This is a confusing response.
Not sure how Bauer and Syndergaard are comparable to Zack Greinke? Or how they are 3 WAR guys.
I think they are on dramatically higher tiers. They're both about 27 and they both have very recent 6 WAR seasons and are both under control.
I'd be much more in favor, personally, of getting someone like those too.
I think you'll be surprised at what Happ will command and it will most certainly be over 2 years. He's currently the best pitcher on the FA market and Eovaldi (even though he's younger) just got 4/67.5. Happ has consistently been better and more healthy than Eovaldi however.
And Morton has 1 season (last year) with a brWAR over 2. And only 1 other season with a brWAR over 1. Before 2018, he actually had negative career brWAR. Even if you go fWAR, he only has 2 seasons over 2 WAR. Any projection system projecting 3 wins for him should be completely scrapped.
FG just released the ZiPs projections for the Braves:
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/2019...tlanta-braves/
It's mostly projections we all expect to see (4+ win seasons from Freeman, JD, Acuna and Albies), and a few comments that echo exactly what I've been saying...
"even if no individual pitcher has better than a coin flip’s chance of being a star in 2019, the Braves’ enviable young depth can help them compensate for their lack of a true staff ace. The Braves are playing Plinko on The Price is Right, only Drew Carey gave them a hundred of those little disks. ZiPS actually projects the 11th-to-15th best starting pitchers in the organization (Max Fried, Joey Wentz, Wes Parsons, Ian Anderson, and Kyle Muller) to not be that far from league average, which is a filthy, disgusting horde of pitching to have if the projections prove true."
As a quick reminder, the Braves used 13 different SPs last year, and 35 pitchers in total. Anyone who thinks AA won't utilize this depth of arms hasn't been paying attention. And before someone chimes in with the tired "they need a front line starter" cliche, take a look at how pitching staffs of contenders and non-contenders were put together before blabbering.
UNCBlue012 (12-06-2018)
FG projects him at 3.1. It's funny seeing you describe back to back 3+ win season as "only has 2 seasons over 2 WAR" though haha.
Guess you better tell them to scrap their projection system so you can get to work writing a new one. I mean, your spit balling projection system outlined in your post seems legit, so I'd suggest running with it.
Last edited by Enscheff; 12-06-2018 at 01:00 PM.
LMAO. Trash freaking franchise.
cajunrevenge (12-06-2018), clvclv (12-06-2018), gamecock4braves (12-06-2018)
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You do realize that Zack would've had the second highest WAR in the rotation last year and that both his fangraph projections are higher than even Folty for next season?
You don't think that improves our contention chances and that he's a BOR pitcher? He'd be our #1 for crying out loud. Honestly, if we could get he and Peralta in a deal and add a pen arm, this off season would about as good as it could've been.
Is Julio's slider good enough to come out of the pen throwing mostly it like romo?