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Originally Posted by mr. tegu
I am not talking best of the best. If you check out the list below there are plenty of proven solid major league pitchers that we can get this offseason without trading anything. Seriously guys, we do not need to trade anything and yet we can still greatly improve the rotation by getting one or two of these guys to come here next season. Perhaps get one of the better ones, eg, Cain, Greinke, A. Sanchez for a long term deal (3-5 years) and get another older and cheaper filler guy for a year or two eg, Lowe, Marcum to fill next seasons rotation until another younger guy is ready. This is would mimic a lot of what Washington did this past offseason and that has worked well for them. (except that had to do some trading).
* = 2013 club option
Scott Baker *
Joe Blanton
Matt Cain
Fausto Carmona *
Kevin Correia
Jorge De La Rosa *
R.A. Dickey *
Scott Feldman *
Gavin Floyd *
Zack Greinke
Jeremy Guthrie
Cole Hamels
Dan Haren *
Tim Hudson *
Colby Lewis
Francisco Liriano
Kyle Lohse
Derek Lowe
Shaun Marcum
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Brandon McCarthy
Brett Myers *
Carl Pavano
Jake Peavy *
Anibal Sanchez
Jonathan Sanchez
Ervin Santana *
Joe Saunders
James Shields *
Jake Westbrook *
Randy Wolf *
Carlos Zambrano *
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http://www.baseballprospectus.com/co...s/?page_id=177 |
That list still includes Cain, who signed a huge extension with the Giants.
There's no excuse for not signing two guys. I'd love it to be Sanchez/Marcum. That makes a ton of sense to me. Overpay to get Sanchez (who has true ace stuff) and convince Marcum to come home.