Trades and Extensions:

Sign Byron Buxton to a 7 year, 119M contract with incentives

Trade with Florida Marlins - Mitch Garver for SP Sixto Sanchez 

Trade with New York Mets - Josh Donaldson (plus 14M spread over two years) for RP Jose Butto

Let Colome walk.  Release Austidillo, Refsnyder, Minaya, and Cave.

Free Agency: 

Sign Corey Seager a 5 year 27M contract to play shortstop

Sign Michael Pineda back to a 2 year 24M contract with incentives

Sign Jon Gray to a 3 year 45M contract

Sign Sandy Leon to a 1 year, 2M contract

Sign Leury Garcia to a 1 year 5M contract

Sign Corey Knebel to a 3 year 24M contract

Sign Ehire Adrianza to a 2 year, 3M contract

Lineup/Defense

C - Jeffers  500k

1B - Kiriloff  500k

2B - Polanco 5.5M

SS - Seager 27M

3B - Arraez 2M

LF - Rooker 500k

CF - Buxton 17M

RF - Kepler 6.75M

DH - Sano 9.25M

Bench - Gordon 500k

Bench - Sandy Leon 2M

Bench - Leury Garcia 5M

Bench - Garlick or Larnach 500k

Bench - Adrianza 1.5M

Regular Lineup - Arraez-Buxton-Seager-Polanco-Kiriloff-Sano-Kepler-Rooker-Jeffers

Rotation/Bullpen

SP - Gray 15M

SP - Ryan 500k 

SP - Ober 500k

SP - Pineda 12M

SP - Sixto Sanchez 500k

CL - Rogers 6.7M

BP - Alcala 500k

BP - Duffey 3.7M

BP - Theilbar 1.2M

BP - Knebel 8M

BP - Dobnak 800k

BP - Gant 3.7

Total Salary: 138.6M  (Including the 7M deferred)

Rotation Depth: Gant, Dobnak, Smeltzer, Balazovic, Winder, Duran, SWR 

Bullpen Depth: Butto, Thorpe, Moran, Stashak, Strotman? Other assorted AA and AAA guys

OF Depth: Larnach needs to hit himself into a job. Marten should be a guy looking to get the job in LF.  As soon as mid-summer.  Almost the entire bench, plus Kiriloff and Arraez can also play in the OF.  

IF Depth - Adrianza is a jack of all trades, Gordon as well.  Being a lefty and a switch hitter gives some options for lineups.  Royce Lewis and Jose Miranda should be in this conversation mid-summer as well.

Catching depth: Leon exists to give Ben Rotrevedt time to be the long-term backup.  

The idea here is that 2022 is a transition year.  So, let Rooker/Larnach and Jeffers and Arraez play. Martin is going to take 2B or LF eventually.  Lewis and Miranda are going to be up to take over other positions eventually.  The team is strong up the middle, depth is better, and the team is primed for a 2023 coming out party.  Ditto the rotation - Gallen, Sanchez, Ryan, Ober, and the fleet of young arms gives this team options and upside.  Bullpen is stabilized.

By September 1 I’d love to see this group:  Seager-Buxton-Polanco-Kiriloff--Marten-Larnach-Miranda-Kepler-Jeffers  with a rotation of Gray-Ryan-Ober-Sanchez-Duran/Balazovic  That group is an upgrade here or there in 2023 from being a real force if we develop our talented youngsters.