So Coppy wants as many as two new pieces for the pen this winter? Wow. He more or less intimated that the rotation will be "fixed" from within or via trade as well in Bradley's blog meaning the money coming off the books is likely to be spent on a 3B and pen pieces since any trade for a SP will likely be for an inexpensive one. Could they be considering trying to build a legitimate lockdown pen that's deep enough to roll with all the young arms moving forward even if they're likely to be "5 and fly" guys fairly often?
Harry has mentioned liking the thought of trying to corner the market on RPs, and you have to admit the thought's pretty intriguing. The only teams lilkely to be bidding on Closers are probably the Rockies, Cubs, and maybe Cardinals and Rangers. You've got Holland, Wade Davis, Fernando Rodney, Addison Reed, Brandon Kintzler, and Tony Watson available as potential back-end pieces with late-inning experience. It's obviously an "out there" thought, but if they're "happy" with the in-house rotation options, how much better might this team if everybody currently in the pen got to move up two innings??? As in...
Julio, Gohara, Folty, Newcomb, with Fried and Sims battling it out to be the #5 until Allard, Wright, and/or Soroka are given a shot (possibly after the All-Star break)
Sign Frazier for say 3 years/$45 million so Camargo can be used as the super-utility guy he should be.
That leaves you $17 million left from the Dickey/Bartolo/Garcia cash windfall. Offer Reed 3 years/$30 million and Kintzler 2 years/$10 million and you've got...
Vizcaino, Reed, Minter, Ramirez, Kintzler, Freeman, Johnson, and one of Krol/Brothers/Lindgren/Winkler/Jackson