The Athletic's Top 50 Free Agents

[wopphil]

5 hours ago, Trendon said:

Better hope the new owner is named like tomorrow then

Not all these guys of course. But I think Nimmo, Rodon, and one of Bassitt/Anderson/Stripling would make this team a contender. That’s a ton of money to spend and I know they won’t do it, but it’s also not a totally unrealistic amount. 

[BTH]

1 minute ago, wopphil said:

Not all these guys of course. But I think Nimmo, Rodon, and one of Bassitt/Anderson/Stripling would make this team a contender. That’s a ton of money to spend and I know they won’t do it, but it’s also not a totally unrealistic amount. 

That’s like a $60M-$70M AAV, which is a totally unrealistic amount.

[wopphil]

1 minute ago, Trendon said:

That’s like a $60M-$70M AAV, which is a totally unrealistic amount.

I agree. But only because of an absence of desire to spend. They can spend that and I believe still be under the cap. 

[BTH]

36 minutes ago, wopphil said:

I agree. But only because of an absence of desire to spend. They can spend that and I believe still be under the cap. 

They can, but they won’t under Arte.

[jsnpritchett]

53 minutes ago, Trendon said:

They can, but they won’t under Arte.

Exactly.  I honestly don't know why people keep throwing out these scenarios.

[angelsnationtalk]

On 11/5/2022 at 5:29 PM, Second Base said:

Perry should start the rebuild in earnest so that the Angels might be good in five years. 

If they traded Ohtani at the deadline or can still trade him for the same value then they might be competitive within a few years. 

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[Vlad27Trout27]

Nothing special but something I would consider.

 1. 1st/of: Myers; 15 mil over 2 years plus (7.5 mil per year)

2. 2b. Wong: 16 Mil over 2 years + option for 3 year (8 mil per year) 

3.Jansen 20 mil over 2 years (10 mil)

4. Montero  23 mil over 3 years (7 Mil) 

Spent: 32 mil

Depending on if the ownership change is done and the new owner is willing to spend more;

Sp. Evoladi  (45-50 mil over 3 years)

Line up;

1. Rengifo SS

2. Trout (Cf)

3. Ward  (Rf)

4 Othani (DH)

5. Rendon 3rd

6. Myers/Walsh 1st 

7. Wong 2b

8. Stassi C

9. Myers, Adell, Moniak lf (can move up if Myers is starting)

BP:

Cl: Jansen 

Su: herget/Montero

Loop, Tepera, Wantz,?,,? 

Starting

1. Othani, Sandy, Evolid (?), Detmers, Suatez, ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mmc]

Someone else I'd target

 

[OhtaniSan]

Maybe we end up trading Ohtani and signing Kodai Senga and Masataka Yoshida to replace him 

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 11/5/2022 at 4:07 PM, gurn67 said:

Carlos Correa has missed over 230 games in the last 6 years. He's only played in more than 136 games twice in his entire career. Dude is injury prone, and it's not going improve as he gets older.

That's OK. We can move him to 3B and he'll fit right in.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 11/6/2022 at 2:51 PM, wopphil said:

I agree. But only because of an absence of desire to spend. They can spend that and I believe still be under the cap. 

I've been one of those on here who basically defended Moreno and our payroll for years. We've always been top ten.

But if there was a time to spend it's now... something to try and sell to Ohtani and the fan base that you're giving it your best shot.

Doubt it happens. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, OhtaniSan said:

Maybe we end up trading Ohtani and signing Kodai Senga and Masataka Yoshida to replace him 

I read this in Buzzie Bavasis voice.

[Dtwncbad]

On 11/5/2022 at 2:35 PM, mmc said:

Plenty of intriguing names to keep an eye on.  Full article is behind a paywall. https://theathletic.com/3751518/2022/11/02/top-50-mlb-free-agents-predictions/

1. SS - Carlos Correa (28)

2. SS - Trea Turner (30)

3. SS - Dansby Swanson (29)

4. OF - Aaron Judge (31)

5. SS - Xander Bogaerts (30)

6. C - Willson Contreras (31)

7. OF - Brandon Nimmo (30)

8. RHP - Jacob deGrom (35)

9. LHP - Carlos Rodon (30)

10. RHP - Jameson Taillon (30)

11. OF - Jurickson Profar (30)

12. RHP - Taijuan Walker (30)

13. RHP - Justin Verlander (40)

14. LHP - Martin Perez (32)

15. OF - Andrew Benintendi (28)

16. 1B - Josh Bell (30)

17. LHP - Tyler Anderson (33)

18. RHP - Kodai Senga (30)

19. RHP - Zach Eflin (29)

20. RHP - Edwin Diaz (29)

21. LHP - Clayton Kershaw (35)

22. RHP - Noah Syndergaard (30)

23. LHP - Jose Quintana (34)

24. RHP - Chris Bassitt (34)

25. C - Gary Sanchez (30)

26. OF - Mitch Haniger (32)

27. C - Christian Vazquez (32)

28. RHP - Ross Stripling (33)

29. DH - Michael Brantley (36)

30. RHP - Nathan Eovaldi (33)

31. 1B - Anthony Rizzo (33)

32. RHP - Kyle Gibson (35)

33. RHP - Drew Rucinski (34)

34. 1B/DH - Jose Abreu (36)

35. OF - Kevin Kiermaier (32)

36. RHP - Michael Wacha (31)

37. SS - Elvis Andrus (34)

38. 3B - Justin Turner (38)

39. OF - Joey Gallo (29)

40. RHP - Rafael Montero (32)

41. OF - David Peralta (35)

42. 2B - Jean Segura (33)

43. RHP - Corey Kluber (37)

44. RHP - Jake Odorizzi (33)

45. 2B - Kolten Wong (32)

46. UT - Jace Peterson (33)

47. LHP - Andrew Heaney (32)

48. 3B/1B - Brandon Drury (30)

49. OF - Michael Conforto (30)

50. RHP - Shintaro Fujinami (29)

Um, I will take a #3, a #7, and a #9 please.

[Blarg]

On 11/6/2022 at 12:55 PM, mmc said:

It is, though with that bringing his pricetag down, you can then make the argument he has higher upside than most starters that sign cheap one year deals

But you still have to cover those missed 8 starts with another pitcher. That is both the money and internal depth drain and is that pitcher going to perform at a high enough level to create a reasonable win probability. Heaney is pitching fools gold. 

[Blarg]

4 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

Um, I will take a #3, a #7, and a #9 please.