LA VIkes Fan’s 2023 Payroll Blueprint

[LA Vikes Fan]

This is a tough exercise. There just isn't any way to adequately fill all of our needs at SS, SP, RP, C, OF and stay within a 140m budget. So I didn't. I'm a little over with a 2 players who could be dropped to get to $140m. Here's what I did:

SS - Sadly said goodbye to Correa and instead signed Xander Bogaerts to a 7 year, $196m deal - $28m a year. 

SP - Got priced out on Rodon and signed Chris Bassitt instead to a 4 year, $72M deal - $18m a year. Would have him #1 and move Gray and Mahle down. 

BP- Moved Maeda to the BP but kept his $9m assumed cost, could be lower given his contract. See the Twins re-signing him to a 3 year deal with some extra money to convince him to go to the BP full time. Re-signed Fullmer for $3,m. Added back our old friend Taylor Rogers at $7m on a 3 year, $21m deal. Both Maeda and Rogers may come in cheaper than where I have them. 

C- Got priced out of Vasquez, signed Navaez for 2 years, $12m. Would rather have Vasquez if he could be had for 6-7m instead of the 8.5-10m I think he'll get. 

Trades - Had to make payroll room so I traded Urshela and Kepler for prospects. Moved Miranda to 3B, with Kiriloff/Larnach/Gordon to RF/LF, Except....  

OF/DH - Signed Trey Mancini to a 2 year $20m deal to be a LF/DH. Would love that player to be Josh Bell as a 1B/DH but he's probably too expensive. Also brought up Martin as a UTL but that could be a number of different guys. Just don't want it to be Garlick again. 

Mancini is the guy I could lose to get down to a $140m budget. I think we need a RH hitting power guy to hit 4th or 5th so really want to keep one of them. Would prefer to lose Rogers and have Sands or Henriquez fill that spot in the bullpen or sign a deal with Maeda to lower his 2023 cost.   

• ? Ryan Jeffers ($0.70M)
• 1B: Luis Arraez ($4.50M)
• 2B: Jorge Polanco ($7.50M)
• 3B: Jose Mranda ($0.70M)
• SS: Xander Bogearts ($28.00M)
• LF: Alex Kirilloff ($0.70M)
• CF: Byron Buxton ($15.00M)
• RF: Trevor Larnach ($0.70M)
• DH: Trey Mancini ($10.00M)
• 4th OF: Gilberto Celestino ($0.70M)
• Utility: Nick Gordon ($0.70M)
• Utility: Austin Martin ($0.70M)
• Backup ? Omar Navaez ($6.00M)
• SP1: Sonny Gray ($12.00M)
• SP2: Tyler Mahle ($8.00M)
• SP3: Chris Bassitt ($18.00M)
• SP4: Joe Ryan ($0.70M)
• SP5: Baily Ober ($0.70M)
• RP: Jhoan Duran ($0.70M)
• RP: Jorge Lopez ($3.00M)
• RP: Griffin Jax ($0.70M)
• RP: Jorge Alcala ($1.00M)
• RP: Caleb Thielbar ($2.00M)
• RP: Kenta Maeda ($9.00M)
• RP: Michael Fullmer ($3.00M)
• RP: Taylor Rogers ($7.00M)

Payroll is 1.20% over budget

[whosafraidofluigirussolo]

The current abundance of MLB players named T. Rogers, plus the memory of Twins bullpens of the past few years full of Tylers, Taylors and Trevors, really leads to some mistaken identities, huh.

[LA Vikes Fan]

You're right about that. My bad. I made the change to Taylor, not Trevor. hey, tomato, tomato...

[EGFTShaw]

54 minutes ago, whosafraidofluigirussolo said:

The current abundance of MLB players named T. Rogers, plus the memory of Twins bullpens of the past few years full of Tylers, Taylors and Trevors, really leads to some mistaken identities, huh.

One price and we can interchange all of them.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

1 hour ago, EGFTShaw said:

One price and we can interchange all of them.

one ring to rule them all

[EGFTShaw]

On 11/4/2022 at 3:15 PM, Richie the Rally Goat said:

one ring to rule them all

Too funny...LOL