This season, on-field, was a tale of two seasons. The record since ASB was amongst the best in the bigs after a terrible, but expected (IMO), first half. Here's where the roster currently stands.
Free Agents
Aaron Miles
Casey Blake
Jamey Carroll
Mike MacDougal
Jon Garland
Hiroki Kuroda
Vicente Padilla
Rod Barajas
Jonathan Broxton
Juan Rivera
Arbitration Eligible
Kershaw (1st time)
Gwynn (2nd time)
Kuo, Loney, Kemp (3rd time)
Ethier (4th)
Who do we bring back from the upcoming FAs? What do we do with Loney, did he finally put it together? What about the outspoken Ethier?
We had a ton of kids make their way up this season, whether it be due to them earning it, or plain necessity. Who earned a spot in 2012's lineup/rotation/pen?
Coletti says he's been told he'll have the funds available to sign Ethier, Kemp, and Kershaw long term and seek a big name FA (if I remember reading this correctly), I personally don't believe it, IMO it's all contingent on what comes out of the judges decision on October 12. I think this will be McCourts swan song, 99.999% of us are hoping so. I'm not hoping for this to take any longer than it has to, but i'm sure we've all said this before, I feel we're beginning to see a bit of light at the end of the tunnel.
Personal feelings for this offseason? As I said in the OP of the season thread, I feel the same way regarding the winter, I have NO expectations
The end of the season was a good ride, but unless I see some movement in the next few months, it's all for naught.
Thoughts?



