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It almost goes without saying that we have made a strong move this offseason. Now we have to see if our finagling has the desired result.
For the moment we have a surplus of players, but the structure of their salaries means we don't have to offload any of them just yet and can actually run things the way they are for the entirety of the season if needs be. We're only on the hook for 107k of Mota's salary, and just for this season. Likewise Bunning's 190k goes off the books this year, and Helms is in his walk year as well. So there's Rose's salary covered already. For once I'm not so bothered about the opportunity cost of having them walk; I'm more bothered about being caught short because I really want to make a run at this.
Tolan is a luxury I want to keep as a quality "third-an-a-half" OF in the longer-term, and I think we'll be able to do so. There's also some action on the Waiver Wire that may end up being a real score for us and offer an alternative strategy but I'll only speak of it once it has happened.
Savage is out of OYs so I've sent Mota to AAA, along with Helms so as not to waste one of Flea's options. Ducky Schofield has made an amazing comeback to get back into the big time as part of our IF setup.
We're going to start with Bunning as our SP1 and hope he goes better than last year. Roberts does get the call up and slots into the SP5 role. Giusti moves to Stopper with Gibbon back to Setup. A few different BP guys will no doubt see action over the course of the season.
Let's go Buccos!