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I think we're gonna make some noise this offseason with a big signing and a couple trades.

These are our 9 free agents:

Brad Brach- bring him back on the cheap
Lucas Duda- Good bench piece if we can keep him
Ryan Flaherty- He gone
Nick Markakis- Probably gone, but if we miss out on a big OF FA, he's not a bad fallback option
Brandon McCarthy- He's retiring and would be gone if he wasn't
Peter Moylan- better be gone
René Rivera- gone
Aníbal Sánchez- Probably gone
Kurt Suzuki- Probably gone, but if we can't get Realmuto or Grandall, I'm fine with bringing him back
 

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Realmuto told the Marlins he is not resigning after next season and wants to be traded.


Hopefully him flatout telling them he aint resigning helps us get him for cheaper.


And we really should have kept Suzuki over Flowers. Suzuki/RealMuto would have been the best catching depth chart in baseball.
 

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Awesome. Indians fans are commenting how good of a player he is.
 

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Brantley hit .309 17HR last year and was an AllStar
 

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Awesome. Indians fans are commenting how good of a player he is.

AA also said that we are set in the infield

that + signing Brantley means it is quite likely that Riley will be on his way to the Marlins for Realmuto if the deal goes down

another thing- Brantley played a combined 101 games in 2016 and 2017. He rebounded nicely this year, so hopefully the injury issues are a thing of the past. When healthy, he's an upgrade over Kaiks
 

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AA also said that we are set in the infield

that + signing Brantley means it is quite likely that Riley will be on his way to the Marlins for Realmuto if the deal goes down

another thing- Brantley played a combined 101 games in 2016 and 2017. He rebounded nicely this year, so hopefully the injury issues are a thing of the past. When healthy, he's an upgrade over Kaiks

If he can stay healthy and produce, we'll be getting him at a bargain price. Worth it IMO.
 

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Snit was named manager of the year. Unlike Acuna, his wasn't well deserved.
 

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Im hopeful getting rid of Hernandez will fix Snit. Not confident just hopeful.

I'm with you in that the fact that none of our pitchers, especially relievers could throw strikes has a lot to do with coaching, especially since most of our pitchers were either rookies or really young.

We should have never let Roger McDowell go. But even then, I don't think Hernandez had much to do with Snit's use of the bullpen all season.
 

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Kurt Suzuki now a Nat. So now we'd better get Grandall, Realmuto or Ramos, because our fallback option isn't there anymore.
 

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:L I will still never understand Snit and AA love affair with Tyler Flowers. Should have resigned Zuk.

If we can get a viable primary catcher(Realmuto, Grandall, Ramos), Flowers is the better option as a true backup since defense is far more valued there, and Flowers grades out as a far better defensive catcher than Suzuki, but Suzuki should have been the primary catcher last season because of the far better hitting ability.
 

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Marlins DFA'd Derek Dietrich....we need to sign him causehe would be a solid bench player. Hecan play multiple positions and has a solid bat.
 

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Well we bringing back Brian McCann. Sure he is an all time greathere but since 2012 he has fucking sucked. He is great with pitchers but this gives us the worst offensive catching duo in baseball. Not a fan of the move tbh :L
 

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And we signed Josh Donaldson to a 1 year deal worth 23 FUCKING MILLION!!! NOT A FAN OF THIS EITHER....FUCK AA!!!
 

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Hopes were a little higher tbh.
 

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And we signed Josh Donaldson to a 1 year deal worth 23 FUCKING MILLION!!! NOT A FAN OF THIS EITHER....FUCK AA!!!



Not as bad as you're making it out to be, considering at the upside, he's an MVP candidate. If it doesn't work out, it's only a one-year deal.
 

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Im good with both signings.

Both have upsides if their surgeries helped them get back to 100%

mccann I expect, if starting, will go .275 25 hrs and 80 RBI's.


I would move Albies to the 3rd spot and put Donaldson in the 6th slot.
 
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