A lot of moves being made today, some very intriguing ones, so let's get into it.
Carlos Santana signs for 60/3 with Philadelphia
This sign is a head scratcher, just consider this, what was your instant reaction upon becoming aware of this acquisition, you probably wondered what is Philadelphia thinking, find me someone who reacted saying, oh man what a great sign, that alone says it all, while it's not doomed, it's not brilliant either, why because, one, even tho 60/3 is probably a fair price for his services, it's no bargain, Carlos is a 3 WAR player or something around that, which means they'll be paying him close to 7 mil per WAR, which is about the regular pri itce.
A good thing is that you get an extended look at Hoskins in LF, but at the same time, it might not work, and then what do you do, Philadelphia is in no position to win next year, sure they have the flexibility to sign him, but is it worth to chip away at your flexibility by spending 20 mil for the next 3 years that might prevent you from getting players like Daniel Murphy, Brian Dozier, Garrett Richards, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Drew Pomeranz, Craig Kimbrell, Dallas Kuechel, Andrew McCutchen in next year's market, they obviously will make a run at Harper and Machado, might sign one of them, but the market will go so far beyond those 2 that I'd advise them to keep the cash for next year, give at bats to Altherr and Williams instead of taking it away and consequentionally landing one or two of the aforementioned players, especially when Santana won't get you any further this year, let's say Dozier, for instance, he's been worth over 5 WAR in each of his last two seasons, wouldn't Philadelphia be better off by signing him next year using Santana's money to cover part of it, my point is this move does Philly no good, it can work and in a couple years from now, he's a contribuitor on a contender, but at the same time you could easily keep the money let the young guys play this year and sign someone in the next offseason and it might also be 20 mil of dead weight in 2020 on an up and coming team, if it were me i would not do it.
Note: Dozier is probably not the best example when accounting for Cesar Hernandez and Scott Kingery already there, but a lot can change in a year and Brian was just one random name that came to mind, I could very well use Keuchel, Grandal, McCutchen or someone else as an example the FA class is loaded.
The Colorado Rockies signing McGee, Shaw and possibly Holland
Somebody needs to tell Jeff Bridich that their offense sucks and overpaying for middle relievers is not a good idea, Shaw's 27/3 is barely ok still a tad over my comfort zone, McGee's also 27/3 with an option that i seriously hope is not a player one, but Jake's K% by month were alarming
April: 32%
May: 38%
June: 22%
July: 21%
August: 20%
September: 15%
Colorado has young pitching options that I like, Marquez, Gray, Rusin, Senzatela, Freeland, Hoffman, Bettis and others, spending 18 mil on a couple of middle relievers that are ok, when you have two great hitters and a bunch of mediocre play after that, you should pay more attention to that side, Iannetta was a nice addition but they need more to succeed.
Los Angeles Angels sign Cosart
At last Trout is bound to get help, Zack for 38/3 is a sign i approve, his offensive breakout gives him the upside but his great defensive skills give him the floor to at the very least cover his salary, Zips has him at 6.6 WAR over the 3 years of his contract and that's with a very modest offensive projection, 2.2 WAR per year making a little over 12.6 with the hitting upside i'll take that any day of the week, but something people who will undoubtely jump on the Angels bandwagon will forget, the Angels have zero pitching depth, Ohtani is great, Richards who knows if he will get healthy, beyond that who do you trust, they lost Petit who was probably one of their most reliable pitchers last year, so while it might work with the Parker Bridwells of the world it also can go south with such a thin pitching staff.
Anyway that's a wrap, hope you guys enjoyed it, i know this is hardly my A game, but i'm still not feeling well, hoping to recover soon, feel free to coment, suggest and subscribe, my Twitter account is @E_Max27
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