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The Diamondbacks
— Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan) November 7, 2018
- ran a franchise-record $141 million payroll last year
- are losing 10 FAs from an 82-80 team
- could have ~$129 million still on the books
They also want to get
- cheaper this year
- better this year
- better long-term
How?https://t.co/kn9AZf5UKd
Will the Diamondbacks Have a Fire Sale [The Athletic]
Zach Buchannan’s above tweet says pretty much everything one needs to know about the position Hazen is in as teams get ready for the winter meetings. Unloading Zack Greinke, Paul Goldschmidt, Robbie Ray, and David Peralta would save the team $62.8 million dollars. It would also cut the team WAR by 15.1 bWAR.
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