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New Faces in New Places

While the Pittsburgh Pirates think spending money is an Oberyn Martell level tactical mistake, some MLB teams did the unthinkable this off season. Teams like the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox had a crazy idea to spend money on making their teams better. To keep the Oberyn analogy going, here are some faces in new places with five players who can strengthen your team in 2020. Gerrit Cole, NYY, SP  He was the best pitcher in baseball last season so a change in venue shouldn't matter too much for Gerrit Cole. He was in the 97th percentile for velocity, 96th in spin rate and 99th in K rate according to baseball savant. The expected batting average against him was .184, so he had the arm of a God last season. You would think by moving to Yankee Stadium that has a reputation as a launching pad that would hurt his overall numbers. However, Alex Chamberlain used stat cast data to calculate a park factor for each stadium. Surprisingly, Minute Maid Park in Houst...