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Originally Posted by jd1020
Arenado gone would mean you could stop pretending Walker is ever going to be an outfielder. He's still only showing 20ish HR power but his defense is so ****ing bad he's a replacement player in the outfield.
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More likely it would mean you stop pretending Gorman is ever going to be a 2b.
You have Gorman and Walker at 3b and 1b going forward. Edman at SS and Donovan at 2b.
And if you use Goldschmidt and Arenado to get a viable CFer and an OFer with reliable offense, you can fill out your OF as well. Then hopefully use the freed up salary to pursue 2-3 year deals on veteran SPs while you wait for your arms to make it the rest of the way through the system.
A guy like Jon Gray would've been nice but next season maybe that's Stroman or Eddie Rodriguez. Realistically it should probably be both.
There's a path back to mediocrity there at least. But you REALLY have to get those trades right.
I'd rather keep Arenado, though. And maybe move Gorman to LF and Walker to 1b. Arenado's a run producer and guys that have the right mindset to drive in runs aren't easy to find. Everyone wants to be Joey Votto and be overly selective so they pad their WAR without actually getting runs in. Meanwhile Arenado has been shattered ass for all but about 3 weeks of the season and is 3rd in the NL in RBI.
That's a mindset I'd love to see him instill in Walker or Gorman. Probably Gorman since I think Walker can be more of a OBP guy and be a really nice complement to that style of player.
If Gilbert's who they're after, I gotta figure that's gonna cost Gorman. I don't think Donovan gets him and Edman's not the kind of bat they're looking for.
Ultimately Mozeliak has a lot of different directions he could go here but he's going to choose the path of least resistance, move a couple pending FAs and enter next season with a team that has an 84 win ceiling.