Honestly, I don't trust Belli to perform at a level similar to last year.Deluxe said:At what price would you consider Belli? He does check a few big boxes for us. Lefty who can hit for power and play a good CF.Beat40 said:Not at the price Belli wants. You willing to come close to his asking price of >=$200MM for 7/8 years and hope his performance last year is what you will get for at least 50% of the contract?BadAggie said:
Bellinger is there if Crane isn't done.
Obviously I'd never pay $200mm+ for 8+ years, but if we're in the 6/$115 ballpark, I might sign up. Granted, so would a few other teams.
I was thinking the other day about Bregman, Tucker and Framber ultimately getting somewhere in the neighborhood of 9/$270mm deals on average (Tucker probly more, Framber probly less, but you get my gist).
What if we allocated that $$ to the best ~6 players we can sign in the 5/$100mm range over the next few offseasons. Hader counts toward that. Belli would too at the right price.
You can't replace Framber, Bregman and Tucker individually. But you can maybe replace them in the aggregate of ~6 really good players.
Benefits:
1) Given our limited farm depth ready to make a MLB contribution right now, we have to put a higher premium valuation on quantity than would be ideal. Spreading six really good players around the diamond might beat three studs + three replacement level guys in our current state.
2) Limited dead years on the back-end that are inevitable in the 9+ year mega deals that Tucker, Bregman and Framber will be seeking.
I would only be interested in a 3-4 year deal, but that's not realistic.
