Steve_424
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My dream off-season would include:
1. Trade Kluber and Kipnis to New York for Gleyber Torres. If they don't want Kluber, I would then offer Carrasco or Bauer. New York needs better pitching, we need the hitter.
2. Trade Tristian McKenzie and some lower end prospects to Minnesota for Eddie Rosario. He replaces Brantley in left field.
3. Sign Marwin Gonzalez to play right field.
4. Trade Edwin or Alonso for some relievers.
5. Have Yandi play first base.
6. Sign a few low priced free agent relievers.
Lineup.
1. Zimmer/Allen.
2. Rosario
3. Jose
4. Lindor
5. Torres
6 Gonzalez
7 edwin/Alonso
8. Diaz
9. Gomes
Getting rid of 2 of kipnis/edwin/Alonso is,a must. We will never win anything with them all in the lineup going forward. They are the stench of this team and need to go. Getting Rosario and Torres gets this team younger and under control from a contract situation what were looking for. Slim chance if we do anything like that, but that what it will take to win the AL next year.
I like your targets, but trading both Kluber and McKenzie puts you in a dangerous spot when it comes to your rotation. You're left with Bauer/Carrasco/Clevinger/Bieber/Plutko with no good ML-ready options behind them and the top 2 only signed for 2 more seasons.
Also, I like Rosario but would hope McKenzie would net you someone better than him.