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    Quote Originally Posted by Braves1976 View Post
    that's the good thing about him, he is cheap and so if you find a better starter option he still could be a big bat off the bench with his hitting skills.
    Right.

    What’s bad about having a pre-arb guy with a career .372 obp and 130 wRC+?

    He’s not great in the field but that bat and salary plays just fine in bench role. And maybe you could live with the fielding a few days a week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Southcack77 View Post
    Right.

    What’s bad about having a pre-arb guy with a career .372 obp and 130 wRC+?

    He’s not great in the field but that bat and salary plays just fine in bench role. And maybe you could live with the fielding a few days a week.
    I watched him a bit with the Cardinals and I could see him being used like Tucker prior to Acuna and working out fine, esp. since Camargo and/or Duvall will need OF time as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Braves1976 View Post
    i was the first to bring him up here, sure but a few agreed with me and others disagreed. I also brought up other options first, will you call it obsession the next time i mention them too? lol
    Dude.... you're a little too prickly over this obsession word

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    Quote Originally Posted by Southcack77 View Post
    I’ll take Martinez for the bench if nothing else. He gets on base.
    I'd take him for the bench in a heartbeat if the price is right... he wants him starting in OF though

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozzie's Chainz View Post
    So we are calling Neck Muk now?
    This derives from the so-designated Mukaki Rebuild, the first season after we blew it up. I think it was Dalyn’s invention. The catchphrase was “In a Mukaki Rebuild, anything can happen” What, exactly, this means, and what, precisely it’s playing off of is open to interpretation. But it, uh, stuck.

    I will give Neck this much—he was ok as a player, but as a generator of ongoing board memes (Neck, Mukaki Rebuild, offseason lifting) he offered significant surplus value. Almost Lairdian.

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    Why would the Braves acquire a DH to sit on the bench when an AL team will find better value using the DH as a...DH?

    AA better have something up his sleeve because all the good options are getting snapped up pretty quickly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zbhargrove View Post
    I'd take him for the bench in a heartbeat if the price is right... he wants him starting in OF though
    I didn't say he had to be starting every day, I said all along that Camargo and/or Duvall could use OF time too. Maybe even Culberson sometimes vs the Nats. How much any of them starts per week would depend on performance, etc.

    One reason I am so against bringing back Markakis is that I don't see him accepting many days off or platooning. Plus I expect his hitting and defense to only get worse.
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    Heyman's Braves Notes from 12/20:

    Atlanta Braves

    — The Braves tried for Michael Brantley but weren’t prepared to go to the $32 million deal he got from the Braves …

    — The Braves continue to have a very tight budget for a team with exploding revenues …

    — Craig Mish, a noted Florida radio guy, suggested the Braves were willing to trade top third base prospect Austin Riley for Marlins star catcher J.T. Realmuto. However, the Braves did not offer pitcher Mike Soroka in tandem with Riley, according to sources.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freshmaker View Post
    Heyman's Braves Notes from 12/20:

    Atlanta Braves

    — The Braves tried for Michael Brantley but weren’t prepared to go to the $32 million deal he got from the Braves …

    — The Braves continue to have a very tight budget for a team with exploding revenues …

    — Craig Mish, a noted Florida radio guy, suggested the Braves were willing to trade top third base prospect Austin Riley for Marlins star catcher J.T. Realmuto. However, the Braves did not offer pitcher Mike Soroka in tandem with Riley, according to sources.
    If we couldn't beat the Brantley deal, that is incredibly concerning and it might officially be panic time.

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    yeah that's my thought as well

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    There's a difference between not being able to pay a price for a guy and not being willing. Remember, there were other teams in on Brantley who were unwilling to go that high too.

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    I won’t be upset unless I see a SOURCES:Braves to re-sign Nick Markakis. Until then I don’t believe it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freshmaker View Post
    Heyman's Braves Notes from 12/20:

    Atlanta Braves

    — The Braves tried for Michael Brantley but weren’t prepared to go to the $32 million deal he got from the Braves …

    — The Braves continue to have a very tight budget for a team with exploding revenues …

    — Craig Mish, a noted Florida radio guy, suggested the Braves were willing to trade top third base prospect Austin Riley for Marlins star catcher J.T. Realmuto. However, the Braves did not offer pitcher Mike Soroka in tandem with Riley, according to sources.
    I’m not sure how much more info we need to see that tells us the Braves opening day payroll will be around $120m+.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    I’m not sure how much more info we need to see that tells us the Braves opening day payroll will be around $120m+.
    I almost think we can remove the + from the equation a this point lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by zbhargrove View Post
    You really haven't been here long, have you?
    I'm still a prospect service time wise heading into the '19 season.
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    Do the Reds have too many outfielders now? What about Schebler?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozzie's Chainz View Post
    Do the Reds have too many outfielders now? What about Schebler?
    Maybe they'll trade us puig

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    I only care about Winker on the Reds

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    Quote Originally Posted by zbhargrove View Post
    I only care about Winker on the Reds
    Thanks, I got them confused but I do like them both. One was a hitting fool against us!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freshmaker View Post
    Heyman's Braves Notes from 12/20:

    Atlanta Braves

    — The Braves tried for Michael Brantley but weren’t prepared to go to the $32 million deal he got from the Braves …

    — The Braves continue to have a very tight budget for a team with exploding revenues …

    — Craig Mish, a noted Florida radio guy, suggested the Braves were willing to trade top third base prospect Austin Riley for Marlins star catcher J.T. Realmuto. However, the Braves did not offer pitcher Mike Soroka in tandem with Riley, according to sources.
    From the same article:

    “The Reds have been the price for Sonny Gray high to this point. The Yankees don’t seek the very top prospects, but the ones just below, Double-A and Triple-A pitchers the Reds prefer not to trade … “

    Those pitchers would be guys like santillan, Gutierrez, Mella and Rainey...all FV 45 arms that are much more in line with what makes sense for a Gray return.

    Comparable arm from the Braves would be Muller.

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