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Considering the struggles we’ve seen from mid season acquisitions I think it was pretty good.

I agree. And him performing that well with the insane HR environment pushing his HR rate to career highs, I’m more convinced he can sustain. But we will see what plays out. More suitors this year, but way more pitchers.

Ryu on a high AAV short term deal is interesting but I think he’ll just end back up in LA.

Same.

I want like 15 different pitchers and keep switching up which ones to get. Great FA pitcher year.

Yeah to be clear I’m pro McHugh, but deep down I’d like a heavier 1-2 punch AND McHugh and deal with offense later. like Wheeler, keuchel and McHugh.

They will certainly try not to!

If you had to guess you think he will sign for the same amount as Patrick corbin. I’ll take the over

The idea that strasburg will be a bargain over Cole is crazy. Dude will get 8 years if he opts out. He wouldn’t opt out for a 5 year deal. 7 or 8. Not 5

Very relatable guy

I mean, I hope he does.

Their second pitcher will probably be a “redemption guy”, I don’t think others will necessarily sign on knowing they could be replaced in August.

I've wondered how Cincinatti is going to play this offseason. Whether they splurge just trying to improve that weak offense in a year where their pitching looks solid.

This hurts my eyes.

I recognize those odds are better but I'm still sticking with Nats here.

Saying he will become a free agent doesn't mean he won't re-sign with Nats.

More of a Yonder than a Pete (hides)

There is no reason for you to be so confident as to put others on blast. His pessimistic plan still has them signing $40 mills worth of players and some higher level in odorizzi and McHugh. It’s not that outlandish.

Looking forward to getting twitter back when the cards get eliminated.

Seeing if this works: If you publish to the web, you can get an embed code where you can display the Salary tab here.

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I like Gardner. I don't know, I can't make these in a vacuum. Better to position my thoughts as things I'm not against. There are quite a few options I'd like, but getting a Pederson is a player that could also serve as a long term asset relatively quickly so that's the attractiveness. We don't know if maybe someone else acquires Joc and extends him. So it is Joc + more certainty to acquire Joc next year vs. Gardner + flexibility again next year. I'm pretty skeptical of Ozuna and Castellanos I liked for a while but I always thought he'd be good as a 1b/DH. Pretty clear he'd have suitors for RF and perhaps some inflation due to his late cubs run. So in those cases its trade for Joc > pay prices for Ozuna/Castellanos. But Gardner is a good choice, I'd like it.

Yes - this is important. Though I don't know where you place Stiever. edit: I'd be willing to trade an top 5 prospect for Betts and I know others would not. But for Pederson on down it's "if the deal is right". And yes, I do think Pederson is an upgrade enough over dickerson it's worth pursuing. But beyond that...it's always hard to have the conversation without really having an idea of what the deal parameters are. There are some guys I'm attached to and others I'm not, and who knows whether other mlb GMs have same preferences.

Well I disagree that acquiring a RF such as JBJ is killing off the whole rebuild. But I do want to plant that the value of the prospect depth we have in birmingham will not stay constant. It is very likely some will underperform for a second year in a row, cratering their value. And some - like sheets perhaps - may recover. There is no easy answer here when the minor league development/drafting hasn't supplied any depth outside of 1st round picks. Keeping everything for depth may not provide that much more flexibility if they fade away, and you also lose time.

Ha, yeah. I wasn't even trying to be funny just the FA pool is a little overwhelming and I wanted to remind myself to make a decision on signing or not signing.