Striker’s Offseason Plan

PREAMBLE

Goals: No long term commitments yet, swap pitching prospects for hitting.

ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS

  • Jose Abreu, $16M – Tender
  • Avisail Garcia, $8M – Non-Tender
  • Yolmer Sanchez, $4.7M – Tender
  • Carlos Rodon, $3.7M – Tender
  • Matt Davidson, $2.4M – Non-Tender
  • Leury Garcia, $1.9M – Tender
  • Danny Farquhar, $1.4M – Non-Tender

CLUB OPTIONS

  • Nate Jones, $4.65 million/$1.25M buyout – Pickup
  • James Shields, $16 million/$2M buyout – Let Go

OTHER IMPENDING FREE AGENTS

  • Miguel Gonzalez (made $4.75 million in 2018) – Let Go
  • Hector Santiago (made $2 million in 2018 — added) – Let Go

FREE AGENTS

No. 1: JA Happ (2 years, $30m). I ‘m looking for 170 innings.

No. 2: Lance Lynn (1 year, $13m)

No. 3: David Robertson (2 years, $20m)

No. 4: Jesse Chavez (1 year, $6m)

No. 5: Drew Pomeranz (1 year, $9m)

TRADES

No. 1: Trade Dylan Cease and Zack Collins to the Reds for Nick Senzel. Reds need pitching and have a 3B and 2B.

No. 2: Trade Jose Abreu and Blake Rutherford to the Rockies for David Dahl and Colton Welker.

No. 3: Trade Carlos Rodon to the Dodgers for Alex Verdugo.

No. 4: Trade Dane Dunning to the Mets for Peter Alonso.

SUMMARY

See what comes out of this group in 2019, as well as how your minor leaguers progress (most notably the ones coming back from injury: Robert, Burger, Burdi, Hansen), then put your money on the table.

CF Verdugo
2B Moncada
1B Alonso
DH Palka
RF Jimenez
3B Senzel
LF Dahl
SS Anderson
CA Castillo

BN Sanchez
BN Navarez
BN L. Garcia

SP Lopez
SP Gioloito
SP Happ
SP Lynn
SP Pomeranz

RP Robertson
RP Chavez
RP Fry
RP Bummer
RP Jones
RP Minaya
RP Covey
RP Hamilton

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As Cirensica

Trading prospects for prospects? That’s rare. You proposed two of those.

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striker

Pitchers for bats. Cubs, Red Sox, Astros, Brewers, Rockies we’re all built around bats. Sign and acquire arms later to fill your gaps.

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Eagle Bones

Yeah I know these rarely happen, but the Senzel one in particular caught my eye. They really do need pitching and they seem enamored with Gennett for some reason (which leaves Senzel trying to find a spot in the outfield I guess). This would be tough to pull off, but I’d love to send pitching their way to bring him to Chicago. Absolutely love his skill set.

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armchairGM

i love this plan. pushes the window/victory orifice/whatever you wanna call it back a bit but this is a fun roster

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