Gattis is pretty decent defensively at C, he isnt good in LF, where now he will be catching full-time unless CB blows up.Originally Posted by Perfect Cell
Mac will do better because he will rake in that park with the short porch.
Gattis is pretty decent defensively at C, he isnt good in LF, where now he will be catching full-time unless CB blows up.
Mac will do better because he will rake in that park with the short porch.
Funny to hear people acusing Heap of wanting money. Since when him and Francour were gonna sign heap signed a team friendly contract while frenchy wanted to be for the money and I don't remember people ****ting on frenchy then lol.
This, and whose to say the Braves even offered him all that much.
I saw they talked with him last Friday or his agent but i doubt enough where he would stay.
Sometimes it's best to part ways, though i would of liked him back, doesnt mean Mac is greedy though.
I think it would make a lot of us feel better (or at least me, myself) to have heard Mac come out in the press and express his desire to remain in Atlanta and say something along the lines that he hoped Atlanta would offer. Then you've got Heyward over there seemingly celebrating Mac's new contract. It stings.
and minor
Good to see Mac get paid. He deserves it for what he's done in his career. Sucks the Braves couldn't keep him but he's a premier free agent while the Braves are a mid market team and have capable replacements.
As pointed out before, Heyward grew up a Yankees fan (he was born in McDonough, but his parents from from NJ). So maybe he goes there anyways.
Forever Fredi
LOL if you think he signed with the Yanks for any reason other than the money. He was going to play with the team that gave him the most money. It's all he cared about, hence the reason why him and his agent came out and said they wanted a $100 million contract. I have no respect for him or any other players with that mindset. They don't need the money to make ends meet, they just want to be the highest paid player at their position. It's all about pride and ego with profresional athletes these days.
AerchAngel (11-24-2013), NinersSBChamps (11-24-2013)
Why does it matter what Heyward or anyone else says? None of us know them personally, so I say we ignore the tweets.
Not every player is going to be a Chipper Jones that stays here below value for their whole career.
Show me where he had better offers (in terms of some thing other than money) from other teams
The list of professional athletes you admire must be the shortest list ever.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
So if we offered him 5/75, with a 6th year option, a little less than he signed for.
You think he leaves.
And like anyone has ever not signed less, and always for the money.
Before we say Maddux, Smoltz, Chipper, took lowball offers to stay with us we have to remember:
1) We were still Top 3 in payroll those days when we gave them extensions.
2) While they weren't the best deals, they were still getting paid at or slightly above market value.
3) Playing for a team they were already comfortable with in a state with not as high of taxes, where they could play golf regularly, and for a manager they loved, and a team that had a chance to compete year to year it made the decision easier.
I doubt Wren offered Mac anything even close to what the Yankees, probably not even half and for the samea mount of years.
Forever Fredi
I think he offered him 4/60, maybe.
BUT ITS 17 ****ING MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR! ****! I'd take that. My family would be set up for life. I'd be on the ****ing Yankees. I know we hate the Yankees, but damn, congrats to BMac.
bravesnumberone (11-24-2013)
Is this confirmed or was it only speculative?
I wonder if a 4/60 plus a 5th year option would've done it. By then maybe Freeman is a free agent and out of our price range and Mac could play 1st for a few seasons.
Forever Fredi
I don't admire professional athletes, period! They don't know what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck. They have everything handed to them on a silver platter. That's not to say they don't put in hard work to be great at what they do but when you get down to it they get paid millions to play a game and never have to worry about their finances. I'm not so sure why we should admire any of them.
AerchAngel (11-24-2013), bravebonebook (11-24-2013)
Not all professional athletes were raised in good shape. I mean a lot of the guys grew up in lower middle class-poor conditions. So while they didn't have to work and live paycheck to paycheck, I'm sure their parents did. Especially the latin-american players who grew up in the slums. I don't blame them for taking the most money possible, because they're probably taking care of many extended family members in their native countries.
Forever Fredi
That's still $15 million a year! You are acting like that's chump change.
I doubt we even offered him a contract. I think the Braves want to move on regardless of the price.
They work very ****ing hard. In fact, some are abused as children because their parents want to live their dreams through them. They get paid so much money because they're world class talents with skills that not many can play at that level. They also get paid that much because people ****ing love sports. It's tribal ****.
Criticizing them because they don't live pay check to pay check is so ****ing stupid. Is that measure of a man, now?
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