1. Trade for Caleb Smith. Jeets is a terrible negotiator so let's just give up Yasel Antuna and Seth Romero. They get a solid infield prospect and a lottery ticket. Throw in someone like Gage Canning if you have to. Thanks Jeets.
2. Make Voth a middle-relief option as Smith solidifies the rotation. He basically replaces Grace on the roster or Rainey. Caleb Smith makes $550k so we're good luxury-tax wise and he gives us a cheap option for next year.
3. Call up the Blue Jays and ask for Tim Mayza (.614 opposing OPS vs. lefties this year). He's a team-control reliever, so Toronto doesn't want to part with him for nothing, but he doesn't have a long track record. They ask for Telmito Agustin, our #10 prospect. Fine, take him. We don't need outfielders. Mayza makes the minimum.
4. Call up the Tigers and ask for Buck Farmer. They're terrible and he's a middle reliever who is arb-eligible next year. We give them James Bourque and Raudy Read, two likely big-leaguers. You're welcome.
5. Smith makes our rotation even better and offers a bullpen option for the postseason, especially as a lefty. Grace is gone. Bullpen becomes Voth-Mayza-Rodney-Suero-Guerra-Farmer-Doolittle. Rainey, Barracalough, Sipp, etc. are the reserves.
Give me a call Mike.
