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12-05-2019, 08:59 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

"Want" and "expect" are two different things. I don't expect upgrades to the rotation or the OF, but I want them.

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12-05-2019, 09:16 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

So that leaves $18-25?

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12-04-2019, 06:15 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

so... our payroll is over $130 and we don't have a full rotation, a cleanup hitter or a 3B. I think the rest of our moves are either internal or...

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12-04-2019, 04:37 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

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12-04-2019, 12:51 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

God, please no. I'm ready to try Wilson before I go back to Newk.

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12-04-2019, 10:11 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

I think Flowers is a pretty good player. His yips last year were brutal to watch, but other than that I'm happy he's back. Also, to be honest, I...

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12-04-2019, 09:43 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Please god no, fire that tape into the sun. FWIW I also blame the defense and Fried was worse than Folty.

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11-25-2019, 12:07 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

He hit lefties pretty damn well last year. He had a better wOBA, wRC+ against LHPs than he did against RHPs.

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11-25-2019, 11:36 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

I'm not sure that I want to pigeonhole Riley into a platoon role yet. Yes, he fits there now, but he won't learn to hit righties without getting ABs...

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11-25-2019, 10:34 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Braves sign Travis D’Arnaud in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

With the way they are stockpiling bull pen arms, I assume we'll use it there.

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11-22-2019, 11:02 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Why? The chances are he won't eclipse that WAR ever again?

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11-22-2019, 09:44 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

If we do anything more than 3/$60 we are fools.

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11-22-2019, 08:40 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Who TF is going to give JD $100 mil for 4 years? Hope it ain't us.

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11-21-2019, 04:21 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

I think the answer is in his wording. "Averaged annual increases", to me this means that on average revenue increased each year by that amount. ...

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11-21-2019, 04:04 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Doesn't that say "annual revenue increases of 21%"? So not 21% increase since the move, but 21% yoy since the move.

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11-21-2019, 01:35 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Totally agree on Castro. If you add their stats together that gives us a pretty good unit and it's nice to keep the LH/RH split.

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11-21-2019, 01:24 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

lol exactly. I hated many of the deals we made in the rebuild, but people just kept telling me that "we did the best we could" and that we'd...

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11-20-2019, 09:23 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Man did this thread derail... I'd be fine with MadBum if the price is right. He was a 3 WAR player last year. I'd think that Hamels, if he would...

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11-19-2019, 11:37 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

I think Soroka is a safe bet to repeat. He's just too good to worry about anything other than health. Max should be fine, but I'm not expecting a...

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11-19-2019, 09:54 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

It's funny, but not surprising, that we are almost in the same exact position this off season as we were last season.

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11-15-2019, 11:29 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

I honestly think we get that at 3B. They will sign either JD or more likely, Moustakas.

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11-15-2019, 10:42 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

They finally talked him into a platoon, but I don't see us adding an OF when we have massive holes at 3B, catcher and SP to deal with.

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11-15-2019, 09:46 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

...Don't we have a RF? That's where Acuna needs to be, he's not a great center fielder. I think the OF is set and they'll wait on Pache/Waters...

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11-15-2019, 09:43 AM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Official Offseason Thread in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

lol.... No way do we relegate Nick to the bench. If you seriously believe this, you've ignored everything about his time here.

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11-14-2019, 05:38 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Braves Sign Will Smith in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Get ready for Moustakas, full time LF Markakis, a Flow/Cervelli platoon and Newcomb as a starter!

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11-14-2019, 05:36 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Braves Sign Will Smith in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

I just looked at Sportrac and in 2020 we currently have $7.5 mil allotted to the rotation. Lol

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11-14-2019, 05:34 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Braves Sign Will Smith in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Ya this is where I’m at right now. Maybe we are going to try bullpening?

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11-14-2019, 05:29 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Braves Sign Will Smith in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Sorta like when we signed JD to a one year deal last year?

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11-14-2019, 04:59 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Braves Sign Will Smith in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Is this a sign that we recoup that draft pick by letting JD walk?

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11-14-2019, 04:48 PM

CrazyTrain replied to a thread Braves Sign Will Smith in The 2019 Chronicles: The Free Men of the Golden Wren Era Take the Neck's Step.

Interesting...

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