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I've given up on the dream of them benching Cruz and using him as a PH.
well, you have one more option on Barrera, while Pineda / Millas have 3. I think Adams has 1 as well. If your concern is cost controlled backup, Pineda may be your guy. Jesus Flores of course was a real exceptional bird. You may be right that no one will grab him, but I think risk is a lot greater than is was 2 years ago when we first exposed him (no rule 5 last year).
Alternatively or as part of that, I could see one of those rare prospect/fringe-for-prospect/fringe deals with an organization that has a surplus someplace but lacks catchers. But the Nats aren't the only organization that'll be looking to move catchers off the back end of their 40-man - Tampa Bay has the same issue, for example. Actually, Tampa Bay has an interesting 40-man crunch, but I'm not sure the Nats have the mid-grade prospects who don't need to be added yet to exploit that via trade.
One guy who is struggling now but is plenty young and has some upside is De La Rosa. He's a 45 on FG, and has a few years before he has to be added. He may be more of a jewel than trade bait, but for a guy who we'd immediately add to our 40 man roster and maybe have a shot at the majors he might do the trick. Maybe a 2nd/3rd baseman or corner OF?
well, why deal if there's great guys getting cut? We will have first waiver pick for guys waived off the 40 man at this rate and first Rule 5 pick for guys who were never on the 40 man rosters. I guess you are saying Misner might be good enough to give something up rather than play the waiting game. May be especially true if other teams would be interested and it was known we'd hoover him up if exposed to Rule 5.
IS there an article or a list on teams facing serious 40 man roster squeezes? Somehow I think there may have been a piece of Fangraphs. By the way, the Clippard DFA smells like an auction to contenders looking for bullpen help, especially those facing a 40 man squeeze in the off-season. Give us a guy you likely can't keep but can make our roster and we will give you bullpen help down the stretch. we didn't need he 40 man spot yet - we are at 39.
IS there an article or a list on teams facing serious 40 man roster squeezes? Somehow I think there may have been a piece of Fangraphs.
they have sort of an inverse 40 man crunch. Are there 40 guys with enough talent that we want them on the roster this offseason? jk.Cruz of course will be bought out, so that's one slot. Hernandez and Franco are not under contract. Cishek, too. doolittle. Cot's has Edwards listed as an FA, but I thought we had another year of control? Erasmo. All per cot's. I'm excluding already released guys on their list. This really belongs in the premature roster speculation thread.
a rotation front-ended by Cavalli, Gray, and Gore can't be worse than this year, right?
On the off-chance strasburg returns next year, we’ve got six starters. Plus Espino.
so as of tonight, five pieces of the next-gen core are in place: Ruiz, Garcia, Abrams, Gray, Cavalli.
You can never tell with relievers from year to year but right now a back end of a bullpen for next year of these guys looks pretty good:HarveyEdwards JR.FinneganRainey
I agree with the sentiment, but I believe Rainey will miss all of 2023 with TJ. Insert Bryzcky, Cronin and Ferrer to that group instead!
By next year sometime we’ll have:SP1. Cavalli 2. Gore3. GrayBPFinnegan, Rainey, ferrer, Cronin, Bryzcky, Harvey C RuizSS Abrams2B GarciaLF ThomasRF Meneses1B VoitVargas, adams/Barerra on the benchTeam *starting* to come together