Christopher wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 10:38 pm
The "good" news is that with the accelerated timeline, we'll probably be put out of misery on our Bryant hopes pretty quickly.
Braced for Bryant to Seattle.
Assuming that the Phils are willing to spend up to the luxury tax - they have 50ish mil to spend
Bryant, Schwarber and a bullpen arm
Schwarber will cost about 3/60
Bryant somewhere in the neighborhood of 6/150
So that is 45M leaves 5+ on an arm
But that leaves no money for a Brad Miller type or other bench pieces not to mention the Phils will need at least 1 starter
I know it's a pipe dream anyway, but if they got Bryant AND Schwarber, they wouldn't really need Miller.
But they really do need two everyday bats, unless (and who am I kidding) they just plan to cycle trash through the DH slot. Or they'll justify it by saying they'll cycle Harper/Realmuto/Hoskins through the DH slot, which means we'll have trash in RF, C or 1B on those days.
Not ready to settle or give up on Bryant, but signing the trio of Schwarber, Miller, McCutchen and platooning wisely wouldn't be awful and would leave dollars for pitching.
Christopher wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:04 pm
I know it's a pipe dream anyway, but if they got Bryant AND Schwarber, they wouldn't really need Miller.
But they really do need two everyday bats, unless (and who am I kidding) they just plan to cycle trash through the DH slot. Or they'll justify it by saying they'll cycle Harper/Realmuto/Hoskins through the DH slot, which means we'll have trash in RF, C or 1B on those days.
Need a real DH bat.
They need 3 bats
However,
Segura
JT
Bryce
Schwarber
KB
Rhys
Bohm
Didi/Stott
DH du jour
Christopher wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 11:06 pm
Or, fuck it, just get Correa
Agreed. That's where I'm at honestly, they need to spend a lot of money and if you're going to spend you might as well get the best out there at a big position of need.