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    Charlie Morton’s club option

    Assuming he doesn’t decide to retire, do we bring him back for $20M next year?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chico View Post
    Assuming he doesn’t decide to retire, do we bring him back for $20M next year?
    I would. He is still worth 20 million.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    I would. He is still worth 20 million.
    I'm not against bringing him back but I need to assess the opportunity cost of exercising that option.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    I'm not against bringing him back but I need to assess the opportunity cost of exercising that option.
    It is the opportunity of getting a 3+ Win pitcher at 20 million.

    That said would Charlie get 20 million on the FA market. I guess that is the question. But in todays market. 20 million for a Morton type is a bargain. Heck we gave Hamels 18 million and he was t even healthy.

    Having Morton as one of your five starters with the other four being who they are is a luxury. We would still have depth in AAA. And that would finish the rotation so we only would have a few holes to fill
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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    It is the opportunity of getting a 3+ Win pitcher at 20 million.

    That said would Charlie get 20 million on the FA market. I guess that is the question. But in todays market. 20 million for a Morton type is a bargain. Heck we gave Hamels 18 million and he was t even healthy.

    Having Morton as one of your five starters with the other four being who they are is a luxury. We would still have depth in AAA. And that would finish the rotation so we only would have a few holes to fill
    I'm waiting out Degrom first. This team is so good its worth it for me to spend 80M for 2 years of hoping Degrom gives us a better shot at winning and make us clear cut favorites.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    I'm waiting out Degrom first. This team is so good its worth it for me to spend 80M for 2 years of hoping Degrom gives us a better shot at winning and make us clear cut favorites.
    Every game Degrom pitched against the Mets would be nationally televised

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    Just dreaming...can you imagine a Starting Rotation of

    Degrom
    Strider
    Fried
    Wright
    Soroka

    That may have to be the best rotation ever constructed in Atlanta.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesguy View Post
    Just dreaming...can you imagine a Starting Rotation of

    Degrom
    Strider
    Fried
    Wright
    Soroka

    That may have to be the best rotation ever constructed in Atlanta.
    That’s a lot of injuries waiting to happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    That’s a lot of injuries waiting to happen.

    That’s what I was thinking lol
    Better have the Odog and elders of the world on standby.
    But healthy it would be a hellva rotation.

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    Yes. He’s worth the money.

    If degrom wants to come then you go 6 man rotation

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    I have a feeling at the end we finish trading Soroka away.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ixiXSolidXixi View Post
    I have a feeling at the end we finish trading Soroka away.
    I doubt it. Ian more likely

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    I don't think he will come back.

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    Pass for me. Maybe if he can live with $12m.

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    Maybe talk to him and see if he would come back for 12-14 million if the team declined the option?

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    It’s going to be the decision that effects other moves for sure. It’s hard to see Ian or Muller back in AAA.

    If we keep Morton and Soroka is back to 80% of his previous self, it could open the door to trade both of them. I don’t even know who we’d go after but it’d be an option.

    We’d still have Tarnok, Shuster, Elder, and Vines in AAA with Dodd and Salinas in AA to bridge the gap to the next wave of SP prospects.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WaitingFor2017 View Post
    Maybe talk to him and see if he would come back for 12-14 million if the team declined the option?
    Morton probably just retires if that conversation happens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    I doubt it. Ian more likely
    Why sell low? Both have options. You need depth.

    Extra rest helps pitchers.

    Question is how much can he spend? If he invests that much in starters what does lf, dh, ss and the pen look like?

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    Quote Originally Posted by chop2chip View Post
    Morton probably just retires if that conversation happens.
    We should offer him another deal.

    Takes less for next year and another option for 2024. If we decline the buyout would just be the difference of what he took less for.

    Sell him on the idea of getting DeGrom.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Chosen One View Post
    We should offer him another deal.

    Takes less for next year and another option for 2024. If we decline the buyout would just be the difference of what he took less for.

    Sell him on the idea of getting DeGrom.
    I don’t think I would know how to process JDG signing with us. I associate big name free agents the same way I think of rich people buying a yacht.

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