jkag89 said:The only reason I can think of why anyone would make the odds that high is that they think Cole might want to stay with a team that will be in contention for a deep post season run without considering how Luhnow builds and maintains a team. Some what surprised the effin' Dodgers are not mentioned higher, but then I'm not sure where their payroll is in relation to the luxury tax.Nuke LaLoosh said:
I am astonished that we are this high.
The only reason is because we may keep Cole? Really.
Why is anyone astonished?
We still have the following players
Altuve
Bregman
Springer
Correa
Verlander
Osuna
Pressly
Yuli
Brantley
Greinke
McCullers
And MF TED
Find me another squad with 12 guys at that level across the board.
Hint, you can't.