I love the "High Roller" mentailty bpj, but it would cost $40M a year for 9-10 years just to get Judge to pass on pinstripes. Could you imagine Judge at 39 years old making $40M?! No thank you sir. Would rather go after Ohtani next year.bpj wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:20 pmYeah it would be much simpler if Nimmo will sign.D-train wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:12 pmI'll admit I am homer biased. I talked briefly with Gilbert in ST 2019 so have that connection. Also he isn't an FA until 2027 vs. 2026 for Reynolds. Just seems a lot simpler to trade for Bednar and sign Nimmo. I bet Gilbert matches or betters Rodon's WAR and Nimmo had 5.0 WAR in 2022 vs. only 2.9 for Reynolds.
We've signed Ray and extended Castillo in the past year and haven't signed a free agent bat since Nelson Cruz apparently.
So thats easier said than done it seems. Pitchers are obviously willing to be here.
If they can get Judge or Nimmo, they obviously should do that. If they don't...
Some people say they'll want major leaguers to add to O'Neil Cruz, others say they want minor leaguers who are close.
One way or another we could pull it off with our pitching depth, especially if we add a free agent SP.
Ace-Ohtani
P-Kirby
P-Castillo
P-Gilbert
P-Ray
I do however like Nimmo, but then we'd be out on Ohtani next season. No my preferred choice is Michael Conforto, and then another impact (1B/DH/OF) type hitter. I'd be happy with Michael Brantley, Andrew Benintendi, Mitch Haniger, Josh Bell, or even Jurickson Profar.
I could see NY, SF, and even the Rangers doing something crazy like that for Judge. However, Jerry doesn't have the balls, nor does Stanton to pull something like that off. But if we do go big, then go after the BIGGEST fish and go get Shohei!