26 Man review Post Abreu signing

If the season were to start tomorrow, this is what our likely 26 man would be. We likely have enough capital to go after 1 more impact Free Agent still as well if the rumors are to be believed about what Crane wants to spend.

Starting Pitching	Starter (Position)	Reliever	Bench
1. Framber	1. (DH) **Mattijevic**	1. Pressley	1. Hensley
2. McCullers	2. (C) Maldonado	2. Montero	2. Dubon
3. Javier	3. (1B) Abreu	3. Neris	3. Meyers
4. Garcia	4. (2B) Altuve	4. Abreu	4. **Lee**
5. Urquidy	5. (3B) Bregman	5. Stanek
6. Brown	6. (SS) Peña	6. Martinez
	7. (LF) Alvarez	7. Maton
	8. (CF) McCormick
	9. RF (Tucker)

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I took some liberties with guessing for Lee and Mattijevic. Those are the 2 biggest question mark positions for us. Meyers also may see some time in AAA if we go after another outfielder (Like resigning Brantley), but that could also squeeze JJ back to AAA.

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We have Yainer Diaz and Pedro Leon who are both going to try to be making the big league roster this season.

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JP France, Forrest Whitley, Enoli Paredes, Parker Mushinski, Blake Taylor, and Brandon Bielak are all hopeful on the pitching side to get a shot at the bigs.

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Shawn Dubin and Ronel Blanco are back there somewhere as well, but definitely further down.

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I think Urquidy and Maton will be our most likely to be traded players. Urquidy has some value, but less upside than Garcia, and Maton isn't bad, but slightly above average was well below average for our pitching staff last year. If 1 of Meyers or McCormick really take over CF this season, the other one will likely find himself on the trade block as well.

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I imagine our current targets are OF & Catcher. Maybe a lefty reliever if one is available at the right price. With the Abreu signing I think Verlander may be gone for real, which makes me sad, but potentially puts us in the Contreras or Benintendi conversation.

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Luke Voit could probably fill the DH spot if we aren't sold on JJ Mattijevic or Yainer Diaz.

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My personal preference would be re-signing Vazquez, and giving Yainer Diaz a bench spot. Allowing Vazquez to play everyday as a Catcher / DH with Yainer providing an option as a 3rd Catcher, while playing more 1B. It would also solove the DH / LF problem by allowing Yordan, Vazquez, & Diaz to rotate through the position with regularity. This would, however, push Lee and Mattijevic back down to AAA, but would allow Pedro Leon to battle with Meyers and McCormick if the FO thinks he could be productive at the MLB level this season (Which would fill the final whole of Left Field (LF/DH is a hole right now depending on where Yordan plays)

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I also wouldn't be opposed to re-sigigning Brantley as well, and allowing him to fill the DH / LF platoon with Yordan, and if McCormick plays well and Leon gets to the major league level, we could trade Meyers mid season to open up that role.