Geoff Baker echos my thoughts on FA and the standard cliches (excuses) for a non-contending team

[Fan4Life]

Not with this current roster.

We'd have to blow the team up to build that 90 million dollar contender.

Perhaps you'd like to take a stab at that path to success? What should they do to field a $90m "contender"?

[CA-ORIOLE]

Because he knows you can't Field(er) a winner for only $90m.

You must not be familiar with The Trea rule of posting:

1. Ignore points that run counter to your premise.

2. Hang on to any point, no matter how irrational, that support your premise.

[JTrea81]

Are you going to post what you would do for this season and keep the payroll around $120M? I asked you about a week ago, just making sure you haven't forgot.

I already did. Subtract Wilson from my offseason and trade Matusz and Schoop in a package for Gio Gonzalez.

[waroriole]

I already did. Subtract Wilson from my offseason and trade Matusz and Schoop in a package for Gio Gonzalez.

Is it in this thread? I must have missed it.

[JTrea81]

Perhaps you'd like to take a stab at that path to success? What should they do to field a $90m "contender"?

Well one option (blow it up) is that you have to trade JJ, Hardy, Reynolds, Guthrie, Jones, Wieters and Markakis for starters. Roberts would just have to be a dump but he'd likely be the only veteran left.

That should get you some good building blocks. It may take awhile for that team to gel but Wieters would get you some real nice players.

I'll see if I can tweak my offseason a bit to come up with the all-in trades option...

[JanJaap]

175/7 for Fielder, yea right, Angelos will not approve that contract in a million years.