CF options for 2025

[OriolesMagic83]

I thought it would be good to discuss the 2025 options for CF.

1.  Would be keep Mullins in CF.  Mullins is going into his last year of arbitration.  He makes $6.325 this year and should get a raise to the $8-9 million range.  Mullins has a .680 OPS right now w/ 13 HR.  He also is terrible .422 OPS against LHP, so needs a LHP platoon or someone like Cowser sliding over from LF.

2.  Free Agents.  Slim pickings.  Trade for Bellinger.  He has a $27.5 mill player option, with another $25 mill player option left on his contract.  He has a .760 OPS  You would think it's pretty much a sure thing he picks up the option.  Other options include Harrison Bader .700 OPS, Michael Taylor 569 OPS, Kevin Pillar .738 OPS, Aaron Hicks lol.  You can see it's not much of a free agent class. 

3.  O's Farm.  There seems to be no one ready to play CF

4.  Slide Cowser over to CF and put Kjerstad in LF and sign Santander to an extension in RF.  Alternatively, put Kjerstad in RF and sign a free agent in left field. 

Any other options?

[theobird]

I’m on board with bringing Cedric back

[Moose Milligan]

Cowser

[Sports Guy]

Luis Robert 

[Pickles]

26 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Luis Robert 

More expensive and worse. The SG special.

[Pickles]

27 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Cowser

Who is in LF?

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, Pickles said:

More expensive and worse. The SG special.

Poor post…a Pickles special.

[Sports Guy]

Trout 

[Jim'sKid26]

LF- Cowser

CF- Mullins

RF-Mayo

You've got the rest of AAA season, all off season and all of Spring training to get Mayo up to speed. Can it be done? 

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, Jim'sKid26 said:

LF- Cowser

CF- Mullins

RF-Mayo

You've got the rest of AAA season, all off season and all of Spring training to get Mayo up to speed. Can it be done? 

I think it’s unlikely he will ever be the full time RFer…but 50-70 starts a year?  Yea that can I see.

[Pickles]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

Poor post…a Pickles special.

Roberts has played 65 games and has a 0.3 War. 

Why on earth would we let a productive player like Mullins go to replace him with that?

[Moose Milligan]

38 minutes ago, Pickles said:

Who is in LF?

Good question. 

[Too Tall]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Good question. 

I always thought Who was on first! Sorry, couldn't help it.

[OriolesMagic83]

40 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Trout 

Lol.  Trout only played more than 85 games once since 2019 if I remember right.

[spiritof66]

If you let Cedric go and put Cowser in CF full-time, you've got defensively weak options in LF and no backup CFer. Having below-average LF defense at T. Rowe Price Field is asking for trouble. Unless another opportunity comes along to fill those gaps, it seems to me there's no good alternative to retaining Cedric, and spending the available resources ($$s and players) in places other than adding an OFer: starting pitching, the bullpen and a backup catcher.