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I'm fine with Reynaldo, as long as his velocity returns to 2019. If he could throw a quality start 50% of the time, then that gives our team a great chance to win half of his starts.

Thoughts on Brault? He had a pretty good year last year and could have some untapped potential. 3yrs of control. ZIPS has him closentonQ and Richards.

What would you do?

This old but could be what NSC is talking about today.

It's hard to imagine another team won't beat that let alone that enticing Cherrington. I wouldn't do that. Maybe Brault for that offer.

6.5WAR seems like a low bar for Hendriks.

I like Hendriks or Colome for closer. Quintana, Paxton or Richards for the rotation. I think Q gets a multi-year deal somewhere else though. I like LaStella and Miller ideas for filling the bench. Interesting no one mentions backup catcher as a need.

What did Bernstein say?

I just made this up. He said they had $30m for the whole off-season?

Tell me how you'd spend it, including trades.

I'd trade for Musgrove and Rodriguez to finish off the pitching staff, then sign Brantley.

Gimme Lynn and Gallo then Darvish and Bryant. Re-sign Colome. Wrap it and put a bow on it.

Encarnacion: -.3 fWAR Mazara: .2 fWAR Cease: -.4 fWAR Lopez: -.5 fWAR Although I wish this team would sign Bauer and or Springer, the bar is pretty low to beat on a team that was already good in spite of these poor performances. If you got 4 2WAR players then that is an 8WAR swing. And you don't have to field your World Series starting lineup on April 1st, you just need a competitive team and can make trades later.

Just sign guys. I'd only trade for Lynn if the free agent pool was dry and I'd want Gallo too.

The Marquez deal easily has the most surplus value. I'm in the boat of sign free agents and keep your prospects.

I don't understand why everyone wants to trade players away when you can just sign them. You need depth to survive a full season and compete year after year.

Rockies want nothing to do with Cease or Kopech. They are flyball pitchers. If I'm Rockies, it starts with Vaughn. Besides, they'd probably have to get rid of Arenado and Story before they trade Marquez. Because if they can't trade those two then there is no point in blowing it up yet.

Trading is the last thing you do.

My argument was that he was pricing himself out of our reach. I don't think he is, because he is a part time player.

One of the smartest teams in baseball does not consider him a full time player.

This. The time to develop in the majors has passed. You do that when you don't care about winning. Now you push your chips in to put yourself in the best position to win every day. Too many good pitchers is a good problem to have.

I think the important differentiator between Stroman, Bauer and Gausman is price and what you can do with that other $. You might be able to get Bauer but not have enough to fill other holes. If you go with Gausman then maybe you can also afford Quintana or Walker, given you a lower end but deeper rotation. I prefer the depth approach over ceiling. Depth helps get you to the playoffs more than ceiling, just ask DeGrom.

Stroman will get close to Wheeler dollars, or at least he should. The only thing that would suppress that would be budget constraints from covid. Wheeler had 750ip and 12.5 WAR heading into free agency. Stroman has 849 IP and 15.8 WAR.