One can, as always, deep dive at one’s leisure
HERE.
The slow but steady transitional phase continues with only a few minor adds to keep us moving forward.
Our FA signing for the year is OF Gene Clines. With other players' defensive ratings shifting, we're thin at CF and Gene will be our backup there.
That leaves no room for Willie Montanez, who was always a short-term proposition as soon as Cobra came aboard. We swap him out for a familiar face, along with a handy pitcher who will get to show us his stuff in the Setup role to begin with.
Tim will squeeze out Gene Alley for the everyday SS role. Gene will actually start his walk year of that long contract with us down at Lincoln and is almost certain to be on his way at its conclusion.
The only other deal we pull just beefs up our LHRP depth, leaving us one trade ticket to plug whatever holes might need plugging throughout the season. We also have two of the three Cutlass Club slots open should we need them.
Other than that, the big news is that we'll be putting Parker in the strong side of a platoon at RF with Roberto Clemente. Scoop will be at 1B again, with Pops in LF.
Fryman stays in the LR / ESP role he held down late last year and we might even try and retain him for this purpose if his demands are reasonable. Rhoden will be at AAA for a while, preferably all season if possible. Pagan will have to bide his time, but if Giusti shows signs of last season's debacle he'll be with us. Gossage will operate as a Closer rather than a Stopper, with Hernandez his main Setup guy along with Griffin.
This group should continue to score plenty of runs, but the pitching remains suspect and we are too porous defensively to be truly competitive. All the same, I see us finishing top half and with a winning record.