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It's mostly because Moncada and Eloy contracts are no longer good values since both aren't producing or have been too injured. Add in Grandal falling off a cliff and you have a bunch of guys on overvalued contracts.

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Yikes. $15 million less than last year. Also means we're gonna go dumpster diving in FA.

He didn't look ready at all when they called him up. Maybe some time in AAA did him some good, but we'll see.

Bellinger might be a FA. Yelich's contract is untradeable unless he goes back to MVP form.

I was just looking over some non FAs and this is what I could come up with Alex Verdugo Bryan Reynolds - would require Vaughn + Montgomery to get Anthony Santander - O's no longer rebuilding, I don't think they'll trade him Ketel Marte - just signed a long-term contract and underperformed. He tends to be inconsistent season to season, but the potential is obviously there. Ramon Laureano - Had a bad 2022, probably won't cost as much to get as he did last year. Ian Happ - I'm sure Rick tried at the trade deadline, but the Cubs were asking for too much.

That would suck.

What are some OFers available for trade?

Hahn will have almost $40 million to spend again. Let's hope he doesn't f*** it up like he did last off-season.

Maybe both are gone. Benetti is very in-demand and Stone was gone for large portions of the season. McKnight probably covers radio and we end up with Len and DJ on TV.

Is he going to be ready for ST? Don't ACL injuries usually take a year to heal?

With Jose possibly costing $18 million a year, I don't think it would be smart to try and re-sign him.

Sosa isn't ready and Romy can't hit a high fastball to save his life. Once the scouting reports caught up to Romy, he was striking out every other AB.

With Pollock gone, Conforto is well within reach I think. I just don't know how good he'll be after he shoulder surgery.

Yelich forgot too. Darvish actually accused Yelich and the Brewers of stealing signs before the Astros scandal went public.

I'm just hoping they stay at around the $190 million range. Because there's still some room to sign some FAs if that's the case.

I have a hard time believing they'll give Nimmo a $100+ million deal. Although if you think about it, Nimmo is basically the position player version of Zack Wheeler. Both from the Mets, both with injury histories, both 30 years old going into FA, both going to cost around the $100-120 million range. The Sox were willing to go that far with Wheeler, but I'm not sure they see the same potential in Nimmo.

I'd imagine he has doesn't have a ton of trade value since $12 million a year for him might actually be a slight overpay.

I mean all Engel was good for was playing defense late in games. And he even kinda sucked at that. It's kind of sink or swim time for Cespedes. He's going to be 26 before the end of next season. He's not the worst option to have as a 4th OFer/defensive replacement.

Oh wow it literally just happened lol. Kinda surprised they picked it up considering how they were looking to dump salary.

Benintendi at 3 years $42 million ($14 million AAV) to play LF now that Pollock is out of the picture Quintana/Manaea at 2 years $22 million ($11 million AAV) Kolten Wong at 2 years $15 million ($7.5 million AAV) I took at look at the 4th OF type FAs and most are lefties. None of the righties are really better than Engel nor can they fill in in CF. Benintendi, Wong, and Colas would remake this team offensively. As they go from having just 3 left handed bats (including switch hitters) to 5. Wong and Benintendi both had a wRC+ above 130 agains RHP.

Didn't Kimbrel have a similar situation? They also got traded for each other.

You're probably gonna see Sheets out there now with Pollock off the roster. Hopefully they can sign a left handed corner OFer and Colas will cover RF in early May.

The Pollock money probably ends up going to a 5th starter. That means you got about $25 million to figure out 1 OF spot and maybe address 2B.