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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 2936599, member: 2920"] On MLB Hot Stove this AM, Ken Rosenthal speculated that the Yanks *might* hold off spending big bucks on Harper or Machado and, instead, wait until the 2019-20 offseason to spend the big bucks on Nolan Arenado. Obviously, there is no guarantee that Arenado will reach free agency. And there is no guarantee that he would sign with the Yankees. But everything else aside, I like it. They can earmark some dollars this winter to sign a SP or two and fill in the bullpen then wait to give a long-term big money contract to a guy that I'd have absolutely zero issue with giving it to. Arenado is an elite defender and obviously can hit. He'll be slightly older than Machado when he hits free agency (age 29) but he wouldn't come with any "Johnny Hustle" or "dirty player" baggage. [/QUOTE]