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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Veach fired his best bullet(s) on the Clark trade. And now with the lack of cost controlled players on the roster with significant upside due to trades and the horrific 2018 draft, he can't really afford to keep torching day 1 or 2 capital.
So yeah, they probably aren't making a significant move. Nor should they. The problem is that the big moves he made in the last 2 seasons are simply not working out.
This isn't an excuse - its a reckoning. Veach is looking at paying the piper for poor decisions made over the last 18 months right now.
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Veach has done an excellent job with value moves this year. Hardman, Thornhill, Rankin and Saunders are all on rookie deals until at least the end of 2021. Ward has been a nice corner and Fenton (like Saunders) has shown well in a small sample size.
I would argue that Veach getting literally nothing but Nnandi from the 2018 draft is worse than the major FA splashes.
I like what Veach did this offseason aside from his big signings. Trying to get a bunch of cheap value players like Ogbah, D. Wilson and D. Lee along with the draft is what I’d like to see Veach do. Sure all of them won’t work out, but even having 1 or 2 guys working out for a cheap contract is crucial for us.