Cory Engelhardt’s 2024 Payroll Blueprint

[Cory Engelhardt]

Here are the primary steps I have taken for this blueprint.

1) Sign Lucas Giolito, 3/48. Have year 2 be a team option and year 3 be mutual. He has all the ability to be a playoff level starter.

2) Sign Lourdes Gurriel Jr, 2/28. Left Fielder and crushes lefties.

3) I would also sign Brad Keller, formerly of KC, to a guaranteed minor league deal with incentives built in. Depth move, and if healthy would be able to start in St. Paul. This would add 2 million to the total.

4) Trade Jorge Polanco to Pittsburgh for pitching prospect Thomas Harrington.

5) Trade Max Kepler to Seattle for reliever Gabe Speier and 1B/DH Ty France.

6) Trade Kyle Farmer to Chicago White Sox for a ptbnl.

7) Turn off injuries in the settings menu :)

• C: Ryan Jeffers ($2.30M)
• 1B: Alex Kirilloff ($1.70M)
• 2B: Brooks Lee ($0.77M)
• 3B: Royce Lewis ($0.77M)
• SS: Carlos Correa ($33.33M)
• LF: Lourdes Gurriel, Jr ($14.00M)
• CF: Byron Buxton ($15.00M)
• RF: Matt Wallner ($0.77M)
• DH: Edouard Julien ($0.77M)
• 4th OF: Willi Castro ($3.20M)
• Utility: Austin Martin ($0.77M)
• Utility: Ty France ($7.90M)
• Backup C: Christian Vazquez ($10.00M)
• SP1: Pablo Lopez ($8.25M)
• SP2: Joe Ryan ($0.77M)
• SP3: Bailey Ober ($0.77M)
• SP4: Chris Paddack ($2.53M)
• SP5: Lucas Giolito ($16.00M)
• RP: Jhoan Duran ($0.77M)
• RP: Brock Stewart ($0.77M)
• RP: Griffin Jax ($0.77M)
• RP: Josh Winder ($1.00M)
• RP: Caleb Thielbar ($3.00M)
• RP: Louie Varland ($0.77M)
• RP: Gabe Speier ($1.00M)
• RP: Kody Funderburk ($0.77M)

Payroll is 8.25% under budget

[Cory Engelhardt]

The more I think on it, the more I'd rather give money to someone who can be a 1b/dh than to Gurriel. Ugh. Might have to change this again now :)

[Vanimal46]

If you don't hold me to my first draft of the blueprint, I will do the same for you 

[Cory Engelhardt]

6 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

If you don't hold me to my first draft of the blueprint, I will do the same for you 

Deal!