Tramlou

We signed someone hooray!! https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/baseball/mlb/player/50218/markus-solbach

Right?! It feels like the trade deadline but with free agents instead lol

Talking about Kevin Smith? Yeah I'd take him 100% but we'll then still need to go out and find another stopgap (unless Smith is ready to make the jump?)

Or someone like that....thanks for chiming in.

Isn't that what we did to get Carlos Guillen? I remember them missing out on someone (was it Aurilia?) and Seattle sent us Guillen for Santiago if I remember correctly. Worked out pretty well for us, could absolutely see them going that route if the numbers get too 'drunken-sailor-like'. Torres from the Yankees seems like he might be someone to trade for, especially if the Yanks sign a top tier SS.

Agreed. And I'm not even against high AAV, it's number of years. Nothing over 4 maybe 5 years and then go out and land another big fish in the same manner. The days of paying for past performance should be long gone now.