If we could extend ERod, I might try, even through a longer than hoped for rebuild. I'd rather extend ERod than Beni.
Keep Devers & Bogey, try to bring Betts back after dealing him and keep the pre-arb hopefuls.
There's little point in keeping them, either, unless you think his stock will rise.
With his arm being held together by voodoo, I'm not sure the wait will help.
Maybe we should just order surgery on the big 3 and hope 2021 brings good health. (Sarcasm alert.)
No.
He's a 2 year guy I'd try to extend, but if it looks like he won't I'd look to deal him (maybe in July or next winter).
1 year's gone:
Betts (I'd try to re-sign him next winter)
JBJ
Workman
JD (will likely opt out, so trade him, too. Maybe re-sign.)
2 year's likely gone:
Barnes
Hembree
Salary dumps:
Price
Eovaldi
(Pedey ain't going nowhere.)
2 year's try to keep:
ERod
Yes, and unlike the Dodger dump trade, where we just paid a very little cash per year, we can take back some salary to trade away Price & Eovaldi. We didn't do that with Crawford & Beckett. We just handed them AGon to more or less "even it out."
MLB suggests these names:
In House:
1. Ron Roenicke
2. Jason Varitek
3. Carlos Febles
4. Billy McMillon
External:
1. Matt Quatraro
2. Dino Ebel
3. Joe McEwing
4. Mark Kotsay
5. Eduardo Perez
6. Hensley Meulens
Blah, blah, blah...
Another good AL team getting better, this winter.
Can we just admit our odds are going down every day? (And we started with long odds to begin with.)
I'm off the fence: fire sale time- all 1 year players, 2 year players not likely to be extended and Price & Eovaldi.
ND played a pretty tough schedule
#4 Georgia
#18 Michigan
#20 Navy
#25 Virginia
#30 USC
Bowl winner Louisville
Beat Iowa St in bowl and easier games vs New Mexico, Virginia Tech (was ranked at time), Bowling Green, Duke, BC & Stanford.