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apilgrim's Offseason Plan

Six new faces in this plan with an emphasis on adding controllable LHB to the outfield. A gamble that we can improve Tony Cingrani.



Arbitration Eligible players (using MLBTR's arbitration estimates)
Danny Valencia – $5.3 million Tender
Yonder Alonso – $4.1 million Non-tender
Khris Davis – $5.0 million Tender
Stephen Vogt – $3.7 million Tender
Sonny Gray – $3.7 million Tender
Liam Hendriks – $1.0 million Tender

Impending Free Agents

Ross Detwiler – release
Sam Fuld – release

Free Agent Signings

Jason Castro (LHB-C)
Two years, $16 million. Castro plays solid defense for us and hits .220. No surprises during his time with us.

Jhoulys Chacin (RHP-SP)
One year, $4 million. Chacin had a nice second half last year with a 3.50 ERA, 3.76 xFIP over 7 starts with the Angels.

Trades

Sonny Gray for Greg Bird (LHB-1B NYY) + one more
We take a chance on Bird to come back from his injury. McCann and a FA signing (Pearce? Lind?) split time at 1B for the Yankees.

Liam Hendriks for Eddie Rosario (LHB-OF MIN)
Hendriks returns to torment the Royals. Minnesota needs pitching they can flip at the deadline for more prospects. Depending on where Sano settles in, Rosario might be the odd man out of Buxton/Kepler/Grossman. Rosario does a little bit of everything, slightly below average. He has nice speed and may turn in some slight upside for us. He is converted to a CF.

Stephen Vogt for Tony Cingrani (LHP-RP CIN)
Reds also need another LHB and I think this is a good fit. Cingrani throws just fastballs and I think his time is up in CIN. We have him mix in a sinker and convert him to a starter.

Bruce Maxwell for Brian Goodwin (LHB-OF WAS)
The Nats get a LH-hitting catcher and we get a toolsy (LHB) OF that plays all three OF positions for us.


Summary

Roster
Sample Lineup
CF Rosario L
2B Lowrie S
3B Healy R
LF Davis R
1B Bird L
DH Valencia R
RF Goodwin L
SS Semien R
C Castro L

Bench
2B Wendle L
C Phegley R
OF Canha R
OF/1B Olson L

Pitching
Starters
LHP Manaea
LHP Cingrani
RHP Graveman
RHP Alcantara
RHP Chacin

Relief Pitchers
LHP Coulombe
LHP Doolittle
RHP Dull
RHP Triggs
RHP Axford
RHP Madson
RHP J. Smith

Thank you for reading.