Around Baseball Offseason Thread

[Millwood1Hitter]

Hart: "We had very good discussions with Price and his camp. We were competitive, right there. We offered 31 million and 7 years, he just wasn't comfortable with where we are at as far as competing in the short term. He grew up a Braves fan, therefore we will see in 3 years if he has a change of heart. He wanted to start, we want to reload the bullpen, so as of today it just wasn't a fit."

[thewupk]

Pretty scary to think about the pool of almost-ready talent the organization could amass if they actually traded Miller, Freeman, and Teheran in the next week or so.

Also scary to think how bad the team would be in 2016.

[rico43]

Price gets $30 million per year for seven years from the Red Sox. Holy Christ, these prices are insane. It's only baseball, for God's sake.

[thewupk]

Price gets $30 million per year for seven years from the Red Sox. Holy Christ, these prices are insane. It's only baseball, for God's sake.

A baseball league that generates about 8 billion in revenue a year.

[rico43]

Hart: "We had very good discussions with Price and his camp. We were competitive, right there. We offered 31 million and 7 years, he just wasn't comfortable with where we are at as far as competing in the short term. He grew up a Braves fan, therefore we will see in 3 years if he has a change of heart. He wanted to start, we want to reload the bullpen, so as of today it just wasn't a fit."

PLEASE QUIT WITH THIS CRAP. To the new and uninitiated, Millwood writes fiction. One a good day, it's satire. On other days, it's mean-spirted and hateful as he tries to poison the legit discussion.

[clvclv]

Also scary to think how bad the team would be in 2016.

If it significantly improves the overall outlook for the future, not doing so would be incredibly shortsighted.

[thewupk]

If it significantly improves the overall outlook for the future, not doing so would be incredibly shortsighted.

Oh I agree. I just think that would go in the face of the 'we wont be as bad next year' talk. Not that it really matters what they say.

[cajunrevenge]

I personally lost all respect for Price when he said resigning with the Rays wasnt about money, it was about respect, but the only way they can show that respect is by paying him more than anyone else will. Atleast Greinke came right out and said he will play for a last place team if they are the high bidder. I can respect greed. I cant respect a greedy person that lies about it.

[goldfly]

Price gets $30 million per year for seven years from the Red Sox. Holy Christ, these prices are insane. It's only baseball, for God's sake.

how much are the owners making while the players are making this? It's only baseball, for Gods sake

[goldfly]

Pretty scary to think about the pool of almost-ready talent the organization could amass if they actually traded Miller, Freeman, and Teheran in the next week or so.

[Oklahomahawk]

I personally lost all respect for Price when he said resigning with the Rays wasnt about money, it was about respect, but the only way they can show that respect is by paying him more than anyone else will. Atleast Greinke came right out and said he will play for a last place team if they are the high bidder. I can respect greed. I cant respect a greedy person that lies about it.

Cough*A-Rod several years ago*Cough.

[gilesfan]

I think Zobrist is the exception to that rule. For a team in win now mode, he's basically the perfect missing piece signing. The years are relatively short, so you sign him for your window and if he sucks at the end of the contract you live with the consequences.

Washington, St. Louis, or the Mets would be great landing spots for him.

Washington has been after him for years. I expect them to be on on him, but they have a big of a log jam at in the infield.

[50PoundHead]

To those who just treat this all as a business, which it truly is and has been: Both the owners and the players are making crap loads of money, but a guy used to be able to go out to the ballpark, get a good ticket for $10 or $20 and have a beer and a hot dog for $3 apiece. I'm not trying not to sound like an old crank here, but if you can't get into the ballpark for less than $50 to $60 these days. If you want to take your family, you almost have to take out a second mortgage. Some of that's simple inflation, but prices for everything involved at the ballpark have greatly outpaced that. We can blame either or both sides of the equation, but that doesn't blunt the fact that fans are paying a lot more to get to the game.

[thewupk]

To those who just treat this all as a business, which it truly is and has been: Both the owners and the players are making crap loads of money, but a guy used to be able to go out to the ballpark, get a good ticket for $10 or $20 and have a beer and a hot dog for $3 apiece. I'm not trying not to sound like an old crank here, but if you can't get into the ballpark for less than $50 to $60 these days. If you want to take your family, you almost have to take out a second mortgage. Some of that's simple inflation, but prices for everything involved at the ballpark have greatly outpaced that. We can blame either or both sides of the equation, but that doesn't blunt the fact that fans are paying a lot more to get to the game.

That's true but I think that goes for entertainment as a whole. Look at the rising cost of movie tickets over the years.

[Knucksie]

Price gets $30 million per year for seven years from the Red Sox. Holy Christ, these prices are insane. It's only baseball, for God's sake.

Yeah, and there were some typically genius observations here on the forum that the Braves were clearing salary to take a run at him.

[nsacpi]

I don't think anyone expected us to make a run at Price. There is one poster who kept banging the drum saying we SHOULD make a run at price. But I don't think even he thought it was going to happen.

[Heyward]

Mercy.

‏@FeinsandNYDN
One major-league executive said he's hearing the Dodgers may give Zack Greinke six years for $210 million, which would be $35 mil per year.

[Oklahomabrave]

Mercy.

‏@FeinsandNYDN
One major-league executive said he's hearing the Dodgers may give Zack Greinke six years for $210 million, which would be $35 mil per year.

Jesus

[UNCBlue012]

Mercy.

‏@FeinsandNYDN
One major-league executive said he's hearing the Dodgers may give Zack Greinke six years for $210 million, which would be $35 mil per year.

Good Lord in heaven. Wow.

[thewupk]

Mercy.

‏@FeinsandNYDN
One major-league executive said he's hearing the Dodgers may give Zack Greinke six years for $210 million, which would be $35 mil per year.

That's a lot of cheddar. What's funny is that we hear talk/speculation about the Braves not being able to afford two 20 million dollar players and the Dodgers are going to have two 30 million dollar players.