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@Andrew Scheid
A slightly off the topic question for you, have you ever tried to run the Indians in console games (especially MLB the Show 18 or 19) and tries to keep all the star players that you like?
Honestly to run a smaller market team you have to constantly extend guys early, avoid overpaying in free agency and draft/sign/trade for young players really well. Also when guys come to be free agents/become expensive contract wise, if their are top tier guys, you have to let them walk/trade them otherwise you lose money in other positions.
Plus we have two factors going against us this off season, first attendance is a big thing for money, we cannot be in the 20s for attendance and stay at 15th in payroll. It just doesn’t make sense to anyone who owns anything. Secondly we lost our minor owner, who did put out some money to help pay for the team. So our budget will decrease a fair amount.
I get what you are saying about not reinvesting that money but honestly we have a 90+ win team right now so it’s not like they actually have very many holes to fill in. I personally feel a veteran setup man is first priority over an OF even though people are like we don’t have anyone to be projected over this level.
Oscar Mercado had the same WAR as Ozuna did last season. Luplow in 85 games had a WAR of 1.7 (between a minor league stint, injury and only face left handers) Ozuna had a 2.2. Both are superior defenders as well. DeShields is a gold glove OF, so he’s a great 4th OF. We need production from one of the other guys, hence why we are likely platooning on paper Luplow with Bauer/Zimmer (left handed bat) and possibly DeShields and Allen (Allen doesn’t hit lefties well, DeShields doesn’t hit righties well). We are going to be a lot better than paper projects.
Now I think everyone here wants another player mixed in that’s a veteran, but at the moment none of them are at the price that makes sense for the team. I trust this FO, so you need to as well. It’s hard to like the owner in a small market, but we have one of the best FO in any sport who play the market game well. If you don’t like Dolan, I get that, but trust in those guys at least.
I feel what’s the plan is the FO is going to continue to try and upgrade this roster until the trade deadline. They aren’t going to just spend money needlessly though. They have a budget on which they feel a player is worth. Ozuna isn’t worth 18 mil and that’s plain and simple. Dickerson who was a better fit and player but he got offered more years than the Indians wanted to give because they really only needed him for one season.
Right now they are deciding on whether or not Puig and who else is available is better than production wise than who they have and worth the price he is asking for. Right now Puig wants way too much money so they aren’t willing to sign him. Also we need a veteran LH bat if we are going to sign an OF with the current projection on paper. We have three locked in RH bats, no LH bats so that is who they want on a major league deal and there isn’t one left in free agency that fits the current mold.
Now I can expect Lonnie Chisenhall, Souza Jr, Zobrist, Pence etc have all been offered Minor league Invites with incentives and an opt out. So unless Puigs price drops, we are going to bring in someone via minor league deal to see if they can fill in the void of Naquin.
They are going to try and sign more players, but they aren’t going to overpay like you wish them too for a guy. That’s how the FO operates and if you cannot respect one of the best FO in all of pro sports then please watch another team in a sense.
A slightly off the topic question for you, have you ever tried to run the Indians in console games (especially MLB the Show 18 or 19) and tries to keep all the star players that you like?
Honestly to run a smaller market team you have to constantly extend guys early, avoid overpaying in free agency and draft/sign/trade for young players really well. Also when guys come to be free agents/become expensive contract wise, if their are top tier guys, you have to let them walk/trade them otherwise you lose money in other positions.
Plus we have two factors going against us this off season, first attendance is a big thing for money, we cannot be in the 20s for attendance and stay at 15th in payroll. It just doesn’t make sense to anyone who owns anything. Secondly we lost our minor owner, who did put out some money to help pay for the team. So our budget will decrease a fair amount.
I get what you are saying about not reinvesting that money but honestly we have a 90+ win team right now so it’s not like they actually have very many holes to fill in. I personally feel a veteran setup man is first priority over an OF even though people are like we don’t have anyone to be projected over this level.
Oscar Mercado had the same WAR as Ozuna did last season. Luplow in 85 games had a WAR of 1.7 (between a minor league stint, injury and only face left handers) Ozuna had a 2.2. Both are superior defenders as well. DeShields is a gold glove OF, so he’s a great 4th OF. We need production from one of the other guys, hence why we are likely platooning on paper Luplow with Bauer/Zimmer (left handed bat) and possibly DeShields and Allen (Allen doesn’t hit lefties well, DeShields doesn’t hit righties well). We are going to be a lot better than paper projects.
Now I think everyone here wants another player mixed in that’s a veteran, but at the moment none of them are at the price that makes sense for the team. I trust this FO, so you need to as well. It’s hard to like the owner in a small market, but we have one of the best FO in any sport who play the market game well. If you don’t like Dolan, I get that, but trust in those guys at least.
I feel what’s the plan is the FO is going to continue to try and upgrade this roster until the trade deadline. They aren’t going to just spend money needlessly though. They have a budget on which they feel a player is worth. Ozuna isn’t worth 18 mil and that’s plain and simple. Dickerson who was a better fit and player but he got offered more years than the Indians wanted to give because they really only needed him for one season.
Right now they are deciding on whether or not Puig and who else is available is better than production wise than who they have and worth the price he is asking for. Right now Puig wants way too much money so they aren’t willing to sign him. Also we need a veteran LH bat if we are going to sign an OF with the current projection on paper. We have three locked in RH bats, no LH bats so that is who they want on a major league deal and there isn’t one left in free agency that fits the current mold.
Now I can expect Lonnie Chisenhall, Souza Jr, Zobrist, Pence etc have all been offered Minor league Invites with incentives and an opt out. So unless Puigs price drops, we are going to bring in someone via minor league deal to see if they can fill in the void of Naquin.
They are going to try and sign more players, but they aren’t going to overpay like you wish them too for a guy. That’s how the FO operates and if you cannot respect one of the best FO in all of pro sports then please watch another team in a sense.
