Agreed. If Machado is at or below 200 million then Atlanta should no doubt give it to him.
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Isn't Machado the godfather of one of Muk's children. If we sign him, it'll improve the chances of re-signing Muk.
I really don't like the idea of Machado at short, but the bench becomes pretty good with both Dansby and Camargo on it.
FWIW, if the payroll number can be slightly higher than we expect - say $130 million - keeping the Catcher tandem as is, trading for Pederson, and signing Kimbrel to a 1 year/$15 million pillow deal puts Opening Day salaries right at $130 million.
Would they go that far since tons of money would come off the books next winter? Who knows???
*amn, something needs to happen so we can stop talking about Harper Machado, and Kimbrel!!!
Only a subset of posters are talking about Harper, Machado and Kimbrel as if they are realistic options.
I won’t comment on the mental capacity of that subset.
From today's MLBTR live chat (not terribly exciting i know)
Guest
2:31 Zobrist in RF for the Braves next year make sense? What’s the cost?
Tim Dierkes
2:32 It does, if the Braves are fine with the type of defense you'd expect from a 38-year-old. Sadly for Cubs fans, if someone took all 12 mil, I think the requirement in players would be a low bar.
It's finally over! Gray has been traded to the Reds!
Sonny signing an extension with Cincy.
If AA gets a platoon for the outfield or Markakis is back, this offseason is a huge fail. Braves had some money to play with, have arguably the best farm system in baseball, theres no excuse to settle for a platoon.
The Reds are are a trash organization.
Passan: The Sonny Gray deal may turn out to be a three-way trade, league sources tell ESPN. Seattle is sending center field prospect Josh Stowers to the Yankees, sources said, and Shed Long is expected to go to the Mariners.