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I posted this in the off-season thread..I'll blank it out.. no reason to have competing threads...
Thanks, and we all have to get used to all the new places for things. Its a little easier to free agency in this one since we are doing a ton of speculating. We can do a signings page in the main talk eventually...
Hmm..
-Suzuki.. looks and swings like the proverbial "slap hitter".. The CleFO hasn't made a practice of taking on ten$ of million$ of dollar$ in contract committment for someone soooo unknown..
-Gomes at $ 5 MM AAV..would be okay.. the Yanimal may want to return as his coffee bean roasting business was domiciled here on the North Coast..
-Comforto on a one year "pillow" contract..pass..
-Soler / Avisail... are both interesting.. and both RHH's.. Both are corner OF'ers. Both know the AL Central.. Ths is a fit..the question will come down to dollar$ and $enSe..
There are others..
Suzuki has a solid K and BB rate plus his other tools do look MLB ready... Suzuki will be one of the younger Free Agents that we could look at and that is actually within a legit Indians budget for this offseason. He would be signed age 27-31, which normally is a players most productive age. He fits the needs and may not to too unreasonable price wise. If the Guardians were to make a splash, year one would be smart. I just think it's time to gamble some...
At the current moment Hedges is only signed for 22 and our catchers for 23 will be Lavastida and Naylor who likely have no experience in the bigs. Signing a Perez/Gomes for a two year in my mind is a must unless we get Hedges extended. Gomes is the better hitter of the two, so I want a two year deal...
I'm passing on Conforto... I am okay with Canha though as a stopgap guy!
Garcia and Soler both will want multi year contracts so do we want to invest 12 million a season in either? I think it's pushing it more with them because of the inconsistencies they both have shown, but i wouldn't have qualms with either as well... I personally would have Suzuki, then Canha, then Garcia then Soler if I had a list for those guys.
The FA Shortstop situation seems to have two tiers..
The uber tier (10 years, $ 300+ Million): Corey Seager and Carlos Correa
The next tier (about a third less on AAV): Trevor Story, Javier Baez, Marcus Semien
Can you imagine how much whining and crying would be going on if the Indians held onto Lindor.. with the season he had?.. WHY DIDN'T CleFO TRADE HIM WHEN HE STILL HAD VALUE !! would be the crying being perpetrated.. Sometimes..you can't satisfy anyone.. Lindor in NYC is a good thing for CleFO and for Lindor..
Thoughts?..
I am glad we aren't trying to go after a SS I'm free agency. The list just isn't there, which means guys will be overpaid.
Though if I was the Tigers I would put a very strong offer on Correa...