Official Offseason Thread

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Would love to hear that AA had worked out a Robert/Jimenez-like deal with Pache - not sure how the numbers would have to look since Pache doesn't exactly have their offensive upside (yet), but having inexpensive cost-certainty with three potential All-Stars would be huge for a team in this market. We'd no longer have to worry about gaming his clock, putting Ender in play immediately. If Colorado would eat $50-$70 million worth of Arenado's deal, go ahead and give them Riley, Wright, and Waters. With the Melancon/Hamels/Greene/Markakis/Flowers money coming off the books next winter, you could add Pederson to platoon with Duvall or Camargo with Shewmake taking over as the utility guy. He could then work on a reasonable extension with Freeman and have the entire core under control for pretty much the entirety of Acuna's deal.

It doesn't seem like a good idea to sign Pache to that sort of deal at this time. The biggest question surrounding him at this time is will he hit enough. Giving guaranteed money to a guy with a decent chance of being no better than Harrison Bader doesn't seem like a smart move.

Also, that's a terrible deal for Arenado even considering they would kick in 70 million. That's roughly 90 million in surplus value we are giving up.