joemg311

We lost Abreu and Liam, while gaining Benintendi, the subtraction of Tony La Russa and the wild new plan to play outfielders in the outfield. If we have a relatively healthy season I expect this team to win the division. To do anything besides get blown out in the first round, a few guys need to have career years or a lot of people need to get hot at the right time, which is no different than what usually happens when any team wins the world series.

No way it is Benintendi. The Yankees want him back. Maybe we help him get a little more $$$ from the Yankees if we were serious about signing him though.

Jon Jay.

And Leury Garcia was rewarded with a nice 3 year contract...?

He is exactly the type of guy they would normally sign to play 2nd base. Not left handed, older, most likely won't be as good as last year ect.

It is official. We cant even "afford" to bring someone like Elvis Andrus back if we wanted to.

So the Pirates dish out their largest free agent contract in half a decade and Reynolds demands a trade? Strange timing.

I would feel so bad for Vaughn if he finally got to play 1st base everyday and it had to be for the Pirates.

Based on how they have "filled" glaring roster holes in the past, I would be absolutely shocked if they signed someone as good as Clevinger. I'm expecting someone more along the lines of Vince Velasquez again.

Time to bust out the rally Crede?

Dude sitting behind home plate wearing some sort of black and white checkered leotard has been waving his hands and fingers around like crazy while Lucas delivers to home. Looks like at the end of the inning security was finally talking to him though.

The guy behind home plate needs to calm down.

Vesting 15 million dollar option for next year if he gets enough plate appearances, but the article says that does not transfer to a new team.

I believe you can only still trade for guys that were never played at the mlb level this year and also were never added to a teams 40 man roster.

Are there any mlb experienced veteran shortstops out there we can still trade for that have been in the minors and not on the 40 man all year? Just an mlb average infielder could be a big upgrade/help for this team over the next month. I'm surprised they never got a guy like this for AAA this year like Ryan Goins/Tim Beckham in the past. Did they just figure Romy Gonzalez was that dude? Hopefully Sosa is a guy, but for once I wish we had a surefire meh backup option.