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I like Price, but I would really like to make sure we land Stanton in an aggressive package 1st. I can't see Walker or Paxton getting moved in a Price scenario! E-Ram and Mauer + a few others. I think the 1st order of business is getting a couple of moves completed 1st:
1. Sign Ellsbury ($18-20M)
2. Sign Lincecum ($10-$12M)
3. Trade or Stanton (Send Walker/Paxton/Franklin/Saunders/+ in this package for Stanton...WHATEVER it takes!)
THEN...
4. Trade for Price $12-$14M arbitration salary approx
5. Trade for Braun (I'm hearing it's only gonna take a couple B level prospects for him, and Brewers will still need to cover some of the backloaded contract. Braun's 2014 salary is only $10M)
6. Re-Sign Morales $10M
7. Restructure Gutz Contract after a buyout, on an incentive laden deal ($2.5M approx)
Rotation
1. Felix
2. Price
3 Iwakuma
4. Lincecum OR Tanaka
5. Whatever prospect is the best
OFFENSE
CF Ellsbury
SS Miller
RF Stanton
LF Braun
DH/1B Morales (Replacing Smoak against LHPs with Gutz DHing with LHPs)
1B Smoak
3B Seager
2B Ackley
C Zunino
BENCH
IF Truinfel
DH/OF Gutz
OF/CF Almonte (4th OFER)
DH/1B Morales
C/DH Montero (Backup Catcher only)
That's approximately a $100m payroll with all those additions, considering right now we only have $32.5M in committed contracts for 2014.
YES, our farm would be hit hard after the Stanton and Price trades, but considering our Farm System was ranked 26th in MLB in 2008 right before Z took over...and now in the top 3...I have confidence over the next 3-4 years we can have a TOP farm system once again after these trades. Also with the TV deal in place there is NO REASON Seattle can't get this aggressive with the above moves! Just my thoughts is all.