Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
There are a few ways AA could go. JD and Contreras or Moose, Haniger, and Wheeler? Grandal could be in play too. After today and signing Smith there’s no telling what will happen next.
A sneaky favorite of mine has always been Trey Mancini - would fit perfectly behind Freddie if you find a taker for Ender. If AA could come up with a favorable deal involving a young arm for Mancini and Mychal Givens, you could let Greene walk and it'd only cost you ~ $2.5 million based on MLBTR's projected arbitration figures and it wouldn't kill your rotation depth. Then maybe spin off Ender and an arm for Kluber.
Acuna - $1 million
Albies - $1 million
Freddie - $22 million
Mancini - $5.7 million
Grandal - $18 million
Riley - $600 K
Markakis - $4 million
Dansby - $3.3 million
Kluber - $13.5 million
Soroka - $600 K
Fried $ 600 K
Folty - $7.5 million
Newk/kids - $ 600 K
Melancon - $14 million
Smith - $13 million
Givens - $3.2 million
Dayton - $800 K
O' Day - $2.25 million
Minter - $600 K
Jackson - $1.9 million
who cares? - $600 K
Flow - $4 million
Camargo - $1.6 million
Culberson - $1.8 million
Duvall - $3.8 million
FA CF until Pache comes up - $2 million
Just over $136 million.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
MadBum in SunTrust half the time, with the juiced ball all the time, allows 45 homers per season.
Last edited by Snowman; 11-14-2019 at 10:57 PM.
salmagundy (11-15-2019), The Chosen One (11-15-2019)
I have no doubt that there could be one thousand different metrics all pointing to the same thing in regards to Bumgarner and half the fanbase would insert their index fingers into their ears while screaming "Lalalalalalalalalalala can't hear you lalalala playoff pitcher lalalala clutch lalalalala World Series MVP lalalalalalalalalalalala"
Giving up a pick for the right to pay Bumgarner for 3+ years is a terrible idea.
So is giving up a pick for the right to pay a 30 year old BP arm 10% of the projected payroll for 3 years, but that just happened.
As far as I’m concerned, AA could very well give Bumgarner $70M because...why not?
Freshmaker (11-15-2019), Tapate50 (11-15-2019)
Going to be beyond interesting to see some folks' ramblings when AA goes out and signs both Donaldson and Bumgarner,
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
I think this signing is somewhat of a reaction to last offseason and the struggles of the pen early this year. AA didn't add a single pitcher until the end of ST when he picked up Tomlin off the scrap heap. That came back and bit him big time as the pen was a mess until the trade deadline. Now we're entering the season with Smith, Meloncon, and Greene anchoring the back end of the pen. Should be a much more stable pen.
Losing the pick may be overstated in this deal. It's possible AA's offseason plan includes signing someone else that would have caused us to lose the pick anyway. Alternatively, maybe he's planning on getting a pick for JD and he's put so much of the team's resources into the major league club that the budget for the draft doesn't include what an additional pick would cost. Who knows at this point. We'll have to wait and see how it shakes out.
jpx7 (11-15-2019)
Just to recap the offseason so far :
Cut Julio
Added Will Smith aka the best closer available
Signed O Day to a cheap deal
Ivermectin Man