agency. RHP Joaquin Benoit elected free agency. RHP Adam Wainwright elected free agency. RHP Tyson Ross elected free agency. RHP Bud Norris elected free agency. RHP AJ Ramos elected free agency. RHP Daniel Hudson elected free agency. RHP Ryan Madson elected free agency. RHP John Axford elected free agency. RHP Adam Ottavino elected free agency. RHP Matt Harvey elected free agency. RHP Jesse Chavez elected free agency. RHP Anibal Sanchez elected free agency. RHP Peter Moylan elected free agency. RHP Brandon McCarthy elected free agency. RHP Brad Brach elected free agency. RHP Clay Buchholz elected free agency. RHP Randall Delgado elected free agency. RHP Tyler Clippard elected free agency. RHP Marco Estrada elected free agency. RHP Yovani Gallardo elected free agency. RHP Bartolo Colon elected free agency. RHP Tony Barnette elected free agency. RHP Sergio Romo elected free agency. RHP Adam Warren elected free agency. RHP David Phelps elected free agency. RHP Shawn Kelley elected free agency. RHP Edwin Jackson elected free agency. RHP Jeurys Familia elected free agency. RHP Trevor Cahill elected free agency. RHP David Robertson elected free agency. RHP Lance Lynn elected free agency. RHP Matt Belisle elected free agency. RHP Junichi Tazawa elected free agency. RHP Blake Wood elected free agency. RHP Garrett Richards elected free agency. RHP Jim Johnson elected free agency. RHP Charlie Morton elected free agency. RHP Miguel Gonzalez elected free agency. RHP Jeanmar Gomez elected free agency. RHP Josh Tomlin elected free agency. RHP Cody Allen elected free agency. RHP Craig Kimbrel elected free agency. RHP Joe Kelly elected free agency. RHP Nathan Eovaldi elected free agency. RHP James Shields elected free agency.

This is really cool:

Vladdy at the AFL:

Eovaldi is dealing, so lets bring in Kimbrel who's given up a run every appearance in the postseason so far. Makes sense Cora.

Pearson's start in the Fall League today: 1.0IP 5H 7ER 4BB 3K 52 pitched 30 strikes

That's because pitching prospects are more volatile than position player prospects: https://www.royalsreview.com/2011/2/14/1992424/success-and-failure-rates-of-top-mlb-prospects Look at the Red Sox and Astros rotations. Their best starters aren't homegrown. They were signed as free agents or traded for. You build a young position player core that's cheap, and then pay for premium proven pitchers afterwards.

We have to be Top 5 imo. Padres, Rays, White Sox, and Braves would be the only ones I would really put in front.

Personally: 1. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 2. Bo Bichette 3. Nate Pearson 4. Danny Jansen 5. Eric Pardinho 6. Kevin Smith 7. Sean Reid-Foley 8. TJ Zeuch 9. Anthony Alford 10. Jordan Groshans 11. Cavan Biggio 12. Miguel Hiraldo 13. Orelvis Martinez 14. Billy McKinney 15. David Paulinho 16. Hector Perez 17. Adam Kloffenstein 18. Reese McGuire 19. Rowdy Tellez 20. Julian Merryweather 21. Jordan Romano 22. Thomas Pannone 23. Samad Taylor 24. Leonardo Jimenez 25. Santiago Espinal 26. Travis Bergen 27. Yennsy Diaz 28. Forrest Wall 29. Patrick Murphy 30. Ryan Noda 1-10 is mostly set. The bottom third is really hard to rank. You could replace some of those players with Maximo Castillo, Joey Murray, Logan Warmoth, Riley Adams, Harold Ramirez, Gabriel Moreno, Brock Lundquist, Alejandro Kirk, Otto Lopez, Cal Stevenson etc. It's a good problem to have when you have too many prospects that could rank in the Top 30. Edit: Also Chavez Young as well. Our system is loaded.

Zeuch and Hiraldo seem a little low. Otherwise, one of the better Jays prospect lists I’ve seen.

Add TJ Zeuch, Julian Merryweather, and Jordan Romano to that AAA depth as well.

It seems most people on here are advocating for trading for Martin for 40 man roster space. If you do want to eat a substantial amount of money to clear a 40-man spot, why not eat $8M of Morales' salary? I'm sure some team will take him for ~$4M

Joe Espada would be my first pick, but I'd be happy with Rocco Baldelli as well.

I'm glad we're getting ahead of other teams. Getting our pick of the litter.

Final line: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 0 ER, 4 K 62 pitches (including at least 5 that hit 100mph) Vlad also 3/4. Hitting .692 in the fall league so far

It helps that we're gonna be running a $170M payroll when we do get competitive. Oakland doesn't have that luxury.

Gleyber Torres was out 9 months for his non throwing arm. Might be looking at 10 months for Didi because it's his throwing arm. Not that the Yankees are in any shortage of funds, but if I'm them, I'd throw money at Machado and use the $12M towards a Harper or Kershaw who'll provide more value than Gregorious would in half a season.

Does Didi get nontendered? It's his throwing arm. He might be out the whole season.

1 superstar and then above average regulars all around the diamond is all you really need. It won't make you a superteam like the Astros, but it'll get you to the playoffs, and that's all you really need. In terms of Vlads ceiling, I think we're looking at a Manny Ramirez type career. .300 BA, .400 OBP and 25-40 HR. 4-5 WAR regular with an 7-8 WAR peak.

Plenty enough for a 1-2 year Happ deal and a couple upside plays for the bullpen. I think we're basically set on the position player side.

With MLBTR's arb estimates, RosterResource estimates our payroll to be $98,708,571 for next season assuming all contracts are tendered. Add Smoaks $8M option and that rises to $106,708,571. That's without Solarte's contract. Anyone know what est. payroll is going to be next season?

In hindsight, Edwin turning down $80M and Donaldson turning down the extension is looking real good right now.

Brewers lineup is really good. Good depth on the bench too with Thames and Santana. Orlando Arcia is a black hole, but at least his defense is good.

I would add Copping over Waguespack and Harold Ramirez over Jon Harris. But it'll be interesting to see what they do with 40-man.

Full list of Rule 5 eligible players: Hector Perez Patrick Murphy Yennsy Diaz Jon Harris Jordan Romano Jacob Waguespack Corey Copping Forrest Wall Harold Ramirez Kevin Vicuna Max Pentecost.