FA starting pitching next year

[El Gordo]

IMO we have to sign at least one FA SP, maybe two. Which of these would you most want and which do you think we would have a chance to sign:

Zimmermann

Fister

Kazmir

Iwakuma

Buehrle

Gallardo

Estrada

Kennedy

Smardzija

Anderson

Any others?

[Bahama O's Fan]

Maybe Price?

[Going Underground]

Mike Leake.

[El Gordo]

Maybe Price?

I excluded any SP that I thought would get 5/100M or more. O's will never pay that as long as PA is owner. That probably should include Zimmermann and Fister, but one can hope.

[El Gordo]

Mike Leake.

Maybe. But career ERA 3.88/FIP 4.20, 1.272 WHIP, 6.1 K/9

[Going Underground]

I excluded any SP that I thought would get 5/100M or more. O's will never pay that as long as PA is owner. That probably should include Zimmermann and Fister, but one can hope.

I think Fister will come cheap. Relegated to the bullpen in DC. I think he might sign a one year deal to get his worth up. Leake is a groundball pitcher like Fister.

[weams]

I only am interested in pitchers with no pick attached. Than means no Chen as well.

[allquixotic]

Out of the FA SPs, I think we could probably get any two of Aaron Harang, Tim Hudson, or Jeremy Guthrie. Probably others, but those guys give you an idea of the type of FA we could afford. O's won't deal for any of the guys listed in the OP. Too expensive for a mid-market team that spent a ridiculous amount of money on dead weight this year.

Problem is, DD and Buck know that throwing money at a bunch of "innings-eater" veterans (read: guys who'll have a 5+ ERA) isn't going to get us to the playoffs, so they won't want to make these moves, even. They'll let our existing FA walk, then sit on their hands and not replace them, not even with terrible players. They'll just call up guys from the minors to replace them and hope for the best. Re-signing Guthrie would be the ultimate white flag on the 2016 season; it would be too obvious. So they won't do that.

[Going Underground]

I only am interested in pitchers with no pick attached. Than means no Chen as well.

Some we will not know till teams decide to make a qualifying offer. Some of these guys got traded so no pick,correct?

[weams]

Some we will not know till teams decide to make a qualifying offer. Some of these guys got traded so no pick,correct?

Right. Any trade means no pick. Anytime during the season.

[Going Underground]

Out of the FA SPs, I think we could probably get any two of Aaron Harang, Tim Hudson, or Jeremy Guthrie. Probably others, but those guys give you an idea of the type of FA we could afford. O's won't deal for any of the guys listed in the OP. Too expensive for a mid-market team that spent a ridiculous amount of money on dead weight this year.

Problem is, DD and Buck know that throwing money at a bunch of "innings-eater" veterans (read: guys who'll have a 5+ ERA) isn't going to get us to the playoffs, so they won't want to make these moves, even. They'll let our existing FA walk, then sit on their hands and not replace them, not even with terrible players. They'll just call up guys from the minors to replace them and hope for the best. Re-signing Guthrie would be the ultimate white flag on the 2016 season; it would be too obvious. So they won't do that.

We can get Norris back. Not sure what flag that would be . Maybe Black Flag because it would kill attendance dead.

[scOtt]

Maybe. But career ERA 3.88/FIP 4.20, 1.272 WHIP, 6.1 K/9

Those numbers aren't horrible. If he was the lesser of two pitchers we signed it would be ok.

[Going Underground]

Those numbers aren't horrible. If he was the lesser of two pitchers we signed it would be ok.

The problem is he might get 14 or 15 million a year. He is only 27 and has pitched pretty good the last three years inj a hitters park.

[ReclaimTheCrown]

I think Fister will come cheap. Relegated to the bullpen in DC. I think he might sign a one year deal to get his worth up. Leake is a groundball pitcher like Fister.

I strongly agree on Fister as a bounceback candidate. Really would pursue him pretty strongly. Any projections on what he would get? He's 31, coming off a pretty subpar season. Still carries a 3.44 lifetime ERA, and has had previous success in the AL.

I don't know if his season was bad enough to relegate him to a one year deal, but certainly provided some pause for that would've offered him huge money. Any chance he ends up in the Ubaldo contract range?

[El Gordo]

I only am interested in pitchers with no pick attached. Than means no Chen as well.

which above listed SP do you think will have a pick attached?