GM Franchise Swap - What Would You Do?

[Mariners GM (David)]

Since it's the offseason and already boring, I thought we could do a What Would You Do for a different team review.

You can pick a team below and just do a write up (however in-depth you want to go) of how their franchise is currently and how you would change and lead that team going forward. 

Los Angeles Angels
Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Toronto Blue Jays
Los Angeles Dodgers
Houston Astros
San Diego Padres
Cleveland Indians
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Colorado Rockies
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals
Miami Marlins
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago White Sox
Washington Nationals
Arizona Diamondbacks
Atlanta Braves
San Francisco Giants
Seattle Mariners
Cincinnati Reds
Tampa Bay Rays
Texas Rangers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Baltimore Orioles
Minnesota Twins
Oakland Athletics

[Mariners GM (David)]

You can use the below template when reviewing a franchise:

Team: 

GM: 

Franchise Outlook:

2019 Record: 

2020 Payroll: $
2021 Payroll: $
2022 Payroll: $

Farm: 

Picks:

Notable Batters:

Notable Pitchers: 

[The LA Angels of Anaheim GM]

This is gonna hurt some feelings

[Mariners GM (David)]

Oct 24, 2019 14:52:52 GMT -5 The LA Angels of Anaheim GM said:

This is gonna hurt some feelings

I think we're all adults here. 

[Rays GM 北海道日(Will)]

GM Review lighting Round
1)Toronto Blue Jays

Push Kristian and Sixto for a serious player with control to line up with Xander, Vlad, and Ohtani.

2) Boston Red Sox
Log off, and never come back.

3)New York Yankees.
Suck it up and consolidate Kieboom and Waters for an elite bat.

4)Tampa Bay Rays


5) Baltmore Orioles
Sell High on Lux and Aquino now

6)Los Angeles Angels
Instead of splurging on a big ticket time, diversify your money around quality players who you can move to increased flexibility.

7) Seattle Mariners
Keep Brinson and Beer to give your lineup some ceiling, then take offers on Lindor to spread the wealth around on the team.

8) Houston Astros
Wait.

9)Twins
You're doing amazing

10) Padres
Cut Bait with Archer, Dump Kershaw asap

11) Tigers
Celebrate!!!!!!!

12) Braves
Trade some prospects for some ML help to completement the core. Dangle Senzel for an arm.

13)Dodgers
Trade Gil, Dalbec for an impact arm. Stop treating yankee prospects as gods.

14) Giants

Spend like you're a stock broker in Spring 2007

15)Phillies
Keep ripping off people.


16) Chicago White Sox
Turn some middle IF prospects for an arm. Give me the secret to time travel.

17) Royals
Log on more often

18) Reds
^^^^^

19) Cubs
Bloop Bloop flip sale and Trout for some roster flexibility.

20) Cardinals
Abs nothing

21) Cleveland Indians
Keep Accumulating, trade Luciano to me ttym

22) Miami Marlins
Don't sell low on Trammell. He's a stud. Flip Grisham and Taveras for an OF upgrade

23) Washington Nationals
Clear cap, ace your rule v picks, and do some draft research

24) Diamondbacks
Holy shit get some pitching man. Trade Montas for younger pitching prospects.

25) Rockies
Get some pitching prospects. Cut Austin Wyns.

26)Pirates
Caleb I miss you

27) Oakland Athletics.
Flip Robles for some roster depth

28)Rangers
Trade Alvarez to NYY for Kieboom, Bichette, and Justin's Soul.

29)Milwaukee Brewers
Buy the kids some pusheens.

30)Mets
Hudson Head, forver.

[The LA Angels of Anaheim GM]

Allegedly

Oct 24, 2019 15:01:49 GMT -5 Mariners GM (David) said:

Oct 24, 2019 14:52:52 GMT -5 The LA Angels of Anaheim GM said:

This is gonna hurt some feelings

I think we're all adults here.