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Redskins Rick Hangout Grand Counsel

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Sure. Or DD packages him with a prospect.

Sure, if we could get something like a Hamel, but you never know.

Something to throw out there.

Previously Bundy was untouchable, but does DD unload him, because he is fragile and get what he can, so he doesn't take up a roster spot next season?

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Gotta get back to work and not entirely sure what my opinion would be, but I'm curious what some of you think about the B-/C+ free agent signings/re-signings of players in the $3-6 million range, vs signing quality depth at value and spending more money on key free agents who command a higher salary. The obvious question in this scenario is trading EdRod to get Miller and then letting Miller walk for $9 million per season, while re-signing De Aza, Hunter, Matusz veteran equivalent salaries and finding out in May that the value depth signings/trades turned out to be better fits for the roster, regardless of salary. And the almost $13 million on those three middle of the road vets would have easily covered Miller's salary. Again, it's an easy target in hindsight, but my question I suppose is whether we should generally avoid the $3-6 million dollar FAs, save up for bigger pieces, and fall back on one of DD's great strengths, which is finding quality depth to fill holes in the organization. Sorry to not hash this out more coherently......gotta run.

It's easier to target in hind sight. It is. It's not a matter of covering salary. It's a matter of being locked to a player during decline for four years. All three of them. Four years. Flexibility is what has allowed this team to reload and continue to a winning team. I hope this season that is still the case.

Also, spreading the risk around allows for a Jimmy Paredes or Steve Pearce or Miguel Gonzalez to occur instead of one Josh Hamilton that you eat the entire contract on and allow another team to enjoy whatever talent is left. Without paying for it.

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Buck was pretty gracious about De Aza:

"I think in the long run, like I told Alejandro, it's going to work out better for him. It gives us an opportunity to trade him, which I'm sure Dan (Duquette) looked into already. I know he has, gauging interest. If nothing works out to our satisfaction or advantage, he, like he probably would have been at the end of this year, picks and chooses from some teams that would have had interest in him. He's going to end up in a better situation. I feel good for him in the long run. I think he'll understand it as he gets away from it.

"We know he's capable of better and he'll probably be able to do that somewhere else, but we kind of got into a situation where we had to make a move. It's not going to be the first time, either. We're going to have some more of those coming up, some tough ones with other people coming back to us. That's also why we had to acquire players for the depth that we've had to have for the first part of the season."

Only Chris Davis (64) struck out more than De Aza.

"Alejandro is going to be fine," Showalter said. "It's going to be a lot easier on him than it is on, well, I shouldn't say that. I think what he did for us the last third of the season is indicative of what he is capable of and probably will do this year at some point for somebody else. But that somebody else is not in the situation that we're in as a team. Each case is different.

"Some of the struggles he had in Chicago, which is why he was available, didn't play as much. I think we will see that when he gets another opportunity. Obviously wish him well. Good teammate, professional guy, worked hard at it and it bothered him that he couldn't get to what he was capable of. He showed flashes of it, and he will again. He's a young man."

http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2015/05/showalter-on-roster-move-and-more-1.html

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But he's certainly lost a lot of leverage. He has to be off the books in short order or they will eat the deal.

True, but the DFA can sometimes motivate a potential buyer. Not that I expect much more than some salary relief for De Aza at this point.

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