2016 Rotation

[Heyward]

Price should sign for somewhere around what Lester got, imo. Possibly a little more. I'd sign him for that.

Detroit probably keeps him, and he's getting at least Scherzer type money.

[Heyward]

Im not against going after a big-name starter but given all the young pitching they got this past winter, im not sure that happens.

Better chance of a 200 IP vet on a 2-3 year deal.

I'd rather go for Cespedes and Wieters. Or just one, trade for the other bat but takes two to tango. Im not exactly sure what bats are available via trade.

Dont see Justin happening either.

[UNCBlue012]

Im not against going after a big-name starter but given all the young pitching they got this past winter, im not sure that happens.

Better chance of a 200 IP vet on a 2-3 year deal.

I'd rather go for Cespedes and Wieters. Or just one, trade for the other bat but takes two to tango. Im not exactly sure what bats are available via trade.

Dont see Justin happening either.

Hmm, I haven't thought about adding Wieters in a longtime, but I do like that idea a lot. I'm torn because I think it would be smart to add a guy Price, Grienke, Zimmerman, Fister, etc.

If we could do it all by 2017, great. But, I'm sure that's a pipedream... that's a great addition...

I'd prefer Peraza hitting second, but I like the L/R split.
Peraza 2B
Simba SS
Freeman 1B
Cespedes LF
Weiters C
Peterson 3B
Maybin/Smith CF

Price LHP
Miller RHP
Wood LHP
Teheran RHP
Folty RHP

Would be awesome.

[Hudson2]

So what kind of deal does Weiters probably get?

[thethe]

I'm not about to give a catcher who is about to be 30 a big time deal. If we were going to do that we might as well have kept Mac.

[Carp]

Detroit probably keeps him, and he's getting at least Scherzer type money.

Doubtful. Price compares more to Lester than Scherzer. Price hasn't been elite in a little while. Scherzer has been the 2nd best pitcher in baseball over the last 2 seasons.

[thethe]

Doubtful. Price compares more to Lester than Scherzer. Price hasn't been elite in a little while. Scherzer has been the 2nd best pitcher in baseball over the last 2 seasons.

Price was pretty awesome last season.

[Heyward]

Doubtful. Price compares more to Lester than Scherzer. Price hasn't been elite in a little while. Scherzer has been the 2nd best pitcher in baseball over the last 2 seasons.

With the inflation in baseball, Price will get a massive deal.

Well out of our price range so moot point regardless.

Maybe not Scherzer money but around the 170-190 mil range, perhaps 200 mil which wouldnt be a massive shock.

[Carp]

Price was pretty awesome last season.

He was good. But I wouldnt call a 117 ERA+ awesome. Last time he was awesome, imo, was 2012 when he won the Cy Young. He's been very good since then, but not elite.

[cajunrevenge]

So what kind of deal does Weiters probably get?

Depends how he plays when he returns. I think Borass is his agent do he will probably compare him to Bench and Yogi Berra.

[yeezus]

He was good. But I wouldnt call a 117 ERA+ awesome. Last time he was awesome, imo, was 2012 when he won the Cy Young. He's been very good since then, but not elite.

wut?
He threw 248 innings.
That is amazing. If you can get a pitcher that can do that, it's huge.
This is an instance where looking at ERA+ and saying he was only very good is really stupid.

[jcc03004]

Price has a TON of innings under his belt already. Hope he holds up over the length of whatever crazy deal he gets.