Official 2022 Offseason Moves Thread

CJ9 said:
Heyman: Yankees are pessimistic on Freeman, and have said no to the ask of Volpe plus more for Matt Olson. So Anthony Rizzo seems to be the most realistic at 1B for them now. And that’s not so bad.


I'm really scared about what our package for Olson would have to be if they want Volpe+. That's crazy.
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Is there a way to ban Heyman's name and reports from this forum? I think the Yankees beat reporter would be more accurate.
 
Hudson2 said:
I knew once he hit FA that it was gonna be a biggest deal possible for him. He may love Atlanta but his loyalty is to his checkbook. AA has to fill out the roster and needs to know what he can and can’t spend but the Cruz rumors tell us he has plenty of ammo left. At some point you have to move on from Freddie.
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Chelsea is holding things up. FF better take the money that AA is offering if it's in the ballpark of what LAD are offering and he knows what's best for him.
 
I have full confidence AA will get us to where we need to be. That said, its totally reasonable without being perceived as overreacting to have concerns on the current roster. At the end of the day we were only an 88 win team last year and were below 500 for more days than above 500.

-We currently have a 3 man rotation with significant unknowns for our 4-5 starters; and even with our 1-3, Anderson has still not pitched a full-season and Morton is another year older and coming off an injury
-Our pen is still pretty reliant on 3-4 guys that had extensive work-loads last year. Smith is still probably average at best for a closer despite his amazing post-season
-Acuna will likely miss at least 20-30 games (and even when we had him last year its not like that alone made us a great team)
-Its looking like we may very well lose EACH of Soler, Peterson and Rosario
-We are really banking on Riley not taking any step back next year
-I would have to imagine our bench is amongst the worst in baseball. Putting aside catcher, we don't have a single replacement level player on our bench. Any single injury could be devastating
-Between our outfield / DH, we are still missing a bat that is critically needed

As it stands this is an incomplete team with several rotation holes, a top-heavy bullpen, zero bench to sustain injuries, no DH (or if Ozuna DH"s then no left fielder), and we are losing Freeman away from our offense taking an even bigger hit. Now clearly we have money to spend and this team is nowhere near finished. But its also fair to have concerns that spring training has started and every component of our team is incomplete. Even with freeman back, I'd argue this is at best a 90 win team that still needs significant upgrade. With all this focus on our offense, I'd argue our rotation is still a significant glaring hole that needs another reliable starter.

Fortunately we are still the WS champs and this year is all gravy. But also think we shouldn't let the WS fool us into thinking the team as currently constructed is a great team.
 
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CJ9 said:
Heyman: Yankees are pessimistic on Freeman, and have said no to the ask of Volpe plus more for Matt Olson. So Anthony Rizzo seems to be the most realistic at 1B for them now. And that’s not so bad.


I'm really scared about what our package for Olson would have to be if they want Volpe+. That's crazy.
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Luckily we are now in a spot where we don't have the elite prospect that everyone is going to ask for in a trade no matter what.
 
AJ Cassavell: Fernando Tatis Jr. has a fractured wrist, A.J. Preller says. “Up to three months of recovery time.”

YIKES
 
Panthers fan here and I want no part of him on my team. I do not want to cheer for that man.

FF is a guy I want on our team. If he is going to cripple the team with his demands I do NOT want Olson. I do not like paying big in prospects for a first baseman. Just get a slugger to play 1B.

I've wondered if there could be something with the DBacks if they are going to tank. I know this trade won't work b/c we never do multiple needs in one trade. If you swapped Ozuna and Bumgardener then you are swapping two bad deals, but Ozuna would be gone and we'd have a 4th starter. If we could get Peralta and Marte then we could fill holes in CF and LF (LH bat). Taking on that money, we might not be able to swing it. But saving that money could get the diamondbacks to move Marte and lower prospects.
 
Russ2dollas said:
Panthers fan here and I want no part of him on my team. I do not want to cheer for that man.

FF is a guy I want on our team. If he is going to cripple the team with his demands I do NOT want Olson. I do not like paying big in prospects for a first baseman. Just get a slugger to play 1B.

I've wondered if there could be something with the DBacks if they are going to tank. I know this trade won't work b/c we never do multiple needs in one trade. If you swapped Ozuna and Bumgardener then you are swapping two bad deals, but Ozuna would be gone and we'd have a 4th starter. If we could get Peralta and Marte then we could fill holes in CF and LF (LH bat). Taking on that money, we might not be able to swing it. But saving that money could get the diamondbacks to move Marte and lower prospects.
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I’m curious what Watson has done to make you despise him so much? Gamecocks fan or something?
 
If the Braves miss on Freeman and Olson, I would be ok with getting Chapman from the A's and sliding Riley to 1st. I think Chapman is a better player than his stats from last year.
Would signing Rizzo and Conforto make sense for the Braves. The two of them will be cheaper than Freeeman.
 
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