Looking at the current roster and looking at next year, there aren't a whole lot of spots to fill, and ditto for 2018, with Chris Young the only free agent that year.
Catching had been a question mark as early as a month ago - until Sandy Leon.
DH - is one spot
Bullpen help is a definite other with Koji, Tazawa and Ziegler hitting free agency and no guarantee Smith is an effective contributor for 2017.
There is still a dearth of upper level minor league pitching in the system, so solidifying that area is a need, even if it's moving 40 man guys for prospects.
Below is a list of 2017 free agents. Obvious positions are set, but figured having the (near) complete list couldn't harm anything. It's a thin class to be sure, so they picked a great time to have up and coming cheap stars. Cots has $148,671,000 listed as 2017 commitments. Any other areas of concern? Me, I'm all in on Jansen and would like Romo as Ziegler's substitute. I would punt DH and go with cheap platoons.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/03/2016-17-mlb-free-agents.html
[List linked rather than inlined, for readability and to ensure that people see the latest list of players--Sumner]
Catching had been a question mark as early as a month ago - until Sandy Leon.
DH - is one spot
Bullpen help is a definite other with Koji, Tazawa and Ziegler hitting free agency and no guarantee Smith is an effective contributor for 2017.
There is still a dearth of upper level minor league pitching in the system, so solidifying that area is a need, even if it's moving 40 man guys for prospects.
Below is a list of 2017 free agents. Obvious positions are set, but figured having the (near) complete list couldn't harm anything. It's a thin class to be sure, so they picked a great time to have up and coming cheap stars. Cots has $148,671,000 listed as 2017 commitments. Any other areas of concern? Me, I'm all in on Jansen and would like Romo as Ziegler's substitute. I would punt DH and go with cheap platoons.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/03/2016-17-mlb-free-agents.html
[List linked rather than inlined, for readability and to ensure that people see the latest list of players--Sumner]
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