Originally Posted by
moonslav59
I'd say they are close enough to even with those two old fogies, but to me, it's more about saving luxury tax money.
I'm fine with signing Lackey or Dickey to a minor league only deal, but they will want incentives or bonuses that could bring us too close to the major tax limit and disallow any mid season move we might need badly.
We can sign two $1M guys now or trade for a $6M guy on July 31st, and both plans cost us $2M. I'll wait it out for the $6M guy and hope an in house guys rises to the occasion.
How long are we going to keep never knowing about Johnson and Elias? Guys like Velazquez would never get a chance.
Fister was a lightening strike. Most of those type signings never work out.
Same as giving guys like Johnson, Elias and Velazquez a final chance. At least we'll know, if we should keep them around any longer.