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The path to $115 million

Mex17 Nov 10 2015 06:17 PM

Let's start with Rubin's $92 million estimate for starters and add to that. . . . Denard Span: 3 years, $30 million but frontloaded. $12 million in 2016, $10 million in 2017, $8 million in 2018 (when he is 34 and likely to start to have diminished speed). Darren O'Day: Three years, $21 million. $7 million annually each year. Jerry Blevins: One year, $2 million. Kelly Johnson: One year, $2 million. So for 2016. . . $92 million + $12 million + $7 million + $2 million + $2 million = $115 million right on the nuggets! If this or something very similar to it does not occur, then what I am basically being told is that a New York-based franchise that just came off a pennant winning season cannot afford to even be in the middle tier of MLB payrolls. And if that is true, good luck keeping a fan base.

Ceetar Nov 10 2015 08:05 PM Re: The path to $115 million

Mex17 wrote: If this or something very similar to it does not occur, then what I am basically being told is that a New York-based franchise that just came off a pennant winning season cannot afford to even be in the middle tier of MLB payrolls. And if that is true, good luck keeping a fan base. They made it to the World Series. people are going to buy tickets ,and already have, regardless of what they do this offseason.

d'Kong76 Nov 10 2015 08:37 PM Re: The path to $115 million

I don't have Span or O'Day on my gambling teams. They mean nothing to me.

Centerfield Nov 10 2015 10:31 PM Re: The path to $115 million

Good idea for a thread. Out of curiosity, I'd love to hear what other CPF'ers would like to see this offseason. Don't restrict yourself to $115. Sandy collapses. Doesn't get up. Fred anoints you the GM. Says there is no budget. He'll sign off on whatever you think makes baseball sense. What do you do? I know Edgy would sign Murphy, BG would go after Heyward. KC would open up the budget. Not sure what else though. Here's my (roughly) $115 million proposal: $92 Million on the books. $20 Million to Upton/Heyward/Cespedes. Pursue all three, I figure one of them has to bite. I offer Cespedes 4-5 years. Upton 6 or 7. For Heyward I go 7, maybe 8 if I have to. I try to make the last years on each of them an option if possible. Granderson and Lagares platoon in CF if it's Upton. If it's Heyward/Cespedes, see if they are a better fit for CF than Granderson. My order of preference is Heyward, Upton, then as a last resort, Cespedes. $2 million on Blevins. $2 million on Kelly Johnson. Scour the scrap heap for a reclamation project starter that I can turn into a good bullpen guy. Ideally someone who throws hard still. Also scour the trade market for a young SS that I can land with some combination of Wheeler/Flores/Nimmo/Plawecki. If not, go to war with what I have. I have Flores and Tejada. Cecchini and Reynolds ready to win a job if any of them falter. Cuddyer becomes platoon partners with Duda. Also spells Wright on his days off. Johnson can do this too. Johnson also supplies insurance in case Herrera is really not ready. Total Payroll: $116-120 million. If Fred comes to me and say I absolutely, positively have to dump salary, I trade Jon Niese and his $9 million salary. I go with Montero/Verrett as my fifth starters, but now I have no safety net in my rotation until Wheeler shows up. And obviously I now cannot trade Wheeler. But in no way do I pass up on a franchise outfielder because I want to pay my fifth starter $9 million. I also hold on to Mejia and try to trade him as his reinstatement approaches. If this team stays healthy, I think they win the NL East and are a strong candidate to go back to the World Series.