Snell and Fried

[Roll Tide]

5 hours ago, Orange said:

How would you feel if we trusted the growth of the offense to the bevy of top prospects we have already introduced to the big leagues, didn't sign any hitters in FA, and Rubenstein opened the checkbook and paid for the two exemplary left handers on the free agent market in Snell and Fried? They might be attracted to the dimensions of the park and we can finally start building the roster to take advantage of the wall.

We'd get comp picks for Santa and Burnes, pick up all of the bullpen options, and we'd just play all of the kids (and we'd have room for them in Baltimore).

A rotation of Snell, Fried, Rodriguez, Eflin, and Kremer with Suarez, Povich, and McDermott on standby plus some non-zero chance of contribution from Bradish and Wells. The bullpen could use another top righty, but if Felix comes back close to 100% the pen is already a strength. The big bet would be on the young guys, and I'd argue that it already is.

Snell is only good for about 22/23 starts …. He’d be a bad sign if he gets anywhere near Burnes deal..

Edited 9 hours ago by Roll Tide

[Billy F-Face3]

I want to resign Burnes, resign Santander (if the deal and length is fair), add another star quality bat, and then we can add to the bullpen. I absolutely love the idea of adding Max Fried (and any star left handed starter) to the rotiation, but I'm not sure I see them as a bigger priority than Burnes and boosting the lineup. I think Santander boosts the lineup because he's a rare 100 RBI per season power switch hitter who is good from both sides of the plate, and as good as any of the better switch hitters who has ever played the game. I think he is highly under rated around this message board. In other parts of Birdland, he is much more appreciated.

But resigning them will not be enough, as 2024 showed. We will need to improve the roster around them too.  And we will need more ability to manufacture runs for the offense. I think having speedsters back like Mateo will contribute to that, but the problem is we need speedsters who are more reliable at getting on base than Mateo has always been. (Maybe add a true/pure lead off hitter?) And we can use another steady power bat.

[Moose Milligan]

Snell is gonna end up on the west coast. 

That wont prevent a few thousand posts about the offer we should make him. 

[eddie83]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Snell is gonna end up on the west coast. 

That wont prevent a few thousand posts about the offer we should make him. 

I think Burnes does as well. 

[Moose Milligan]

36 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

I think Burnes does as well. 

Can’t blame anyone for preferring the west coast. I wouldn’t be surprised if Burnes winds up out there. 

 

[Orioles0615]

3 hours ago, Orange said:

This is our first offseason with Uncle Ruby’s money. I think it’s burning a hole in his pocket. He wants to make a splash.

It is possible that he told Elias to come to him with whatever the best plan is and he’d be inclined to fund it. I mean, he said something to Elias, right?? What do you think he said to him about the payroll?

For all we know Elias is cheap as well. 

[bpilktree67]

5 hours ago, Fiver6565 said:

Strider

They did guarantee his arbitration years but they didn’t add any years to their control.