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I can see that side of the argument. I just think the guys you mentioned will become too expensive for the Indians.
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RF/DH: Shin-Soo Choo
SS: Asdrubal Cabrera
2B: Jason Kipnis
C/1B: Mike Napoli. 5 years. 55 million
C/1B: Carlos Santana
RF/DH: Cody Ross. 3 years 15 million
LF: Melky Cabrera 2 years 8 million
3B: Lonnie Chisenhall. Would love to upgrade here just don't see a RH bat to fill this spot
CF: Michael Brantley
This takes up the 18 million saved from Hafner and Sizemore, and only adds 2 million to the payroll and adds 3 RH bats, I'm willing to take a chance on Melky on a 2 year deal. If he can still play you extend it and give some more money, if he can't your only out 4 million a year.
it actually doesn't add any $$ to the payroll when you take away all of our contracts expiring and even add in our arbitration raises.
however, what it does do is leave us with this rotation:
Masterson
Ubaldo
McAllister
Carrasco
J.Gomez? Tomlin? ??
we were actually not a completely terrible hitting team last season. but the worst starting pitching team in the AL.
i also think Melky winds up with more $$ than that from a team that can afford a high-risk flier.
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Not trying to be an ass, but a not so terrible hitting team was dead last vs lefties, we need at least 3 RH bats this offseason!!!
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Not trying to be an ass, but a not so terrible hitting team was dead last vs lefties, we need at least 3 RH bats this offseason!!!
no offense taken. the problem is that our SP was worst against RH and LH, so I think we need to fix that first. especially given that LHP are not all that prominent. which allowed us to be:
#22 in runs scored
#11 in OBP (3rd best in not striking out, 4th best in getting walks)
that's not to say we don't need more offense (in particular RHB). we do. we had virtually no power and, as you mentioned, were toast against lefties.
it's just that only the Rockies had a worse team ERA than us. we didn't strike out very many batters, but we were among the worst at giving out BBs. wretched year pitching.
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