Front Page: Offseason Blueprint: Bet the Farm

[mikelink45]

I want either Wheeler or Bungartner. Then we go for a Hamel or plug in Dobnak

[Elliot]

$35 M/yr for the first 2 or 3 years of Cole is a lot, but doable. The final 5 yrs of $35M could devastate the franchise. That is over 25% of their projected annual team salary, and would coincide with the implementation of possible extensions for Sano, Berrios, Buxton, May, Duffy, Rogers ... I would rather see them trade a low to mid level prospect to Boston for David Price (provided his arm health checks out initially) plus a good prospect. Eat the entire salary. Boston is desperate to save Betts and parting with Price and/or Sale is almost the only way.

[Elliot]

$35 M/yr for the first 2 or 3 years of Cole is a lot, but doable. The final 5 yrs of $35M could devastate the franchise. That is over 25% of their projected annual team salary, and would coincide with the implementation of possible extensions for Sano, Berrios, Buxton, May, Duffy, Rogers ... I would rather see them trade a low to mid level prospect to Boston for David Price (provided his arm health checks out initially) plus a good prospect. Eat the entire salary. Boston is desperate to save Betts and parting with Price and/or Sale is almost the only way.

[Whammy]

Since we are going for broke....

Do everything you said but

 

Move Sano to 1st

Trade Buxton, Kiriloff, Balazovich for Matt Chapman (who says no?)

Sign a defense-first CF free agent

 

That’s roughly payroll neutral to the original proposal

[Whammy]

Obviously Cole is the big stretch here. Wheeler (5/100) & Ryu (3/60) might be more realistic and cost close to the same as Cole in total AAV. You could still do the Boyd trade and he’d nudge Dobnak out of the lineup. Since were betting the farm here.... let’s do it.

 

Wheeler

Berrios

Ryu

Odorizzi

Boyd

 

Let’s play