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Cynical · 05-26-2020, 03:55 PM

What would you consider "drastically altered"?

Springer is out until September with an injury; Osuna has been injury-prone to the point of spending most of his time on rehab assignments where he just gets re-injured; Verlander got demoted out of the rotation (as mentioned above); Gurriel has been demoted to bench player (age has caught up with him badly), and I've got Alvarez playing 1B full-time instead of DHing. The bullpen has been almost entirely rebuilt actually, but the current one is almost strictly an upgrade (and is one of the few bright spots of the current team).

(Overall team look:

C: M. Maldonado
1B: Y. Alvarez
2B: J. Altuve
SS: C. Correa
3B: A. Bregman
CF: M. Gerber
LF: M. Brantley
RF: K. Tucker

Bench (DH also comes out of this pool):
C. Shaver (backup C)
J. Bruce (DH v. R/PH v. R/backup LF/backup 1B)
Y. Tsutsugo (DH v. R/PH v R/backup LF)
Y. Gurriel (backup 1B/backup 3B)
A. Diaz (DH v. L/PH v. L/backup SS/backup 2B)

Rotation:
1. DeGrom
2. LMJ
3. Gaussman
4. Greinke
5. Abott

Bullpen:
F. Valdez
J. Verlander
D. Keuchel (I was regretting this trade for a while -- it was Reddick for Keuchel, one albatross for another, at a point last year when I was in desperate need for any pitching I could get -- but he's reinvented himself as a reliever it seems, lots of innings and a sub-2 ERA... I expect regression)
R. Pressley
J. Kelly
H. Nerris
M. Diaz
T. Scott

Notables on the IL:
G. Springer
R. Osuna)

Current future plans:
1. If we're not competitive, trade Greinke for prospect or decent player with some years of team control.
2. If we get in a hot race, release Verlander and call up just about any starter from the minors to take his place in long relief
3. At some point, with the budget eaten by Greinke and Verlander freed up, get a good catcher.
4. Find major league starter level 1B or DH.

05-26-2020, 03:55 PM	#6
Cynical Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 50	What would you consider "drastically altered"? Springer is out until September with an injury; Osuna has been injury-prone to the point of spending most of his time on rehab assignments where he just gets re-injured; Verlander got demoted out of the rotation (as mentioned above); Gurriel has been demoted to bench player (age has caught up with him badly), and I've got Alvarez playing 1B full-time instead of DHing. The bullpen has been almost entirely rebuilt actually, but the current one is almost strictly an upgrade (and is one of the few bright spots of the current team). (Overall team look: C: M. Maldonado 1B: Y. Alvarez 2B: J. Altuve SS: C. Correa 3B: A. Bregman CF: M. Gerber LF: M. Brantley RF: K. Tucker Bench (DH also comes out of this pool): C. Shaver (backup C) J. Bruce (DH v. R/PH v. R/backup LF/backup 1B) Y. Tsutsugo (DH v. R/PH v R/backup LF) Y. Gurriel (backup 1B/backup 3B) A. Diaz (DH v. L/PH v. L/backup SS/backup 2B) Rotation: 1. DeGrom 2. LMJ 3. Gaussman 4. Greinke 5. Abott Bullpen: F. Valdez J. Verlander D. Keuchel (I was regretting this trade for a while -- it was Reddick for Keuchel, one albatross for another, at a point last year when I was in desperate need for any pitching I could get -- but he's reinvented himself as a reliever it seems, lots of innings and a sub-2 ERA... I expect regression) R. Pressley J. Kelly H. Nerris M. Diaz T. Scott Notables on the IL: G. Springer R. Osuna) Current future plans: 1. If we're not competitive, trade Greinke for prospect or decent player with some years of team control. 2. If we get in a hot race, release Verlander and call up just about any starter from the minors to take his place in long relief 3. At some point, with the budget eaten by Greinke and Verlander freed up, get a good catcher. 4. Find major league starter level 1B or DH. Last edited by Cynical; 05-26-2020 at 04:57 PM.