With the CBA changes, repeated overruns of the luxury tax threshold will push your first round draft pick back 10 spaces. A cheap (in terms of cash) rental outfielder/bench bat is the right move. No need to upgrade past this season -- Eaton should be back, MAT and Goodwin have evolved, Stevenson will eventually put it together, Soto on his way. Why take on salary that we might have to dump later? Sure, Mills looks talented but like every pitching prospect, he's a lottery ticket, and while he's now one less ticket in our book, we stlll have room on our payroll to sign Bryce, sign Rendon, pay the guys we already signed and still get some decent draft picks. It may look like a cheap move but in the long run, it's extremely cost-effective.
Great post and analysis. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Do you honestly believe Harper has any shot of signing here? I think it is a foregone conclusion he is going to the Yankees personally. Rendon is great, love him, but I wouldn't commit long term dollars to him given injury history.
