Moving this here:
So, clearly IMO buying means adding another quality starter first and foremost. So if we're looking for top of the rotation, it's back to Philly for Hamels, top billing for Cueto, some dream I don't follow about Gray, or maybe Kazmir as a slightly smaller name but top of the rotation performance.
The level down from that you've got Shark almost certain to be traded. I wonder if Milwaukee would listen on Mike Fiers. Then you've got a set of guys who seem like about the same as the guys we already have: Leake, Lohse, Garza, Jorge de la Rosa.
It's not a lot out there. And you've got the Tigers, the Royals, the Astros, the Pirates, the Cubs, the Yankees, all reportedly looking for pitching. Looks like a serious sellers market to me. Gonna be tough to land anyone who could be a game changer without really paying the price in prospects.
Milwaukee, Oakland, Colorado, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, probably Miami, probably the White Sox, maybe Atlanta, maybe eventually Seattle.Plympton91 said:If they're buying, they need to buy a lot. A mid rotation starter or better plus a reliever at least as good as Tazawa, and maybe a catcher. I think between Holt and Nava coming back they can cobble together production at 1B. And as someone said, who's selling if the Sox are buying?
So, clearly IMO buying means adding another quality starter first and foremost. So if we're looking for top of the rotation, it's back to Philly for Hamels, top billing for Cueto, some dream I don't follow about Gray, or maybe Kazmir as a slightly smaller name but top of the rotation performance.
The level down from that you've got Shark almost certain to be traded. I wonder if Milwaukee would listen on Mike Fiers. Then you've got a set of guys who seem like about the same as the guys we already have: Leake, Lohse, Garza, Jorge de la Rosa.
It's not a lot out there. And you've got the Tigers, the Royals, the Astros, the Pirates, the Cubs, the Yankees, all reportedly looking for pitching. Looks like a serious sellers market to me. Gonna be tough to land anyone who could be a game changer without really paying the price in prospects.