CheeseheadInQC’s 2023 Payroll Blueprint: Let's throw some stuff against the wall

[CheeseheadInQC]

Trade 1:

Detroit gets Devin Williams

Milwaukee gets Jaden Hamm, Gabriel Reyes and Kelvis Salcedo

Trade 2:

Philadelphia gets Ryan Helsley and Russell Smith

St, Louis gets Tyler Black, Alexander Cornielle and Manuel Rodriguez

Milwaukee gets Alec Bohm

I'm not predicting this is going to happen or even that it should, but I wanted to try to get close to the budget without going over; trade Williams and acquire Bohm, but in separate deals; and just toss out a couple of other names.

Bohm isn't a great fit at third, but outside of Kim signing a reasonable one-year prove it deal, which I'm not convinced is going to happen, I don't know that there is a great fit.

• C: William Contreras ($7.60M)
• 1B: Rhys Hoskins ($18.00M)
• 2B: Joey Ortiz ($0.80M)
• 3B: Alec Bohm ($8.1M)
• SS: Brice Turang ($0.80M)
• LF: Jackson Chourio ($4.25M)
• CF: Garrett Mitchell ($0.80M)
• RF: Sal Frelick ($0.80M)
• DH: Christian Yelich ($24.25M)
• 4th OF: Blake Perkins ($0.80M)
• Utility: Andrew Monasterio ($0.80M)
• Utility: Carlos Santana ($7.0M)
• Backup C: Eric Haase ($1.80M)
• NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)
• SP1: Freddy Peralta ($8.25M)
• SP2: Aaron Civale ($8.00M)
• SP3: Tobias Myers ($0.80M)
• SP4: Brandon Woodruff ($5.00M)
• SP5: Shane Bieber ($12.00M)
• RP: Trevor Megill ($2.00M)
• RP: Aaron Ashby ($3.45M)
• RP: Nick Mears ($0.90M)
• RP: Jared Koenig ($0.80M)
• RP: DL Hall ($0.80M)
• RP: Joel Payamps ($2.80M)
• RP: J.B. Bukauskas ($0.80M)
• RP: Elvis Peguero ($0.80M)
• NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)

Payroll is 6.00% under budget

[Ro Mueller]

Since Hope can drive a man insane, I can’t mentally process having over $27 million to spend on the likes of Bieber, Bohm and Santana.

Heck, I’d be thrilled with just Bohm and Santana. Make it happen!

After letting go respectable pitchers like Rea, Milner, Wilson, Shane Smith (yeah, I’m resigned to his selection on Dec 11), Paredes, Herget, Zastrzyny, White, Meeker, etc., then seeing the rich deals just signed by Montas and Boyd, I’m not expecting anything on the pitching front.