I was kidding about the army thing. He's hit 49 HR's in a season twice. This last season his OBP was 0.298. 198 K's and 16 GIDP, doesn't help matters. And he's 35.
The problem with Suarez is he'll be 35 (and could get drafted into the Venezuela army). His OBP the last few years has been terrible. At the most we would be looking at a one or two year rent option. Doesn't fill the hole for next 3 years.
Like I said last year and will repeat for this coming year, forget about Casas, focus on signing Pete Alonso and first base isn't an issue for 5 years. We need power. And we need it now. Casas is too busy painting his fingernails.
We need to get Alonso. The team has little to no power. The young guys seemed to melt during the dog days. Alonso is a gamer with power throughout the year.
RIP. I was a fan of his game. He played with a lot of great players (from Rice, Boggs, Clemons, Evans, Buckner, Burks, Dawson, Baylor, Henderson, Pena, Vaughn, Reed, Barrett, Armas...).
Top FA's available.
Pete Alonso (31) <- We need a first baseman!
Bo Bichette (28)
Kyle Schwarber (33)
Cody Bellinger (30)
Eugenio Suarez (34)
Dylan Cease (30)
Kyle Tucker (29)
Trent Grisham (29)
For 5 of those 9 wins we had Yankee killer Devers in the lineup (he hit 3;homers in first 6 games). We also had Anthony for most of the 13 games. That said, our offense needs to step it up.
I thought Cora said he would not take both Hamilton and Eaton. Assuming Anthony is out because he hasn't played in a month, there are not a lot of options on offense. Pitching wise we overstocked with lefties, so I'm guessing a righty.