[U7Gohan]

Hello, everyone. I will take the 2018 Phillies and hopefully build a dynasty, a World Series win is the goal, but I won't stop after just one. First, some background information about where the team is heading into 2019.


-My 2018 Phillies finished 69-93
-My 2019 Phillies are projected to finish 76-86

My goals heading into the 2018-19 offseason:
-get a star at a positional need
-trade for controllable pitching to stack the bullpen
-trade Cesar Hernandez and Maikel Franco
-sign a stopgap starter to give the ML pitchers more time to develop in AAA
-add positional depth


Major Transactions:
-Traded ML RPs Yacksel Rios and Brandon Leibrandt, as well as ML 1B Zach Green, for CL Blake Treinen in July 2018
-Acquired 3B Josh Donaldson for 3 yrs/$47.2M, with a 4th year Team Option that could make the total deal 4 yrs/$62.9M in December 2018
-Traded 3B Maikel Franco and ML RF Jhailyn Ortiz for CL Raisel Iglesias and ML SS Tripp Shelton in December 2018
-Traded 2B Cesar Hernandez and ML SS Arquimedes Gamboa for RP Felipe Vazquez and ML 3B Oneil Cruz in December 2018
-Acquired SP Brandon McCarthy for 1 yr/$1.6M in December 2018

Notable ML FA Signings:
-SP Nick Kingham
-C Caleb Joseph
-C Spencer Kieboom
-C Drew Butera
-1B Danny Valencia
-1B Steve Pearce
-2B Eduardo Nunez



Opening Day Roster 2019:

Starting Rotation:
-Aaron Nola
-Nick Pivetta
-Jake Arrieta
-Brandon McCarthy
-Ben Lively

Bullpen:
-CL Hector Neris
-CL/MR Raisel Iglesias
-SU/MR Blake Treinen
-SU/MR Tommy Hunter
-MR Luis Garcia
-MR Edubray Ramos
-MR/LHS Felipe Vazquez
-LR/MR Adam Morgan

Positional Starters:
-C: Jorge Alfaro/Andrew Knapp
-1B: Carlos Santana
-2B: Scott Kingery
-3B: Josh Donaldson
-SS: JP Crawford
-LF: Rhys Hoskins
-CF: Odubel Herrera
-RF: Nick Williams

Bench:
-C Jorge Alfaro/Andrew Knapp
-INF Pedro Florimon
-OF Roman Quinn
-OF Aaron Altherr


My goal for 2019 is to play close to .500 ball and to see improvement in the young players, particularly JP Crawford, Scott Kingery, and Nick Pivetta.

Let's do this!