re: DAT 2015-2016 Offseason Thread

Josh Fields

I love and hate Gomez. When he's good he's great but when he's bad, he's really bad. I can't stand his approach at the plate.

I just think we can do better than Gomez. But if he's back next season I won't necessarily hate it, just think he may be a good piece for a big time trade if the return is worth it.

I hope AJ Preller sits on an open box of thumb tacks tonight. Sorry piece of shite that can't accept his off season bonanza was a complete turd.

Biggest failure of the season was making Ollie Perez our only bullpen addition. There's not one guy in our pen that you can count on to get a shut down inning. It made a difference. That was the difference in this series.

6th inning of game 2
8th inning of game 4
5th inning of game 5

all multi run innings for the Royals that did us in. The hole was especially glaring in game 4.

Gomez, unfortunately, probably isn't going anywhere.

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That's where the top bats in the high minors come into play. They will compete for time at the corners and DH, in particular.

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dude they need some veteran leadership, clearly.

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Nope. In fact, they will probably sign no one.

Keuchel
McHugh
LMJ (expecting more)
Fiers
Feldman/Velasquez/Musgrove/Appel/Feliz/Straily

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booked marked. you going to be wrong

Will was good this year, but good god did he pick a bad time to totally shite himself

They aren't stopping the youth movement or spending a ton of money this offseason. A big ticket OF and bullpen help will be a big expense as it is. Luhnow has #TheProcess.

Last updated 10-7-15

Catchers

Alex Avila (29)
Chris Iannetta (33)
Dioner Navarro (32)
Jordan Pacheco (30)
Brayan Pena (34)
A.J. Pierzynski (39)
Jarrod Saltalamacchia (31)
Geovany Soto (33)
Matt Wieters (30)

First Basemen

Jeff Baker (35)
Chris Davis (30)
Edwin Encarnacion (33) – $10MM club option with a $2MM buyout
Corey Hart (34)
Kelly Johnson (34)
Garrett Jones (35)
Justin Morneau (35) – $9MM mutual option with a $750K buyout
Mike Napoli (34)
Steve Pearce (33)
Mark Reynolds (32)
Sean Rodriguez (31)
Chris Parmelee (28)

Second Basemen

Joaquin Arias (31)
Mike Aviles (35)
Emilio Bonifacio (31)
Asdrubal Cabrera (30)
Stephen Drew (33)
Jonathan Herrera (31)
Maicer Izturis (35) – $3MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Kelly Johnson (34)
Howie Kendrick (32)
Daniel Murphy (31)
Steve Pearce (33)
Cliff Pennington (32)
Sean Rodriguez (31)
Skip Schumaker (36) – $2.5MM club option with a $250K buyout
Steve Tolleson (32)
Chase Utley (37)
Ben Zobrist (35)

Third Basemen

Joaquin Arias (31)
Mike Aviles (35)
Gordon Beckham (29)
David Freese (33)
Conor Gillaspie (28)
Maicer Izturis (35) – $3MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Casey McGehee (32)
Aramis Ramirez (38)
Mark Reynolds (32)
Steve Tolleson (32)
Juan Uribe (37)

Shortstops

Joaquin Arias (31)
Mike Aviles (35)
Willie Bloomquist (38)
Asdrubal Cabrera (30)
Ian Desmond (30)
Stephen Drew (33)
Alcides Escobar (29) – $5.25MM club option with a $500K buyout
Cliff Pennington (32)
Alexei Ramirez (34) – $10MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Jimmy Rollins (37)
Brendan Ryan (34) – $1MM player option

Left Fielders

Yoenis Cespedes (30)
Rajai Davis (35)
Alejandro De Aza (32)
David DeJesus (36) – $5MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Chris Denorfia (35)
Jonny Gomes (35) – $3MM club option
Alex Gordon (32) – $12.5MM player option
Kelly Johnson (34)
Matt Joyce (31)
Justin Maxwell (32)
David Murphy (34) – $7MM club option with a $500K buyout
Gerardo Parra (29)
Steve Pearce (33)
Colby Rasmus (29)
Sean Rodriguez (31)
Skip Schumaker (36) – $2.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Justin Upton (28)
Chris B. Young (32)
Delmon Young (30)

Center Fielders

Rajai Davis (35)
Dexter Fowler (30)
Austin Jackson (29)
Justin Maxwell (32)
Colby Rasmus (29)
Denard Span (32)
Drew Stubbs (31)

Right Fielders

Nori Aoki (34) – $5.5MM club option with a $700K buyout
Jose Bautista (35) – $14MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Marlon Byrd (38)
Alejandro De Aza (32)
David DeJesus (36) – $5MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Chris Denorfia (35)
Jason Heyward (26)
Torii Hunter (40)
Matt Joyce (31)
Justin Maxwell (32)
David Murphy (34) – $7MM club option with a $500K buyout
Gerardo Parra (29)
Ryan Raburn (35) – $3MM club option with a $100K buyout
Colby Rasmus (29)
Alex Rios (35)
Grady Sizemore (33)
Ichiro Suzuki (42)
Justin Upton (28)
Will Venable (33)
Shane Victorino (35)
Chris B. Young (32)

Designated Hitters

Edwin Encarnacion (33) – $10MM club option with a $2MM buyout
John Jaso (32)
Adam Lind (32) – $8MM club option with a $500K buyout
Delmon Young (30)

Starting Pitchers

Brett Anderson (28)
Scott Baker (34)
Brandon Beachy (29)
Chad Billingsley (31)
Joe Blanton (35)
Clay Buchholz (31) – $13MM club option with a $245K buyout
Mark Buehrle (37)
A.J. Burnett (39)
Trevor Cahill (28)
Chris Capuano (37)
Wei-Yin Chen (30)
Bartolo Colon (43)
Johnny Cueto (30)
R.A. Dickey (41) – $12MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Marco Estrada (32)
Doug Fister (32)
Gavin Floyd (33)
Yovani Gallardo (30)
Jaime Garcia (29) – $11.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Dillon Gee (30)
Zack Greinke (32) – can opt out of remaining three years/$71MM
Jeremy Guthrie (37) – $10MM mutual option with a $3.2MM buyout
J.A. Happ (33)
Aaron Harang (38)
Dan Haren (35)
Rich Hill (36)
Tim Hudson (40)
Hisashi Iwakuma (35)
Scott Kazmir (32)
Kyle Kendrick (31)
Ian Kennedy (31)
John Lackey (37)
Mat Latos (28)
Mike Leake (28)
Cliff Lee (37) – $27.5MM club option with a $12.5MM buyout
Tim Lincecum (32)
Kyle Lohse (37)
Shaun Marcum (34)
Justin Masterson (31)
Brandon Morrow (31)
Hector Noesi (29)
Sean O’Sullivan (28)
Bud Norris (31)
Mike Pelfrey (32)
David Price (30)
Jeff Samardzija (31)
Alfredo Simon (35)
Ryan Vogelsong (38)
Jerome Williams (34)
Chris Young (37)
Jordan Zimmermann (30)

Right-Handed Relievers

Matt Albers (33)
Matt Belisle (36)
Joaquin Benoit (38) – $8MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout
Blaine Boyer (34)
Jonathan Broxton (32) – $9MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Joba Chamberlain (30)
Tyler Clippard (31)
Justin De Fratus (28)
Neftali Feliz (28)
Jason Frasor (38)
Ernesto Frieri (30)
David Hernandez (31)
Tommy Hunter (29)
Casey Janssen (34) – $7MM mutual option with a $1.5MM buyout
Jim Johnson (33)
Shawn Kelley (32)
Brandon League (33)
Mark Lowe (33)
Ryan Madson (36)
Edward Mujica (32)
Joe Nathan (41) – $10MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Darren O’Day (33)
Bobby Parnell (31)
Joel Peralta (40) – $2.5MM club option (no buyout)
Vinnie Pestano (31)
Fernando Rodney (39)
Joakim Soria (32)
Dale Thayer (35)
Chad Qualls (37) – $3.25MM club option with a $250K buyout
Carlos Villanueva (32)
Ryan Webb (30)
Brad Ziegler (36) – $5.5MM club option with a $1MM buyout

Left-Handed Relievers

Antonio Bastardo (30)
Joe Beimel (39)
Jerry Blevins (32)
Craig Breslow (35)
Neal Cotts (36)
Randy Choate (40)
Ross Detwiler (30)
Brian Duensing (33)
J.P. Howell (33) – $6.25MM club option with a $250K buyout
Sean Marshall (33)
Eric O’Flaherty (31)
Manny Parra (33)
Oliver Perez (34)
James Russell (30)
Tony Sipp (32)
Matt Thornton (39)

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2 starting pitchers. borderline SP1/2 that you can put behind or in front of Dallas. Then a mid-rotation guy

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nah, we're good

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team needs to add 2 veteran bats. a veteran OF or C or 1B.

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Agree on C, like having Gomez where he is.

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overall need better team contact. Guys that can get on base to best give the mashers opportunities to hit them in.

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Our best prospects are going to help dramatically.

Priorities in offseason are C (would hang onto Castro though), one great setup man, and an elite closer.

What are the power ball numbers?