Kluber is reportedly going to have a lot of teams watching his workout.
Assuming he looks good enough, I would think we're talking about an auction situation. We just don't know exactly how high teams will be willing to bid.
The last 5 years have been pretty good for the 'non-crapshoot' side of the debate. And I'm including Washington because of their second half record. I think after best regular season record, that's the next thing that should be looked at. Maybe there's a trend in that direction for some reason?
True, but if we were to sign Odorizzi, Kluber and Hand or Bradley, that would put a big dent in the budget room.
It's going to be interesting. Let's hope, anyway.
Sure they're different.
Some teams are obviously better positioned to make big acquisitions with prospect capital. And those generally involve taking on salaries that are lower than free agent prices.
The Chris Sale trade for example. We couldn't do a deal like that right now even if we wanted to.
The pitchers we acquire or talk about acquiring seem to fall into one or more of 4 categories:
1) Not good enough
2) Not durable enough
3) Not young enough
4) Not cheap enough