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Great line and practical take, Ice.
Would love to read an SSI take on what Z is *likely* to do this offseason - he is under the gun (whether he would care to admit it or not) and seems to have The Board ready to fund a splashy offseason, like the Jays and Cleveland had last winter.
Jack Z forked flipped org scrap for Cliff Lee in his prime at $7 mil and turned Putz into Vargas and a 6 WAR CF; I, for one, doubt Z plans on leveraging cash (of which the rest of the league is also flush) into a job-saving season.
Z stated that this would most likely be a "creative" offseason. Paying Rakuten $60 mil for negotiating rights doesn't seem like what he had in mind. That also goes for outbidding other anxious MLB orgs for Choo and/or Ells.
I would be surprised and tickled with Tanaka but I am wondering what SSI *really* thinks Z is likely to do :)