AA has had 2 full offseasons now to get settled in, evaluate the organizations talent, and improve the team. In 2018, his first season, the team surprised everyone and win the division.
Transactions since he took over:
Purchased Josh Ravin from LAD
Traded Jim Johnson and international bonus money to LAA for Justin Kelly
Selected Chase Whitley off waivers from Tampa Bay Rays
Traded Matt Kemp to LAD for Charlie Culberson, Adrian Gonzalez, Scott Kazmir, Brandon McCarthy, and cash
Released Adrian Gonzalez
Traded player to be named later to Houston for Preston Tucker
Traded player to be named later to Pirates for Shane Carle
Signed Peter Moylan and Chris Stewart
Traded player to be named later or cash to Tampa Bay Rays for Ryan Schimpf
Signed Anibal Sanchez
Released Scott Kazmir
Signed Peter Bourjos
Signed Ryan Flaherty
Signed Miguel Socolovich
Traded Ryan Schimpf to LAA for Carlos Perez
Signed Jose Bautista to play 3b (later released)
Released Aaron Blair
Traded international bonus money to the Rays for Jonny Venters
Traded international bonus money to Baltimore for Brad Brach
Traded Lucas Sims, Preston Tucket, and Matt Wisler to Reds for Adam Duvall
Traded Brett Cumberland, Jean Carlos Encarnacion, Bruce Zimmerman, Evan Phillips, and international bonus money to Baltimore for Kevin Gausman and Darren O'Day
Purchased Lucas Duda from Royals
Signed Josh Donaldson
Signed Brian McCann
Re-signed Nick Markakis
Can’t forget the botched draft. Drafted Carter Stewart who subsequently failed his physical and was not able to sign him. From there, he fired several of his top scouts
The moves highlighted in bold are moves I felt were impact moves for the 2018 season or 2019 in the case of Donaldson/Gausman
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