Possible Solutions to the Wieters problem

[weams]

I never said him getting a QO was unreasonable. I said him netting a comp pick shouldnt be counted on.

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You were smarter than me. I never expected him back.

[mcgraw238]

As a one year deal, I'm not so overly worried. Are you? I mean, it's not like when your Shortstop tears his labrum in a Spring collision with your second baseman who later tears his PCL.

Conceptually no, but we now have $16M 2016 marbles allocated to Matt. I see the path to fielding a playoff team very difficult given the continuous talk of flat budgets.

[Can_of_corn]

Conceptually no, but we now have $16M 2016 marbles allocated to Matt. I see the path to fielding a playoff team very difficult given the continuous talk of flat budgets.

How was the path looking when you went to bed last night?

[mdbdotcom]

Wieters shares the catching with Joseph and the DH with Clevenger. If he hits well, it will provide a boost at both spots.

That means we don't sign someone like Jaso for $6 million, so we're only down 10. Happy Days!

[mcgraw238]

How was the path looking when you went to bed last night?

Difficult, but slightly better.

[mdbdotcom]

Difficult, but slightly better.

A bounceback year for Hardy seems a lot more important now.

[24fps]

A bounceback year for Hardy seems a lot more important now.

Tillman too.

[SteveO]

Tillman too.

We are gonna need bounce back years from just about anyone who can have a bounce back year.

My hope is that MW has a magical year and gets a ton of dough by some other team next offseason after either being traded for a decent prospect or two

[Spy Fox]

This should really be titled "Possible Solutions to the Budget Problem."

It's not like Wieters' presence is BAD for the team. He isn't the problem, the problem is the tightened budget restraints caused by this new contract.

You can't retract the QO, so the "solution" has nothing to do with getting rid of Wieters, it has everything to do with exploring creative roster improvement options beyond just signing a couple expensive FAs.

[24fps]

There sure are some beautiful pigs in the state of Maryland these days.

Good luck finding any more lipstick though...

[Aristotelian]

That seems hyperbolic. And even if it's true it's a matter of degree, I suppose you could believe this pushes the median projection from 76 wins to 74 and that's below your threshold of plausible contention. But saying this is it, this took the team from a plausible playoff birth to not seems like an obvious exaggeration.

Let's say they didn't have Wieters and could use the $15M on anything. Likely case is that money buys two wins. The only way that's a huge impact is if you're VERY certain they're now an 87-win team.

Again, that seems like a matter of some debate. Is that possible? Sure. Has Joseph ever done this in his eight-year professional career? Nope. He's never caught 100 games in any professional season, not even among multiple teams in a year (well, there was that one year he just crossed the threshold if you include AFL games).

Caleb played 100 games last year and put up 2.2 WAR.

If it is not hyperbole, what is your plan to get this team competitive with about $15-$25M to spend, no 1B, LF, RF, or #1 or #2 SP?

Would we have made the playoffs without Wieters? Probably not. There were lots of other factors stacked against us. But to me, this is the straw that breaks the camel's back. Clearing Wieters' salary and hoping for 2 WAR from CJ with $30M to spend at least seemed like a plausible strategy.

[DrinkinWithFermi]

I think the "solution" to this "problem" is using Clevenger to limit Matt's exposure to righties a bit and keep him fresh, which should in turn help to facilitate another QO opportunity next off season for that sweet, sweet #draftpickcompensation. Plus this allows us to try to package Joseph in a deal to fill a hole elsewhere or something.

Personally, BTW, I'm just fine with him accepting the QO this year because I never had any delusions of signing Davis or a similarly-priced top-tier FA.

[waroriole]

Some folks were counting on a budget that would approach 50 million dollars per year in new acquisitions. They now know that dream is dead. The end.

I was expecting about 30-40. Half of that just went out the window.

[FanSince88]

"Hi Matt, it's Buck. I need you to but several first basemen's mitts in the offseason. Oh, you wanted to catch? That's nice. Caleb is a better catcher than you are."

"Problem" solved.

[FanSince88]

"Hi Matt, it's Buck. I need you to but several first basemen's mitts in the offseason. Oh, you wanted to catch? That's nice. Caleb is a better catcher than you are."

"Problem" solved.

"Hi Matt, it's Buck. I need you to buy several first basemen's mitts in the offseason. Oh, you wanted to catch? That's nice. Caleb is a better catcher than you are."

"Problem" solved.