I think you're going to have to tell teams: we'll eat the cost of the buyout for 2025, and we are willing to pay down half of whatever is remaining when he comes back and take back the best offer you can get with those parameters.
I was thinking maybe calling Remillard up gives them an easy DFA to promote Walsh and send down AV down. Then I looked at Walsh’s stats at AAA. Still possible I guess if he starts hitting there I guess.
No, it’s not a very good free agent class. Go get Alonso though. f*** it.
Next year should be better than this year but I still wouldn’t expect them to be competitive.