I'm starting to believe more and more that at the very least Encarnacion is gone. Between him and Bautista they're both aging, have some nagging injury woes, but put up very big numbers and are FA's next year. What better time to deal them than now? If Shapiro likes prospects so much those are two guys you could deal and get a kings ransom. I wouldn't be against it. I'd be against just holding with the pitching as is. The area that's costing us games is pitching (relief and starting). Having taken a step back and seeing a lot of the free-swinging this post-season, I'm sure a lot of it was because the lack of confidence in the pitching staff, and the batters feeling they have to do it all themselves. Great pitching would make a huge difference, but there's also a higher chance of a great pitcher getting injured too.
Side note, getting back to the Dickey deal, yeah it wasn't great for us if you were to do it today, but what's so good about D'Arnaud? I've watched him this playoffs and he's not that good. Syndergaard yes, D'Arnaud, not so much. A tad better than your average catcher.
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