Don't have to worry about it for another year. If he continues to improve, break the bank next offseason

Would take

Too much!

Cardinals are in a different boat. The majority of their team is now under cost control until 2019/20 season. The real expensive talent is older and will be gone by 2018.

They'll get Vargas and Holland back in 2017, which will definitely help.

From a financial perspective, yes. From a successful campaign, they're both going to have to rely on young pitchers being good/great

Do you even consider Hochevar for the rotation?

I'm good with Orlando and Dyson in RF if we keep Gordon...especially if we sign Zobrist.

Are you really sure that you want to re-sign Zobrist? He'll be in his age 34 season, and it's likely going to take a 4 year commitment to keep him. I imagine that the bidding for him will start around 4/60.

And I don't know why you'd count on a 32 year old Hochevar to be a starter. It will have been four years since he last started a game, and he was never anything more than a #5 on a good day.

Jayson Werth was 31 years old and had put up 14.9 WAR in the previous three years before signing for 126 million over 7 years in Washington.

You're telling me that Alex Gordon, who is 31 years old and put up 13.1 WAR over his previous three years (one injury shortened) is going to take 60 percent of Werth's contact five years after Werth signed his?

Honestly, I have no idea. I don't follow baseball contracts so I probably shouldn't comment.

MLB network was reporting that Wade Davis was a free agent?

Team option the next two years.

Cool. I didn't think he was a FA but it freaked me out to see it on MLB Network. You would think they would have it straight