In at this time’s mailbag, we get into a possible offseason plan for the Cardinals, the influence of managers, third base in Seattle, whether or not the Yankees ought to signal Juan Soto, NL playoff rotations, and way more.
Sam asks:
Hello Tim, think about your cellphone rings and it is Invoice DeWitt Jr. he says, “Tim, I’ve at all times appreciated your work at MLBTR and I’ve determined that I wish to focus all my consideration on buying as many Arby’s as attainable. 63 simply is not sufficient. So I’ve determined to reward you the St. Louis Cardinals and sufficient cash to take care of the workforce’s present rating in payroll among the many different 29 groups for the following 3 years, efficient instantly.” How do *you* Tim Dierkes go about fixing the Cardinals?
I usually help efforts to place extra Arby’s into the world.
The Cardinals’ present aggressive steadiness tax payroll is about $216MM, so I am going to simply follow that. That provides me about $92MM to work with. Key arbitration eligibles embody Ryan Helsley, JoJo Romero, Lars Nootbaar, Brendan Donovan, and Andre Pallante. I am fairly certain these guys will value lower than $20MM, so if I tender them contracts I am going to have about $75MM with which to work.
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