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Pelican · 11-10-2025, 03:43 PM

So, here goes. Taking the 47-win Rockies and spending some money. Going from a meagre budget of $180,000,000 to a middle-of-the-pack $340,000,000. From a miserly $59 million payroll to just over $300 million. For comparison, the Dodgers are $535 million and $430 million, respectively. And yeah, same Division, but opposite ends. Here is how the off-season went:

Signed IF Ha-seong Kim for $20.6 M per year, for five years.

Signed SP Cody Ponce from overseas for $5.6M/5 years.

Nabbed Harrison Bader for $21M/5. Sorry, Phillies.

Swing guy Mike Lorenzen for $2.2M for one year.

Broke the hearts of Philly signing Kyle Schwarber for $43M/5. How many HR can he hit at Coors?

Young SP Cole Ragans for $25M/7 years. I obviously think he is going to get even better than he was with the royals.

Veteran Nathan Eovaldi for $32M/7.

Super-veteran Jacob deGrom at $33.3M/3. Sorry, Rangers.

2B Jorge Polanco at $17.5M/5.

Former Phillies Nick Pavetta at $20.4M/5.

Denver native Griffin Jax for $21M/3.

Another former Phil, 1B/DH Rhys Hoskins at bargain $9.5M/4.

3B Michael Vargas for discounted $7M/5.

According to the off-season computations, that represents a gain of 34.7 WAR, balanced by a loss of 5.2. No other team comes close to that.

So, a team with an entirely new five-man rotation, and new closer, relief help. Building on a decent lineup of Goodman at C/DH, Tovar at SS, Doyle in CF, Moniak/Veen in RF.

I raised ticket prices, and sold more season tickets. With each free agent signing, there was an increase if fan enthusiasm. This is a team that always - even in an awful year - has drawn well. The owner has the money. Let's see if the investment pays off.

11-10-2025, 03:43 PM	#2
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,989	So, here goes. Taking the 47-win Rockies and spending some money. Going from a meagre budget of $180,000,000 to a middle-of-the-pack $340,000,000. From a miserly $59 million payroll to just over $300 million. For comparison, the Dodgers are $535 million and $430 million, respectively. And yeah, same Division, but opposite ends. Here is how the off-season went: Signed IF Ha-seong Kim for $20.6 M per year, for five years. Signed SP Cody Ponce from overseas for $5.6M/5 years. Nabbed Harrison Bader for $21M/5. Sorry, Phillies. Swing guy Mike Lorenzen for $2.2M for one year. Broke the hearts of Philly signing Kyle Schwarber for $43M/5. How many HR can he hit at Coors? Young SP Cole Ragans for $25M/7 years. I obviously think he is going to get even better than he was with the royals. Veteran Nathan Eovaldi for $32M/7. Super-veteran Jacob deGrom at $33.3M/3. Sorry, Rangers. 2B Jorge Polanco at $17.5M/5. Former Phillies Nick Pavetta at $20.4M/5. Denver native Griffin Jax for $21M/3. Another former Phil, 1B/DH Rhys Hoskins at bargain $9.5M/4. 3B Michael Vargas for discounted $7M/5. According to the off-season computations, that represents a gain of 34.7 WAR, balanced by a loss of 5.2. No other team comes close to that. So, a team with an entirely new five-man rotation, and new closer, relief help. Building on a decent lineup of Goodman at C/DH, Tovar at SS, Doyle in CF, Moniak/Veen in RF. I raised ticket prices, and sold more season tickets. With each free agent signing, there was an increase if fan enthusiasm. This is a team that always - even in an awful year - has drawn well. The owner has the money. Let's see if the investment pays off. __________________ Pelican OOTP 2020-? ”Hard to believe, Harry.” Last edited by Pelican; 11-10-2025 at 03:45 PM.