I would love to have Kimbrel back.
I would love to have Kimbrel back.
Me too, but not on a deal that would strap us in the future. It would have to be a 1 year deal or something extemely below market.
JohnAdcox (02-10-2019)
We could structure a 3 year deal where the AAV would end up around 15M and allow us to get him fairly cheaply in 2019.
Say 10M in 2019, 18M in 2020 and 17M in 2021.
We can do it this way because we have bunch of contracts coming off the books after this season.
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"I am your retribution."
Kimbrel R
Viz R
Minter L
O Day R
Venters L
Sobotka R
Freeman L
That's a strong pen
Kimbrel started the offseason trying to beat Jansen’s 5/80 contract. That probably isn’t happening. A 5 year deal for a declining BP arm in his 30s simply isn’t realistic anymore.
Next up is beating the $17.3M AAV of the 3/52 deal signed by Wade Davis. Kimbrel may not get 3 years, but he probably isn’t taking something like $12M-$15M per year.
Right now, I expect Kimbrel to lower his ask in years and sign something like 2/35 with a 3rd year option, or maybe a straight increase of the Davis deal...3/53+.
If the Braves couldn’t afford 2/36 for Brantley before giving Markakis $6M, they certainly can’t afford to give Kimbrel that kind of cash now after signing Markakis.
Last edited by Enscheff; 02-10-2019 at 02:02 PM.
We are not signing anyone with a QO. The great plan for this year is to upgrade at the break instead of the offseason.
Coppy
AA doesn’t have the balls to sign Kimbrel
Get off my lawn!
elmore80 (02-10-2019)
You still need to attract fans to the park to keep revenues up so you have to compete. JD helps us compete.
It's not unethical at all. Bonus structures based on profits are common in any industry. I don't doubt many execs around the game get bonuses based on profits.
Folty is projected at 2.7 by Steamer and I would wager he will shatter that if he's healthy considering he hit 3.9 last year. Gausman will be close to 3 wins. Then you have the X factors who are not going to be projected correctly.... if Soroka stays healthy I think he easily hits 3 wins and the one everyone is forgetting about... Gohara... best raw stuff probably. Sounds like he's lost a ton of weight and he's year out of being a 20 year old who lost his dad and almost lost his mom... a lot of people are forgetting about Gohara but I think he is going to be a beast
Not contradictory at all. The team has to be interesting to keep revenue up. But once you hit a certain point, there's diminishing returns. Once you're competing, making the team better isn't going to generate much more interest. You'll be spending money for no return.
You're shooting for a sweet spot. It's the same as you do in lots of things in business.
Braves fans should be experts on a team spending more money than is needed to generate interest.
Remember all those empty seats for playoff games when the Braves had one of the highest payrolls in the game?
I think its kinda futile to try to guess which of our pitchers will have successful years next year, outside of Folty and Gausman. I think that there are no less than 8-9 other guys who could have ~3 win seasons if they got 30 or more starts, but predicting which ones will do it is tough. Collectively, I think we have a good shot of having 2-3 guys pull it off. I guess if I had to make a bet, it'd be Touki, Soroka, and Gohara that do it.
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