Official 2022 Offseason Moves Thread

[VirginiaBrave]

There is no guarantee he would have signed in 21 for a number of reasons. It certainly looks as if he was intent on playing the field at this point.

Point is FF could have been a Brave and chose not to be.

Anyone wanting to have FF for considerably more money is just being emotional.

I can't take my emotions out of sports. If the the Braves knock Freddie out of the post I will cheer and if Freddie homers to knock them out I will cheer that too.

[Jaw]

There is no guarantee he would have signed in 21 for a number of reasons. It certainly looks as if he was intent on playing the field at this point.

Point is FF could have been a Brave and chose not to be.

Anyone wanting to have FF for considerably more money is just being emotional.

Yeah I can't imagine wishing for Freddie at the rumored asking price.

[chop2chip]

DOB says a source told him we have like $15 million to spend this spring. That is... not what we were all thinking.

I think that makes sense. If you assume AA holds 5% for mid year upgrades, then 15 million gets you to about $155-160 million opening day payroll + 10 million in reserve for a total of $170m.

[The Chosen One]

DOB is rarely right about anything. We were willing to give Verlander 25 million along with making other additions, but now we only have 15 million available? Doesn't add up.

Said earlier. I have no idea why athletic signed DOB or Schultz as their Braves writers.

They weren't must read for the AJC. Seems they just wanted them for name value.

Schultz takes the last 24 hours of this trade and extension are even worse.

[nsacpi]

Got to take the L sometimes.

I've been used to it over the years.

I still have some irrational hope that Newk will be a starter for us.

[thethe]

I'm sure AA was willing to go to the outer limits of the budget if it meant bringing in impact talent.

I doubt he would do that if the return was say Grienke.

[thethe]

I still have some irrational hope that Newk will be a starter for us.

You and me both but I stopped putting him in my mental future projections.

Stuff is there - Courage is not.

[msstate7]

I still have some irrational hope that Newk will be a starter for us.

I'll settle for a good reliever

[nsacpi]

DOB is rarely right about anything. We were willing to give Verlander 25 million along with making other additions, but now we only have 15 million available? Doesn't add up.

The moving part is how much AA is holding in reserve for mid-season moves.

[UNCBlue012]

Padres enter bidding war for Freddie

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

We have plenty of potential 4/5 options.

Makes absolutely no sense to spend our remaining resources on a position where we have internal options while we look at the OF and are barren.

Also there aren't many SPs available if you really believe we can't afford JV and that Greinke is washed.

[Russ2dollas]

I still have some irrational hope that Newk will be a starter for us.

I do not. I just don't think he has the mental make up to focus.

I do have irrational hope that he could become a stud Reliever.

[nsacpi]

I'll settle for a good reliever

Me too. If he turns into Minter II I'll be happy.

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

Padres enter bidding war for Freddie

If Charlie has any say in the matter then DONE DEAL.

[UofL_Braves]

So just curious, is there any chance Dansby gets extended, if not which way do we pivot next season?

[chop2chip]

Said earlier. I have no idea why athletic signed DOB or Schultz as their Braves writers.

They weren't must read for the AJC. Seems they just wanted them for name value.

Schultz takes the last 24 hours of this trade and extension are even worse.

Every newspaper in the country has a Schultz - reactionary takes shouted from the ivory tower. He’s not as bad as others still.

His Freddie Freeman column aged like milk in the summer.

[Russ2dollas]

I think that makes sense. If you assume AA holds 5% for mid year upgrades, then 15 million gets you to about $155-160 million opening day payroll + 10 million in reserve for a total of $170m.

If we only have 15 million to spend we are in trouble IMO. We can't have an OF of Olivera, Duvall, 10-15 million guy and/or a rotation of Fried, Morton, Anderson and a bunch of dudes. With the expanded playoffs maybe you get in and make a deadline deal.

If we only have 15 million I'd have to hope we make another trade.

[The Chosen One]

So just curious, is there any chance Dansby gets extended, if not which way do we pivot next season?

I doubt he gets extent.

[striker42]

So just curious, is there any chance Dansby gets extended, if not which way do we pivot next season?

We pray Braden Shewmake's struggles last year were the result of missing a year due to Covid restrictions and hope he takes a huge step forward. Otherwise, we're probably going to have to see who's available for trade.

[thethe]

We pray Braden Shewmake's struggles last year were the result of missing a year due to Covid restrictions and hope he takes a huge step forward. Otherwise, we're probably going to have to see who's available for trade.

If the offense works out the way we think then you could deal with a defense first low bat guy. Those are available every year in FA or via trade.