Megathread: Braves lose Maitan, Bae and 10+ plus International Sanctions.

[striker42]

Manfred = King Joffrey

[MadduxFanII]

Are we still allowed to be Braves fans, or has MLB declared us all free agents? I work a few blocks from Coors Field, and I do like purple.

Gilesfan will be unaffected, of course.

[50PoundHead]

Far worse than I expected. Really beyond the pale.

[Ozzie Swanson]

Coppy is banned for life according to Rosenthal.

[The Chosen One]

Coppy is banned for life according to Rosenthal.

Thats really bizarre.

Did the Cards guys that hacked the Astros, are they banned for life?

[MadduxFanII]

The worst part for Coppy is that he’s now ineligible for the Hall of Fame.

[UNCBlue012]

What the heck. That was way worse than I expected. Jeez, man.

[Ozzie Swanson]

Also, Blakely only gets a one year suspension. Tells you pretty much all you need to know. He doused the Braves in gasoline and lit us on fire and MLB is letting him off easy.

[nsacpi]

Also, Blakely only gets a one year suspension. Tells you pretty much all you need to know. He doused the Braves in gasoline and lit us on fire and MLB is letting him off easy.

a form of plea bargain...i suspect Blakely will have a hard time getting another job in baseball

[CrimsonCowboy]

No good way to spin this. Absolutely no way.

[MadduxFanII]

Here’s Manfred’s full statement. Link to Rosenthal’s Facebook page:

https://m.facebook.com/kenrosenthals...69800989752293

[jpx7]

This actually makes me want to be a Braves fan going forward even more.

Well the team can occupy a nice underdog position now.

[bravesfanforlife88]

Hart really has friends in high places to not receive any penalty whatsoever. He walks away from the organization, free and clear, while we, the fans, take the brunt of the punishment.

Good for Coppy to be banned for life. Slimy son of a bitch

[Bravesfannchar]

a form of plea bargain...i suspect Blakely will have a hard time getting another job in baseball

He’ll be a marlin after the ban with Jeter in Miami... probably..

[striker42]

Manfred let ego get involved in this. It wasn't an issue of business or the best interests of the game. Manfred is a sulky child who is mad that someone did something he didn't want them to do. What a superfluous human being.

[MadduxFanII]

Basically, Manfred said we signed five players in the 2015-2016 period to X signing bonus in their contracts, but gave them more money under the table by inflating the bonus we gave to a player who was exempt from the bonus rules (Toscano?).

We did that so we would have money to sign Maitan and company in 2016-2017. We would not have been able to sign them without the rule breaking the previous year. That group was declared free agents because they were all signed as the result of our shenanigans.

[CrimsonCowboy]

There hasn’t been a burning in Atlanta this bad since General Sherman. Geez

[chop2chip]

To MLB’s credit, the logic seems.. reasonable?

It sounds like we were quite lucky to not lose anyone in the 2015-2016 class, which includes Pache.

Dion Toscano is the most notorious AA player in Braves history. His signing was the smoking gun that brought down a legendary executive in John Hart, a lifetime ban of a young, up and coming executive, and smeared the reputation of one the most successful MLB franchises for years to come.

It’s onlu fitting that Maitan goes on to hit 600 homeruns.

[Prikichi]

You ought to send another message to Manfred and tell him to go **** himself.

Post of the week?

[nsacpi]

Basically, Manfred said we signed five players in the 2015-2016 period to X signing bonus in their contracts, but gave them more money under the table by inflating the bonus we gave to a player who was exempt from the bonus rules (Toscano?).

We did that so we would have money to sign Maitan and company in 2016-2017. We would not have been able to sign them without the rule breaking the previous year. That group was declared free agents because they were all signed as the result of our shenanigans.

Toscana occurred to me too...that signing always seemed odd...i think Hart was in on the whole thing from the start