Offseason Plan (Free Agent Version) 2013 is going to be the most important year this team has had

in a long time. This team ranked 26th in the majors in attendance this year. People are starting to lose interest in this team, and fans are not going to keep coming out to the ballpark to see the team run the same young guys out there every day. This team definitely has some pieces in place that give this team promise for 2014 and beyond in The Big Three (Walker, Hultzen, Paxton) Nick Franklin, Mike Zunino, Stefen Romero and many more guys, but simply waiting for those guys to all be major league ready will basically forfeit the opportunity to generate and new fans for 2013, and will likely cause many 2012 followers to turn away from the team. This team needs to add some exciting pieces that can generate about 7-10 wins next season, and this is one route this team could take to get there. Sign Nick Swisher for 7yr / $100 million ($14.9 mil) Sign Raul Ibanez for 1yr / $1.5 million Sign Carlos Villanueva for 1yr / $4 million Re-sign Jason Vargas for 2yr / $12 million Re-sign Hisashi Iwakuma for 2yr. / $10 million Re-sign Oliver Perez for 1yr. / $1.2 million These moves would leave us with a roster construct that looks something like this: Position C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH C IF OF OF Player John Jaso Justin Smoak Dustin Ackley Kyle Seager Brenden Ryan Casper Wells Michael Saunders Nick Swisher Raul Ibanez Jesus Montero Carlos Triunfel Eric Thames Franklin Gutierrez Position SP SP SP SP SP Player Felix Hernandez Jason Vargas Hisashi Iwakuma Erasmo Ramirez Carlos Villanueva Charlie Furbush Lucas Luetge Oliver Perez Blake Beaven Stephen Pryor Carter Capps Shawn Kelley Tom Wilhemsen

LHP LHP LHP RHP RHP RHP RHP CL

VS. RHP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BN BN BN BN Player John Jaso Michael Saunders Nick Swisher Kyle Seager Raul Ibanez Justin Smoak/Jesus Montero Dustin Ackley Eric Thames Brendan Ryan Jesus Montero/Justin Smoak Carlos Triunfel Franklin Gutierrez Casper Wells Bats L L S L L S L L R R/S R R R Position C CF RF 3B DH 1B CF 2B SS C/1B IF OF OF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 BN BN BN BN

VS. LHP Player Franklin Gutierrez Casper Wells Jesus Montero Nick Swisher Kyle Seager Justin Smoak Dustin Ackley Carlos Triunfel Brendan Ryan John Jaso Michael Saunders Raul Ibanez Eric Thames

Bats R R S S L S L R R L L L L

Position CF LF C RF 3B 1B 2B DH SS C OF DH OF