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Originally Posted by alexsimon99
Any thoughts to maybe selling off some soon-to-be free agents? While 4 games is perhaps close enough to buy, this team doesn't seem like it's going to be a threat come postseason time ... if they can even get there at all ...
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I floated some bodies earlier in the month, and the interest was … well, the other GM's didn't outright laugh in my face, but we have nothing of value. Hard to believe that of all the pieces, Jose Menendez was the only one to actually get traded.
Specifically, Tom Shumway and Rico Gutierrez are currently not movable due to their long-term commitments.
Among impending free agents, Rafael Gomez falls into the "vastly overpaid veteran" category that teams will only trade for if they can get rid of their own VOV. Pizzo, Brotman, Surginer - nobody had any interest in. Abel Mora invoked 10/5 rights, then scurried off to the DL.
And we didn't stick with Matt Nunley's feeding habits (seriously, it's gross) for so long to trade him now. Nunley's gonna be a Coons lifer. And he'd probably invoke 10/5 rights, too, if courteously asked. But I'm not gonna. He's wielding a fork.
The only piece that could still reasonably be moved is Kevin Harenberg, who drew *some* interest, but I didn't get the right deal earlier when we dealt Menendez. Probably too ambitious to aim for a top 50 prospect…
Of course, if I'd deal Ramos, I'd have 23 offers on the table. Some teams would offer major leaguers, some would offer all their prospects, and I guess the Falcons would offer the kidneys of their players to make up the difference.
Below is the salary table as far as it concerns non-minimum players. It's … I think the scientific term is "unpretty".
The defining thing going forward will probably be Alberto Ramos. If The Excitement actually holds up and puts a season together, while he's not exactly batting .375, we would be looking to sign him to a long-term extension this winter - he would not sign one last winter, knowing that the routine injuries were depressing his value. If we can get Ramos signed for $3M a year, then we'll probably keep him and build the new team around him. If we can't get him, then we'll probably look for a big trade. *Everybody* wants Ramos, and most teams have the prospects to make the deal attractive.