scotsman1948
Well-Known Member
yes it is obvious that they were stopgaps but at some point you have to stop with the stopgaps and add quality. instead of tying up $16+M every season on stopgaps that rarely ever pan out. we have Minor, Jurado, Mendez, ABD, Hutchinson, + others to fill out the rotation and more coming up. why not sign a #1 fill in the rest of the rotation internally and roll with them? and then in 2020 roll in Palumbo, Hernandez, Crouse Winn & Ragans to spring training. from them and probably Jurado & Mendez + the #1 we sign this off-season we have a very high potential rotation in 2020 with the needed plugins at AAA to step in if anyone stumbles.Is it not obvious that signings like Moore, Fister and Colon are stopgaps. Unless we can fill in from within I would expect the same this offseason. But the following season you would hope we would sign someone good who would perform a bit more better than Chan Ho Park. Of course it should be based on need and a desire to compete in 2020. Hopefully players have progressed such that not too many pieces are needed.
I just think attendance will be down quite a bit this coming year. Perhaps some ticket packages that include incentive for 2020 will help