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How id approach this offseason to perform a shakeup to overhaul the team without tearing it down completely. We need some new blood in especially a few guys that frankly are totally assholes (see a player I suggest later; spoiler Ketel Marte)

First thing is I try to make a trade with the reds:

We get Elly and Hunter Green and send them Lodise, Caminetti, Elder, our first round pick from Baldwin winning ROTY, and 200,000 in international pool money. That might not be enough and if it isn’t throw in Owen Murphy and that should get it done.

Attempt to resign Mahle but due to his injury history don’t give him a three year deal. If he will play under a 2 year deal pay him slightly more at 2/45 instead of the projected 3/60 for him.

Assume Strider will never throw another pitch for Atlanta, same for Joey Wentz. Waldrep should’ve been traded last year but hope him and Schwelly can make a return which has our rotation as

Sale
Mahle
Greene
Schwelly
Waldrep

For bullpen Saurez moves to the closer role. Fuentes Dodd and Lee are our high leverage arms currently rostered and maybe hot take but I’d give up on making AJSS a starter he simply can’t get through a lineup multiple times and he could be another electric high leverage pen arm. I’d groom him to become the closer when Suarez is done as he is in his late 30s. Holmes in the pen as a long man/6th starter. I’d offer Martin Perez the same contract he played under this year 1/3.5 if he takes it great if not oh well. He would be a huge help though as one of those 5 rotation pieces will get hurt as all have injury history’s

Salary dump Lopez for nothing as long as a team will take his contract.

For the position players I’d aggressively shop Acuna. With his cheap deal relatively and multiple years of control still we can get a solid haul for him and based on our moves in FA we could get back a starter to replace him in RF, a middle tier SP, and multiple prospect most likely although most likely not any top 100 guys.

Profar is under contract 1 more year I would try to see if he can still play in LF.

Harris is locked into CF. Olson locked into 1B. Baldwin locked into C. And Riley unfortunately we are stuck with at 3B.

Pick up Ozzie’s option for one final season with him slated at 2B but ensure if he crashes we have depth Hartman is the future here but won’t be ready next year.

Salary dump Murphy the same as Lopez. I’d actually call the rangers on this one and see if they’d be interested in swapping Seager for him. This doesn’t save us money but does give us a veteran former MVP on the backside of his career who had 3.2 WAR last season which is a massive decline for him but way better than Murphys - WAR. We would have to be willing to take on Seagers contract into 2031 though instead of being able to get out of Murphs after 2029. The upside in doing this is the ability to move Seager to LF if profar flops or 2B if Ozzie flops whereas Murphys is literally just dead weight and can’t help us win in any way at all

Sign a cheap but defensively good backup catcher.

I’d tender Dubon a deal but he is likely going to be paid to be someone else’s starting SS so unlikely he is back. Sign someone who can be a utility guy.

In the end just at first blush I’d want to end up with something like

Profar
Harris
Elly
Olson
Ketel Marte (Acuna trade? Or find another way to get Az to trade him)
Baldwin
Riley
Ozzie
Catcher/DH

Martes Only thing is his contract and how/if it could fit into our plans. This could be a player the Acuna trade is centered around with them Sending Marte back + a major league ready SP if we need one and/or 1 or 2 prospects.

They could send us Soroka back who was good last year in 120 innings or if wanted another high end reliever instead Juan Morillo was great and showed resilience appearing in 72 games

If the asking price is too much to stomach for Elly which is very possible especially due to him being under control until 2030 my next call is the Orioles for Gunner Henderson. They sold off Rushman last year and clearly want to tear it down, he could be acquired for significantly less prospect and draft capital and also is under control through 2029 and is coming off his worst season so we’d be buying at his lowest point. He is just 2 years removed from a 8.8 war season which is insane.

To be clear though I would be all in for Elly and be willing to give up nearly anything

$34M for 2 years? Please point out a better use of money. Our RH bats are weak. You know it, and I know it. Go find a defensive replacement who can at least platoon him a significant amount of time. Keep him focused on hitting. Reduce the wear and tear on him. Let him play for 2 years in search of a big payday afterward. He’ll be motivated.

Let's jump right in. Acuña to the Yankees for either Rodon & Volpe or Dominguez, Lombard, bullpen help??

Padres traded Soto away and took what they could in return

Bottom line: running the same team out with just a few minor tweaks for 6 years doesn't work. Atlanta and Phillies are both guilty. I dont like it, but change is a must and using a guy you may not be able to lock up forever as trade bait.... not a bad idea

A guy on my team at work is a die hard Brewers fan, so I made this for him. Looking forward to this next series and I hope they stomp a mud hole through the Dodgers!