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NYY #23 · 12-06-2017, 09:22 PM

I've been casually shopping around Ramon Luercio since the season ended, but haven't attracted much interest. With free agents filing yesterday things started becoming clearer and the market for big catchers came down to 36 year old Andrea Pometti and 37 year old Edward Widgery who both are looking for five year contracts at just under $100 million.

By comparison the 29 year old Ramon Lupercio looks cheap, and I think he's going to have a nice bounce back year. But with a cheap owner I'm not sure I can afford a $25 million a year contract that is over half my payroll, especially with some of the better players in our organization coming up for arbitration.

So when the Kodiaks started with 24 year old Curt Allen I thought we could make things work. He has just 1 inning of major league ball under his belt, although he's yet to allow a hit. He's a top prospect and capable of starting. We also added 28 year old minor league catcher Luis Medine, who you could call a defensive specialist. 25 year old Brian Wright has just 7 innings of major league work under his belt, but is another pitcher capable of starting. We also added 3B Carl Collins and fourth outfielder Sam Givens.

Going to Vancouver is Lupercio, and a trio of minor league non-prospects - Romeo Contreras, Bryan Anderson, and Chris Brown.

The big number in this deal is $24 million though, which is the amount of salary we'll save each year.

I don't want to say last year's big signing was a mistake. It may not have worked out like we envisioned, but we were able to move him for valuable players.

12-06-2017, 09:22 PM	#3447
NYY #23 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 13,112	12/12/2071 - I've been casually shopping around Ramon Luercio since the season ended, but haven't attracted much interest. With free agents filing yesterday things started becoming clearer and the market for big catchers came down to 36 year old Andrea Pometti and 37 year old Edward Widgery who both are looking for five year contracts at just under $100 million. By comparison the 29 year old Ramon Lupercio looks cheap, and I think he's going to have a nice bounce back year. But with a cheap owner I'm not sure I can afford a $25 million a year contract that is over half my payroll, especially with some of the better players in our organization coming up for arbitration. So when the Kodiaks started with 24 year old Curt Allen I thought we could make things work. He has just 1 inning of major league ball under his belt, although he's yet to allow a hit. He's a top prospect and capable of starting. We also added 28 year old minor league catcher Luis Medine, who you could call a defensive specialist. 25 year old Brian Wright has just 7 innings of major league work under his belt, but is another pitcher capable of starting. We also added 3B Carl Collins and fourth outfielder Sam Givens. Going to Vancouver is Lupercio, and a trio of minor league non-prospects - Romeo Contreras, Bryan Anderson, and Chris Brown. The big number in this deal is $24 million though, which is the amount of salary we'll save each year. I don't want to say last year's big signing was a mistake. It may not have worked out like we envisioned, but we were able to move him for valuable players.