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  1. 2 hours ago, Hank Chinaski said:

    Just checked out Keith Law's list of the top-50 FAs. 

    https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/27929231/keith-law-top-50-free-agents-anthony-rendon-gerrit-cole-headline-class

    A few that may make some sense for the club:

    (A) They'll need to add a catcher. Here are the ones on the list (and their FA rank):

    #8 Yasmani Grandal

    #44 Robinson Chirinos

    #46 Tyler Flowers

    #50 Travis d'Arnoud 

    (B) Rotation guys (realistic signings, so not including Cole or Strasburg here):

    #4 Zach Wheeler 

    #9 Jake Odorizzi 

    #11 Madison Bumgarner

    #16 Kyle Gibson

    #28 Homer Bailey

    #32 Gio Gonzalez

    #41 Rick Porcello

    (C) Relief Pitchers:

    #35 Will Smith 

    #36 Will Harris

    These are the guys from Law's 50-player list that seem to make some sense and be reasonably realistic signings. 

    I don't expect them to be terribly active in free agency. Grandal would be nice offensively, but his defense is questionable and I'm not sure that is where the club would allocate dollars right now. I'd be fine with bringing Chirinos back, as there aren't a lot of obvious upgrades here. d'Arnoud is intriguing, as is a decent hitter but had durability issues. 

    I don't expect the Astros to be in on Wheeler or Bumgarner or anyone like that...I'd expect something like they got with Miley last year, a 1-year deal. I could see Bailey, for example, taking a 1-year deal...I'd expect something like that. 

    Will Smith would be nice...and bringing Harris back makes some sense. 

    So...I'd expect something like an unexciting catcher signing, a short deal for a decent starter and a reliever. Let's say - bring back Chirinos (or maybe a guy like Yan Gomes or hell, even Castro), bring in Bailey on a 1-year deal and re-sign Harris. Would love to get Will Smith also to bolster the pen. 

     

    Do you have the full text from the Law list?

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