I agree with the intention of trading Rosario. Between Cave and Wade (and maybe Rooker or Kiriloff at some point in the year?), I'd feel pretty good with the corner OF spot heading into the season. A slight, downgrade, sure. But I'm worried we may have already seen the best of Eddie with his free swinging ways. A return of a #3 or #4 starter could be fine (random guy of Alcantara in Miami for instance?). From there, try to sign Odorizzi for 2-3 years at $15M per year. Give Pineda the qualifying offer (he'll have to sit ~40 games next year so I'd guess there won't be a huge market for him). Then try to target Strasburg, Wheeler, Ryu (Cole unlikely imo). A guy like Alex Wood could be worth the same deal Perez had this year. A rotation of Berrios-Wheeler-Odorizzi-Alcantara-Wood/Pineda with hopes of Graterol joining at some point, and still having Dobnak, Smeltzer, Thorpe, etc available in a pinch is a nice starting point going into the year I'd think.
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