Yes, our fractured clubhouse was made obvious by winning the division.
Yes, our fractured clubhouse was made obvious by winning the division.
If we lose out on JD, Hosmer and Abreu, I don't see many other good choices than Moose.
I guess Morrison could repeat 2017, but I'd go for Moose and improve our D and power.
There's no real competive market for any 3B beyond Moustakas. Even the creative solution (Cozart) is off the table.
Teams looking for a 1B have to decide between mulitple options and price ranges. Teams looking for a 3B have to decide how close to Moutakas' agent's demands do they want to come?
Guys still available:
Adams (meh)
Alonso (short deal for cheap?)
Bautista (no)
Bruce (rather not)
Duda (pass)
Ethier (platoon DH for cheap?)
Frazier (transition to 1b?)
CarGo (not sure he has much less, but how cheap could he be for DH/bench bat?)
Hosmer (NO, too much $$$)
Lucroy (transition to 1b? outside the box, but prob too much $$$)
JD (Gimmie a Hell Yeah!)
Mitch (Ugh)
LoMo (On a 1 year deal only)
Moose (Pass)
Napoli (nothing left in the tank)
Nunez (is he really worth the $$$?)
Rasmus (another platoon DH option)
Reynolds (even when he mashes, his offense is just replacement level)
Werth (the guy we should have signed in 2011)
Chris Young (please no)
Pedroia to go on rehab assignment in Pawtucket starting Monday. Look for him in Boston within a week or two
The return of Pedey will not only help out our weak IF defense, it should strengthen our bench and give Nunez some rest he may need to try and get back to 2017 form. We may even DL Nunez to allow Swihart another 10 days to try and show something (hard to do when he never plays).
Pedey will also halp lengthen our line-up and turn the bottom 3 black-hole slots to 2.
1. Betts RF
2. Beni CF
3. HRam DH
4. JD LF
5. Bogey SS
6. Moreland 1B
7. Pedey 2B
8. Devers 3B
9. Vaz-Leon C
(Actually, with JBJ benched, only 1 black hole.)