Looking Ahead - The 2020 Offseason Thread

clvclv said:
So small sample size doesn't apply to 2019 Gallo? He only played in 13 more games (71 more PAs) in 2019 than in 2020, and that 70 game sample is the hottest offensive stretch of his professional career (much like the first month of Duvall's 2020). If you treat Gallo's 2019-2020 as a full season, it looks exactly like Duvall's 2020 - smoking hot first half followed by an ice cold second half.

Again, not arguing that he wouldn't contribute at least something - just not sure what you'd give up for someone who has as many legitimate questions about him as Gallo does when you could just write a check for Duvall/Pederson/Rosario/Mazara.
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Chris Young (the pitcher) is the new Rangers GM. Maybe he's super low on Gallo.
 
thewupk said:
Chris Young (the pitcher) is the new Rangers GM. Maybe he's super low on Gallo.
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Always depends on the price. If the Rangers want too much we move on.

But Gallo ticks a lot of boxes for the Braves. So we should at least make a hard enquiry.
 
50PoundHead said:
Next to Boone's Farm, I prefer:

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plus we haven't had a Joey since Terdo
 
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Russ2dollas said:
Kiley McDaniel may or may not know anything.

His projections have Ozuna at 3/60 and Springer at 4/108. If those are the numbers, I'd really rather have Springer. We would likely put Springer in a corner, where he'd be plus. I think he'll hit. When the DH eventually comes you can have Waters on the team. If you had 4 OF (3 OF and one DH each game) of Waters, Pache, Acuna, Springer....that would be amazing.

Next year you could even keep Pache down if he's not hitting and have Acuna and Springer as CF options. if there is no DH you could put one of them at CF and find a cheap platoon for LF. Assuming we have 30-40 million left, which is a huge assumption.

I love Ozuna. But I'm really worried how his athletic ability has declined. I'm not sure he's going to age well on a 3 year deal. I'd rather have Springer at 35 than Ozuna at 33.
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Difference in 20 and 27m is pretty significant.
 
The Dodgers have zero regulars with a k rate over 25%.

Gallo in a good year is at 35%.

He just finished a season hitting .180 over 200+ PA.

This is the very definition of a player that advanced stats overrate, IMO, and honestly he's not all that even by advanced stats but for one small sample.
 
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Southcack77 said:
The Dodgers have zero regulars with a k rate over 25%.

Gallo in a good year is at 35%.

He just finished a season hitting .180 over 200+ PA.

This is the very definition of a player that advanced stats overrate, IMO, and honestly he's not all that even by advanced stats but for one small sample.
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I'd take his 17-18 offense with his recent defensive improvements.
 
A good bit of Springers value is tied in his ability to play CF. With Acuna, Pache and Ender all being CF capable, I don’t think it’s the wisest use of resources to spend on more CF value.

I’d bet a lot of money AA doesn’t want Gallo.
 
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nsacpi said:
plus we haven't had a Joey since Terdo
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Joey T is still playing. He toiled for the Chicago Dogs of the American Association last summer. In that league's abbreviated season, he put up a .989 OPS playing 1B, 3B, and DH. 15 HRs in 262 PAs.

In other ex-Braves news, Dustin Peterson is tied for the league lead in HRs in the winter baseball Mexican Pacific League and is sporting an OPS of 1.030.
 
Find Rob Deer for LF, dig up Adam Dunn for 1b and forget about Freddie then go resurrect Hessman for 3b then sign Gallo as your centerpiece. Problems solved.
 
Really beginning to wonder what's so wrong with Sonny Gray now that the Reds are ACTIVELY trying to move him. Obviously not a perfect fit for us, but it seems pretty stupid on the surface for Cincy to think they can remain competitive while letting their two best Pitchers go while playing in that park. Would be fair to wonder just how much more offense AA would have to add at this point if Smyly's money was spent on Gray.

Gray, Fried, Morton, Anderson, Soroka? Yes, please.
 
clvclv said:
Really beginning to wonder what's so wrong with Sonny Gray now that the Reds are ACTIVELY trying to move him. Obviously not a perfect fit for us, but it seems pretty stupid on the surface for Cincy to think they can remain competitive while letting their two best Pitchers go while playing in that park. Would be fair to wonder just how much more offense AA would have to add at this point if Smyly's money was spent on Gray.

Gray, Fried, Morton, Anderson, Soroka? Yes, please.
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I've never been that much of a Sonny Gray fan, but his contract amount for 2021 is right about where Smyly's is. Only complicating factor is that we would have had to surrender assets to acquire Gray. I do agree with you that it is hard to figure out what the Reds are doing here.
 
50PoundHead said:
I've never been that much of a Sonny Gray fan, but his contract amount for 2021 is right about where Smyly's is. Only complicating factor is that we would have had to surrender assets to acquire Gray. I do agree with you that it is hard to figure out what the Reds are doing here.
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only thing i can think of is that they are super cash strapped...

Hell, i'd send them Shewmake and Wright or Wilson....they are said to be looking for pitching as well
 
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50PoundHead said:
I've never been that much of a Sonny Gray fan, but his contract amount for 2021 is right about where Smyly's is. Only complicating factor is that we would have had to surrender assets to acquire Gray. I do agree with you that it is hard to figure out what the Reds are doing here.
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Same argument I was making in the Gallo discussion. Would Gallo be "better" than Duvall/Rosario or Mazara? Sure. So much better that it's worth giving up significant prospect capital? Certainly debatable. Gray would be better than Smyly, but...

Absolutely love that Gray is locked up for two seasons beyond this for Smyly-like dollars, but questions have to abound when a team desperately in need of good pitching because of the park they play in shops someone like him. He came back after his injury scare last season, but wasn't the same dominant guy by any stretch. I know our doctors would get to look at his medical records, but you have to wonder if he's got something to have to "deal with" even though it doesn't readily show up as an "issue".
 
Enscheff said:
A good bit of Springers value is tied in his ability to play CF. With Acuna, Pache and Ender all being CF capable, I don’t think it’s the wisest use of resources to spend on more CF value.

I’d bet a lot of money AA doesn’t want Gallo.
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He's not a perfect fit for that reason but if you could lock him up to his FG-projected deal (5 years/$110 million) since there's still no word on the DH, there's an argument to be made for signing him. Not only does he replace the largest part of Ozuna's production, imagining an Acuna/Pache/Springer defensive OF for the next 5 years is something worth salivating about. If you were going to be able to replace Ozuna's offense with someone who you can pencil into the lineup everyday, who gives a *hit who the DH is - if there even is one? Spend the $22 million on Springer, $5 million on Shaw to share time with Riley, and $5 million on one of Mazara/Choo to split DH ABs with d'Arnaud and one of the OFs when Ender plays this year if you have one.

When Waters is ready in 2022, you can literally rotate everyone through as the DH - Waters can play LF one day, RF one day, CF one day, and DH one day. You use the money paid to Morton and Santana this season on a Freeman extension, and you SHOULD be able to land someone with Smyly's money the event you need to bring in another SP. That leaves you Ender and d'Arnaud's money to put towards Acuna's raise with a little left over to go towards arbitration raises. At that point Shewmake may be ready to step in for Dansby if you have to pinch pennies, plus Martin's salary comes off and you might have a viable replacement for him in Touki or Wilson.
 
I'd love to pick up someone like Gray if we are still addressing the offense sufficiently. I think our rotation has the potential to be very good to great, but a lot of potential injury red flags.
 
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