In the end, we went with Plan A: All or Nothing. It simply made the most sense at this time. If we had spread our money around instead, it would have forced us to sit some bats that have a good deal of value. If we had signed Yasmani Grandal, we would have had to sit Tom Murphy against lefties. That would be a waste.
Likewise, if we had signed Christian Yelich, it would mean sitting Shohei Ohtani against righties and Andrew Benintendi against lefties. Another waste.
If we had signed Jake Odorizzi, we'd be forced to pay upwards of $8 million for a pitcher with a spotty track record. We'd then be locked into him for $8 million in 2021, and $9 million in 2022. No, thanks.
We got the guy we wanted in Max Scherzer. I'm more than a little apprehensive about his ugly splits, but we can deal with that. Our starting rotation of Stephen Strasburg, Scherzer, Sonny Gray, Jon Gray, and Anibal Sanchez is, without question, the best in the BDBL. I have great confidence that rotation, alone, will carry us to another division title.
Our farm draft came to a close this morning with the selection of Carmen Mlodzinski -- yet another top projected pick in the coming MLB amateur draft. According to the MLB.com ranking, we now own four of the top ten prospects in that draft, and seven of the top twenty. We feel that Tanner Burns will work his way into that top 20 by Draft Day as well. Our farm system will likely rank among the lower half of the league in the coming Farm Report, but it's about to be replenished in a big way.
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