If AA allowed the Marlins to play him as their chick on the back burner while they looked around the bar for a hotter one...not good.
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David O'Brien
@DOBrienATL
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#Braves had Realmuto discussions with #Marlins at Winter Meetings, let Miami know what they were willing to give up to get the catcher. I'm told nothing had changed since then as far as what Braves were willing to part with, despite some reports to contrary.
Ken Rosenthal
Ken Rosenthal
@Ken_Rosenthal
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#Phillies view Realmuto, if acquired, as another potential enticement for Harper or Machado. Obviously, the biggest enticement will be money.
The Braves ended up with Mac at C and Markakis in RF, so I think it's safe to assume it prevented/influenced other deals. For example, JTR with Mac as the fallback option is why they didn't sign Grandal at a bargain rate. Knowing a JTR trade would require pitching likely meant they had to hold back cash to sign a SP, so they had to go cheap in RF.
It's looking more and more like AA jumped at JD, and then allowed the Marlins to hold the rest of his off season hostage.
Hopefully AA has something else on the trade front lined up that will pop off when the JTR saga finally ends. I just can't come up with any logical trade alternatives at this point in the off season.
The Phillies need to quit half stepping and offer machado and Bryce 10-year 450 million.
Not so sure about that. I think we have made a standing offer and it hasn’t changed. If the Phillies want to over pay for two years of a catcher that doesn’t play every day... so be it.
You can be sure AA and his staff have crunched the numbers and will not over pay to get him. The Phillies have more money and can do that. We value our prospect more because they mean more to us with less payroll available.
I am perfectly ok not to see Tex part two.
Guessing that Harper or Machado has told them they will sign if they get another piece to prove they are serious about winning. They see the overpay as part of the HarChado investment.
No information, just conjecture.
For example, JTR with Mac as the fallback option is why they didn't sign Grandal at a bargain rate. Knowing a JTR trade would require pitching likely meant they had to hold back cash to sign a SP, so they had to go cheap in RF.
It's looking more and more like AA jumped at JD, and then allowed the Marlins to hold the rest of his off season hostage.
It doesn't take a sales engineer to realize AA should have traded Newk plus Fried plus 2 others for MadBum, and then extended him for 6 years.
I wish AA was smart enough to make those types of moves. Oh well, I guess the Braves GM simply isn't smart enough to sell widgets and doodads...so he had to run a baseball team instead.
Really not happy with AA
Jim Bowden
@JimBowdenGM
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One side bar story should be how #Braves and #Dodgers lost out on Realmuto and the type of impact he could have had for either team. Also, for Realmuto Citizen Bank Park will certainly help him get to 25-30 HR. He’s plus FLD,ARM,Blocking, great at calling a game. Framing just avg