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Originally Posted by bluejays
Agree. They're in no mans land, so adding long term contracts through free agency without supplemental prospect help, is setting this team up to fail when they're invariably let go. My personal view, and I've said it for awhile, is to trade Bo. Not because I want to, but because they have to. They don't have stable prospects coming up, and with Bo, whose bat I truly love, becoming a FA and seemingly won't sign here, why not get a sign and trade going to a team he wants to be with? I'd put money down he'll bounce back. I'd personally sign him long term but we need him for returning prospects.
To sum it up:
- avoid lengthy free agent contracts which would tie the organization down down the road
- Sign Vlad
- Trade Bo for blue chip prospects
- Deal Gausman for blue chip prospects
A year or two you could then bring in the prospects from a Bo trade, add a bat or two in free agency, and you're moving ahead. As it stands they're not in a good place.
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Isnt signing Vlad to a long term contract kind of doing what you are saying? I dont think he is going to be happy signing with a team that is selling off its assets (Bo/KG) to go into a rebuild/retool. I feel like if they want to trade Bo (whose value is at an all time low right now) that they may as well go full scortched earth and get a major haul for Vlad too. Half measures wont cut it unfortunately. They are in a tough spot.
