Braves sign Charlie Morton

[Freshmaker]

1/15 - woohoo!!!

[Hudson2]

Wow! The payroll isn’t going down in the Atl! Get us a big bat, bullpen arm, and a couple of bench guys and we are right there with the Dodgers! That rotation is gonna be freakin nasty

[The Chosen One]

A golden suspender has returned home.

[Freshmaker]

A golden suspender has returned home.

Shanks must be on cloud 9

[The Chosen One]

Rotation is looking good.

Halladay Lite
Kershaw Lite
Maddux Lite
Wilson
Cal

[50PoundHead]

Rotation is looking good.

Halladay Lite
Kershaw Lite
Maddux Lite
Wilson
Cal

No Miller Lite?

[clvclv]

No Miller Lite?

I drink those - have to know there aren't enough of them left to go around.

[nsacpi]

No Miller Lite?

you can find that in the pen: Matzek is Miller (Andrew) Lite

[Tapate50]

Really nice. I'd have thought we were almost done with the Smiling Smyly deal.

[Buzzworm]

Great signing.
I guess instead of giving Bauer 30 for 1 year they hedged on two vets for that.
I like it

[Freshmaker]

Great deal IMO. If we can just get a bat then we should be pretty good. Not sure if these two deals mean we are using our money on SP instead of Ozuna, or if our payroll is going up

[Southcack77]

Great deal IMO. If we can just get a bat then we should be pretty good. Not sure if these two deals mean we are using our money on SP instead of Ozuna, or if our payroll is going up

The Braves put themselves in a really good financial position for this offseason. They could just maintain last season's payroll and have plenty of room to make more additions.

We've been assuming some kind of austerity though, which would make that feel like payroll going up.

[thethe]

The Braves put themselves in a really good financial position for this offseason. They could just maintain last season's payroll and have plenty of room to make more additions.

We've been assuming some kind of austerity though, which would make that feel like payroll going up.

Agreed. If they spend another 15 on a position player then we may have underestimated the financial position of the team or how aggressively they budgeted their 3-5 year projected revenues.

[Freshmaker]

Agreed. If they spend another 15 on a position player then we may have underestimated the financial position of the team or how aggressively they budgeted their 3-5 year projected revenues.

Do we know how much extra revenue they received from the postseason run? That certainly could’ve helped some

[thethe]

Do we know how much extra revenue they received from the postseason run? That certainly could’ve helped some

It may have helped but it will all be based on future projections. Many believe Atlanta will be the next great world city and population is exploding in the Cobb county area with great gains expected the next 20 years.
There will be lots of butts in the seats once COVID is behind us

[Southcack77]

Well, I think they've had a wonderful offseason with the rotation.

Much like last season Anthopolous is overcorrecting the biggest problem from the previous season.

You could theoretically move into next season with what you have in the lineup, but I have to think they have some money to play with there as well. Or trade targets or something. If they did nothing in the lineup, I'd guess they are still a playoff contender.

[thethe]

Wright has to be on the way out to trade for a position player right?

[thewupk]

Wright has to be on the way out to trade for a position player right?

Let's keep some kind of rotation depth. Or have you learned nothing?

[Dalyn]

I love the Morton deal! I've wanted him back since he left, and I am glad it finally happened.

[nsacpi]

I love the Morton deal! I've wanted him back since he left, and I am glad it finally happened.

Morton is fairly close to Martin.