In a perfect world:
Keep Elliott
Trade Johnson
Trade for one of Grubauer, Darling, Saros, Lehner, Mrazek
Ride that tandem through next year.
They'd all have different acquisition costs, but getting younger while having the insurance of a guy like Elliott in a 1A/1B scenario is ideal. Would Elliott want that again? Hard to say, but unless he goes on an insane run to end the season I don't see him having another option.
What I don't want is a super expensive guy who might not even be that great or is getting too old. No to Bishop, MAF, Howard, Miller, Smith, etc.
We still need to focus on finding a diamond in the rough, not shelling out over 5M for a "sure thing."
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