PREAMBLE
"Get set up for your attack run"-Garven Dreis
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
- Nomar Mazara: NON-TENDER
- Carlos Rodón: $4.5M TENDER
- Lucas Giolito: $2.5M TENDER
- Reynaldo López: $1.7M TENDER
- Evan Marshall: $1.3M TENDER
- Adam Engel: $1M TENDER
- Jace Fry: $800K TENDER
- Yolmer Sánchez: NON-TENDER
CLUB OPTIONS
- Edwin Encarnación: DECLINE
- Gio González: DECLINE
- Leury García: $3.5M EXERCISE
OTHER IMPENDING FREE AGENTS
- Alex Colomé LET GO
- James McCann LET GO
- Jarrod Dyson LET GO
COACHING STAFF
Here’s a first: Pick your manager and pitching coach, with any elaboration.
- Manager: AJ Hinch
- Pitching coach: Whomever Hahn and Hinch agree on
FREE AGENTS
- Marcus Stroman 4 years/$85 Million, 5th year vesting option with $5 Million buyout, AAV of $22.5 Million
- Liam Hendricks 3 years/$48 Million, AAV of $16 Million
- Joc Pederson 4 years/$60 Million, AAV of $15 Million
- Yolmer Sanchez Minor League Deal
TRADES
NONE. Save ammo for deadline
SUMMARY
Payroll: $146.6 Million (plus Yolmer's minimum salary)
GOALS: Balance out the lineup, put pressure on young starters to preform, make bullpen even tougher. Pederson is greater than the hopes of what they thought Mazara might be. Pairing him up with Engle in RF is good cot damn business. Stroman adds a frontline starter with greater playoff numbers than Bauer. Giolito, Stroman and Keuchel will match up with any team in October. With only 2 spots in the rotation; Dunning, Kopech, Cease, Rodon and Lopez have no margin for error. They can pitch in Chicago or Charlotte. Pressure creates diamonds or burst pipes. Hendricks levels up the Closer. Throwing Hendricks, Bummer and Marshall at the end of games...MERCY!!!
And rolling out another high caliber rookie for the 4th straight year, we get Andrew Vaughn splitting time with Abreu at 1B.
At bottom of roster, the Braintrust will need to figure out what to do about backup C. Do they focus on defense to compliment Grandal. Do they sacrifice that for more offense?. Garcia becomes the Super-Utility guy he was always meant to be. Sanchez over Mendick in my book and of course Engle.
BN C/TBD, OF/Adam Engle, IF/Yolmer Sanchez, IF-OF/Leury Garcia
- Tim Anderson SS R
- Yoan Moncada 3B S
- Luis Robert CF R
- Yasmani Grandal C S
- Jose Abreu 1B R
- Eloy Jimenez LF R
- Joc Pederson RF L
- Andrew Vaughn DH R
- Nick Madrigal 2B R
Rotation
- Lucias Giolito
- Marcus Stroman
- Dallas Keuchel
- Dunning*
- Kopech*
- Cease*
- Rodon*
- Lopez*
*TBD
Bullpen
- CL-Liam Hendricks
- Aaron Bummer
- Evan Marshall
- Codi Heuer
- Matt Foster
- Jace Fry
- Jimmy Cordero
- TBD