2024-2025 Offseason Thread

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Yeah, Kike stood out to me because he ticks off all the boxes. He won’t cost more than a 1 year deal at $5-8 million, he might sign here for guaranteed playing time and the opportunity to get flipped to a contender at the deadline, plays a position of need that won’t block anyone this year, and knows the new manager.

this teams lineup is so far away from being competent and there are so many open spots that there are any number of veterans they can and probably should sign to give a big role to for a few months in the hopes of them catching fire and being able to flip them at the deadline for more young guys. I'd probably sign 1 SP (they wont yet again), 2 middle reliever/set up/closing options, and 2 lineup pieces (pretty much any position other than 2b). At worst it's a sunk cost and the guys stink and you cut bait like you did with tim anderson. Best option is the young bats perform better than expected and Sandy's return and some better pitching help significantly raises the floor of this team. Most likely case is you buy some more minor league time for the bats int he upper minors and like i said, you flip them for something at the deadline.

Bruce wont do it though, because he is relatively poor and completely incompetent as an owner.

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dodgers DFA'd diego cartaya. there is 0 reason why Jhonny Pereda should be kept on the 40 man in favor of claiming Cartaya to give him a chance and see if he can fulfill his talent.

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Marlins are once again the only team not to spend any guaranteed money this offseason. Wagaman turned out not to be a guaranteed major league deal