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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 2987673, member: 2920"] The more this offseason continues with minimal/no movement, the more I'm sold on the idea of the Yanks handing Mike Moustakas a shorter term 2-3 yr deal and waiting to spend the surplus budget money next winter on Nolan Arenado/starting pitching. If they sign Arenado, Moose shifts to 1B and they trade Andujar (if they haven't already). Machado is a huge talent but if the Yanks' brass was sold on him, he'd be signed already. They obviously have questions and concerns about handing him a long term deal. The way baseball economics are shifting, these long term deals are often death sentences for clubs. There are zero concerns about Arenado, other than being a few years older than Machado. I think they'd have zero problem handing Arenado a 8 yr deal and they'd still have plenty of money to ink a top free agent SP. There are so many elite starting pitchers who could potentially be available next winter. [/QUOTE]