Originally Posted by
Carp
It's a valid argument that the BP should have been addressed a little better in the off-season. And multi-year deals to closers wasn't the only way to upgrade, though I was strongly in favor of Kimbrel, Ottavino, and Britton. Kimbrel is impossible to tell how he'd have been if he'd have signed early, but I also wanted to sign him in June, so I'll gladly say I was wrong on that one. Ottavino andd Britton have been very good, however.
Among the cheaper options, I know I called for us to sign Adam Warren, Tyler Clipppard, Jake Diekman, or Greg Holland. Clippard has been fantastic, Diekman and Holland have been just ok but worthy of their contract, Warren would have been a bad move, but at 2 million, I would have risked it given his track record as a reliever.
Past that, it would have been nice just to even sign more than 1 vet to a minor deal with an invite to ST.