This literally hasn't been the case for the latter part of the last two months. They added more than 10 million for a half-year rental and several more with big BP moves at the deadline.Originally Posted by PurpleBrave
This literally hasn't been the case for the latter part of the last two months. They added more than 10 million for a half-year rental and several more with big BP moves at the deadline.
Well, he'll be 36, 37 and 38 in the next 3 years.
That's not exactly young. And his contract aint cheap. He could decline sharply at any moment, but the way Greinke pitches, i wouldnt bet against him.
And the Braves have added nearly 20-25 mil to payroll since Opening Day, so this isnt near true. And added some money to next years payroll in Greene and Melancon.
Lastly, i said before, Braves and Astros are at different points of their windows. Astros are in the middle of their window, and Miley/Cole are FA's after the year, Brantley next year, Correa in 2 years. They gotta go for it while they got this team. Verlander is still pitching well but who knows when he'll decline. Braves arent quite at that point now.
Last edited by Heyward; 08-01-2019 at 11:13 AM.
Braves have added ~20 million in salary since the season started
Yeah guessing they meant prospect cost as opposed to dollars
imagine if AA signed Kimbrel instead of the route he chose. remember how mad people were?
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Not really. You are taking a page from Ensheffs book.
People completely understood not going a third year for Kimbrel.
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..some people were definitely upset and wanted him signed at that price.
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“Some”
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yeah. i didn't say or imply it was everyone. i said people were mad.
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It's been 12 games for Kimbrel. A little too soon to write him off don't you think?
His struggles go back to the end of last season. We'll see.
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not entirely writing him off. but he won't come close to being worth that contract.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
Who could have possibly predicted it would be a bad idea to give CK 2.5 years?
Who could have possibly guessed it would be the Cubs who overpaid for pitching?
the cubs aren't an intelligently run franchise tbh
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
Remember when everyone thought that Theo Epstein was some sort of baseball savant?
He's probably like Bill James and that they've fallen behind the current analytics movement.
But Theo will probably go in the HoF one day since he ended 2 century long curses in Boston and Chicago.
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It turns out building a winner and maintaining a winner are 2 different skill sets.
Theo undoubtedly did a tremendous job building a winner in 2 different places. It appears he may not be doing a good job maintaining it.
BedellBrave (08-03-2019)
Where do you put JS at
Forever Fredi
How many gms other than John S have even won titles with two orgs?
Factor in ending two 100 year droughts that have totally turned around two large market franchises and I think he’s clearly getting in.
He’s not a dummy.
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