Is it rhetoric, GM speak or something else? RAJ has to know this team has no chance of contending even if they snagged the 5 playoff spot. Nearly impossible if you look at the NL Central.
Lots of chatter the Tigers are in on Papelbon...done give me Castellanos straight up and I make him my everyday left fielder today and move Brown to right field. Even if Castellanos isn't available Avisail Garcia would be. I don't kick in money for Avi, I would for Castellanos. Nick is a legit middle of the line-up hitter and can play a solid LF.
Next up move Michael Young to a team that really needs him and call up Maikel Franco in the same vein that the other teams like the Orioles brought up Machado. Will he struggle? Of Course but players are players and not to many would disagree that Franco is a big league player. Oh by the way remember a call up by the name of Howard. My middle line-up of the future is now Castellanos/Brown/Franco.
As for the off season it's Ryne, Qualifying offers to Chase and Ruiz and go hard after Matt Garza. Revere isn't going to get any worse and he might not get any better but at worst he would have value as a 4th OF. Roman Quinn our #3 prospect coming into the season has struggled at SS and you just drafted JP Crawford with the 16th pick. Move Roman now to CF and see if he can be ready in 2 or 3 seasons.
You probably cannot move Howard but that's no reason to stunt the growth of the next wave of core players and his embarrassing salary should not dictate he bats 4th.
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