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So let's see...if we made no further changes our 25 man roster would likely be:
Rotation:
King Felix
Hisashi Iwakuma
Erasmo Ramirez
Blake Beavan
James Paxton / Danny Hultzen
Bullpen:
Tom Wilhelmson
Stephen Pryor
Charlie Furbush
Carter Capps
Oliver Perez
Josh Kinney / Shawn Kelley
Lucas Luetge (WOW that's a good bullpen)
Catchers:
Jesus Montero
Jesus Sucre (this needs fixing)
Infielders
Mike Morse
Kendrys Morales
Dustin Ackley
Brendan Ryan
Kyle Seager
Robert Andino
Alex Liddi / Vinny Catricala / Justin Smoak
Outfielders:
Raul Ibanez
Jason Bay
Franklin Gutierrez
Michael Saunders
You do have the option of going with Casper Wells or Mike Carp as a fifth outfielder in the circumstance where either man is crushing the ball in ST and you consider it OK to gamble with Robert Andino backing up everywhere except first base on the IF and 1B being triple-covered by Morse/Morales/Ibanez
We have tow obvious needs to be filled via FA
BC - we need something more established to keep the pressure off of Montero. My vote goes to the recently DFA'd George Kottaras at basically nothing (the As are paying him...he is under contract).
And you need to do everything in your power to (a) force Hultzen/Paxton to earn his spot in the rotation and (b) never let Lake Beavan see the light of day unless in the case of injury or placeholder status while minor leaguers get better prepared.
So go drop the dime to sign Shaun Marcum and be done with it.
Call that your offseason and I say it's not too bad.