Also every year they seem to be the paper champions and none of it has panned out.
Ok so they drafted Harper and Strasburg. Where has that gotten them? It's meaningless without a ring.
Definitely going to be interesting. We will have some flexibility to make this team at least close to competitive. Really hoping we don't trade Inciarte in the off season, however, he has really rebounded and shown to have a lot of value to someone. So if trading him in a package for say someone like Chris Sale became an option, i'd seriously have to look at it. Let Mallex open the season as our everyday CF while upgrading a rotation that has been a disaster all year. Also, I hate not having a LHP in the rotation.
Teheran
Sale
Wisler
Folty
5th starter (veteran FA, Blair, Perez, etc.)
All I said was I wouldn't consider them cursed...they've been pretty fortunate all things considered.
Newcomb is looking very close to being ready.
Going to be pretty interesting really, and I don't think you can come close without making a few guesses about potential acquisitions and stabs-in-the-dark. So...
Infield - $32,110,000
C - Mac ($10,000,000)
1B- Freeman ($20,500,000)
2B- Peterson ($550,000)
SS- Swanson ($530,000)
3B- Garcia ($530,000)
Outfield - $29,600,000
LF- Kemp ($18,000,000)
CF- Inciarte ($600,000)
RF- Markakis ($11,000,000)
Bench - $6,050,000
C- Flowers ($4,500,000)
INF- d'Arnaud ($520,000)
3B- Ruiz ($510,000)
OF- Mallex ($520,000)
Rotation - $27,170,000
SP- Teheran ($6,800,000)
SP- Quintana ($6,000,000)
SP- Santana ($13,500,000)
SP- Foltynewicz ($550,000)
SP- Wisler ($520,000)
Bullpen - $8,545,000
CL- Johnson ($4,500,000)
RP- Vizcaino ($925,000)
RP- Krol ($520,000)
RP- Cabrera ($520,000)
RP- Ramirez ($520,000)
RP- Minter ($510,000)
RP- Simmons ($525,000)
RP- Rodriguez ($525,000)
That's $103,475,000. That leaves plenty of room for an addition like Longoria or another 3B if they choose to go that route.
Viz and someone else is Arb eligible, so two of those listed will be getting raises.
That includes raises - Vizcaino's making $897,500 this season.
Viz and someone else is Arb eligible, so two of those listed will be getting raises.
didn't pay attention to hard. you only think he gets $100K more.
Inciarte will likely be a Super 2.