You say I HAVE to buy?

[Mike Sixel]

KLAW says no one reads the intro:

Intro: 

this is not what I'd do. This is what I'd do if I was the GM and the owners told me I had to buy.

Sign them both.

I sign both Ryan and Jeffers. Price be damned. Ryan: 6/180. Jeffers: 5/65. I think Joe might still say no. I think Jeffers takes that, unless the relationship is totally broken. I offer both bonuses and lower salaries in '27, in case there is a lockout, to encourage them.

Trades:

I feel great about SP and C in 27 and 28 now, as well as OF, so I'm dealing from those positions. I'm targeting hitting and more hitting, along with a RP.

Royce Lewis for Arraez. He's my new 2b, with Clemens moving to first. If that doesn't work, a minor league OF not named Jenkins, possibly a middling pitching prospect. I consider signing Luis to an extension, but I hold off and think about it.

Call up Culpepper and start his clock. Make Kriedler the backup SS, 2B, 1B, CF, 3B. He's a great utility option, and there are enough ABs in that role given the rest others need.

Trade a mid tier bat from the minors to Cincy for Tejay Antone for the bullpen. He should be cheap to acquire.

Damn, I do sign Arraez to a 5 year 100 million dollar deal.  Trade Houston or Culpepper and Quick to LAA. I get One of their two closers, and Detmers and a minor league prospect in their 3-8 range. I move the guy I like least as a starter between Detmers, Matthews, and Preilip to RP. Probably the lefty.

I now have two or three very good bullpen pieces, a big upgrade between 2nd and first, and a veteran starter in Detmers. Oh, and Ryan, Jeffers, and Arraez locked up for the long term.

Cost: LOTS of money, but I'm betting on a floor, Lewis, Quick, Culpepper or Houston, and a couple middling prospects.

[Mike Sixel]

Ooops, forgot to deal Tait, who I don't need now.

I don't have that plan, I'll have to come back later.