I really don’t want Duvall to be the guy, but I think AA is comfortable (with the addition of Donaldson), to do that. He is a good defensive player and he “might” just come in and hit. We have only seen the absolute worse of him...which was pretty bad.
If you look at what the Mets gave for Diaz, or what the Marlins and Indians have been asking....that’s a lot. That’s a 3 or 4 for one get. Now most people don’t have the farm we do, so when you ask for the top players ....it’s a little less of a hit.
I think AA likes his chances of our top farm guys creating more value than than what we would get in return. It’s all about value for him because of our budget. He will not over pay.
Think about it. We have Folty, Newk, Gausman and Julio already. I think they hope all of those guys have better years. That leaves one spot that I have no doubt one of our young guys could fill. By doing that you could add two bulllen arms from Starters. Say a Fried, Wilson, Gohora type. I think if these guys knew their roll coming in to prepare for the season...they would do really well.
Looking at the options and the high cost of them (at least at this point), I don’t blame AA for standing pat. Giving away a package of Soroka, Pasche and Riley for say a Kluber would most likely bite us. One of those in that package will be an All Star. Giving away Soroka and Riley for JT is even crazy. Would two years of JT be worth more than five years of Soroka and five years of Riley (and six of the ten years at a cheap rate.)?
I want to win now...I do. Making some of these pricey moves might put us in the conversation in 2019, but could cost us a title in 2021.
