Now even Liberty is throwing AA under the bus...
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/...s-outlook.html
Now even Liberty is throwing AA under the bus...
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/...s-outlook.html
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
UNCBlue012 (03-12-2019)
Reading comprehension...it’s not for everyone.
I kind of agree with all of the Braves individual decisions, but the end result seems a little short.
I actually believe the Braves when they say there is more money but they don't like the deals that were around.
What would you guess they offered Brantley? A minimum of $15M in 2019? Meaning they have $10M-ish left to play with after signing Markakis?
That certainly jives with estimates of an opening day payroll around $120M-$125M.
There has to be at least 1 more move coming, I just can’t figure out what that move is likely to be. Something like Newk for a position player and then backfill the rotation with Gio. An arm for Clint Frazier. Something like that.
Last edited by Enscheff; 03-12-2019 at 01:31 PM.
Yeah, at least 15M. I'm guessing the full season budget is around 135M. Maybe the plan was to start the season around 120M, with 15M (which prorates to being able to take on 30-40M in salary mid-season). Now they have around 20-25M to play with (up to 50M of salary to take on mid-season). AA is in a position to be very aggressive this mid-season. I think he will look for value as always. But he could pick up a couple big contracts.
Just to throw out some names and their salary this year:
Cervelli (11M)
Wade Davis (18M)
Ian Desmond (15M)
David Peralta (7M)
We could pick up 2 players like that. I'm guessing if there is a long term injury we will react quickly to plug the whole.
Last edited by nsacpi; 03-12-2019 at 01:45 PM.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
JohnAdcox (03-13-2019), The Chosen One (03-12-2019)
You guys sure do have a lot of faith in what they are saying, and not what they have a history of doing.I hope that faith is rewarded.
Fingers crossed
Actually, its not just what was just said yesterday. It also involves the fact that a pretty competitive offer was made to Brantley. McGuirk is probably the guy who has given the most detailed information on budgeting and I'm taking that into account as well. I think the information is out there to make some pretty well-educated guesses.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
I think that a few OFers in the NL Central are bound to become available at some point this season. I think the Reds are gonna come back down to earth quickly so Puig could be an option. Polanco or Marte from the Pirates. Ozuna from the Cardinals. Maybe Happ from the Cubs.
The NL is going to be soooo competitive this year and I think we will see a few teams with legitimate assets unexpectedly drop out of contention by the trade deadline. Some of them will probably be looking to sell. After this relatively passive offseason, we need to be at the forefront of any potential deals that could be had.
clvclv (03-12-2019)
Everybody's aware of how dangerous it is to read anything into camp performances, but Pache and others can't have the breakout seasons that catapult them into "core pieces" without having big springs. Cristian, Wright, Wilson, and several others couldn't have done more to establish themselves as "untradeable" a month into the 2019 season.
As always, there are still plenty of questions for people to answer, but thus far even I'm willing to admit it's relatively tough to argue against AA's lack of activity. I'm still in favor of a Kimbrel addition (if and only if he can get him on the right terms), but there are several kids that are well on their ways to establishing themselves as someone who we'd already be *itching about having traded for shorter-term additions like Realmuto.
Don't misunderstand - if there really is still substantial money available and AA's not willing to overpay a bit at the deadline if this team is in the mix, I'm sure I'll howl as loud as anyone...but if the depth continues to take steps forward, things "should" turn out great. He still needs to remain keenly aware of the fact that he's only going to be able to afford major pieces like Freeman, Acuna, Albies, etc. for so much longer unless several pieces are willing to hang around for "fair value" rather than "market value".
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?