Simmons signed to 7 year extension

[Tapate50]

Per Roto

[BremanFan88]

Awesome. Just got to get Heyward locked up next offseason and we'll be sitting pretty for a while.

[sturg33]

The Braves have agreed to a seven-year extension with shortstop Andrelton Simmons, the club announced today via press release. Simmons will receive a $58MM guarantee, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.

Simmons, 24, will now be under contract with Atlanta through the 2020 season. The deal covers all of his arb-eligible years and includes two seasons of free agent eligibility. With just 1.125 years of service heading into 2014, Simmons was a possible (but by no means certain) Super Two player for 2015.

[thethe]

EFFIN BEAUTIFUL!

[thethe]

This guy will hit. Guys who swing that hard and don't strike out are bound to figure it out!

[NinersSBChamps]

This guy will hit. Guys who swing that hard and don't strike out are bound to figure it out!

Yes he has awesome plate coverage and when he swings it generally means contact of some sort. I question his approach sometimes because he goes up there hacking a lot of the time and doesn't see enough pitches. The signs point to him slowing it down and becoming a decent hitter though. So, I am not worried about him all that much.

Like you said in a couple seasons this contract can look really good and I think it will.

Kudos to Wren on this one.

[emk418]

This guy will hit. Guys who swing that hard and don't strike out are bound to figure it out!

Definitely a bargain. He's the guy I really wanted to lock up before he breaks out offensively. We saved a lot of money getting it done this year.

Now time to get Minor locked up.

[NinersSBChamps]

And another one falls into place. 7/58 is a good deal for Simmons. Considering he hasn't shown a ton of offense he must really love this deal. I said something like 6/50 a few days ago is what I would offer him.

I do think this deal isn't as team friendly as we would have hoped for, but it falls in line with the young guys staying here. I am happy for Simba because I love him as a player. He is so fun to watch out there. His bat should begin to improve as well and if it does watch out.

[thethe]

And another one falls into place. 7/58 is a good deal for Simmons. Considering he hasn't shown a ton of offense he must really love this deal. I said something like 6/50 a few days ago is what I would offer him.

I do think this deal isn't as team friendly as we would have hoped for, but it falls in line with the young guys staying here. I am happy for Simba because I love him as a player. He is so fun to watch out there. His bat should begin to improve as well and if it does watch out.

When inflation continues to hit baseball this is going to be the best contract out there in two years

[cajunrevenge]

From what i read the two year deal was the result of negotiations for a long term deal. They agreed to the two year deal and plan to negotiate next offseason for a longer extension. That means there was a big gap between the braves and Heyward. The braves want to see Heyward play a full season with no DL trips and Heyward probably thinks he will have a breakout year with the bat.

Overall I think its a positive sign. I think the fact that his deal got done first is proof that he was the number 1 priority.

[Hawk]

From what i read the two year deal was the result of negotiations for a long term deal. They agreed to the two year deal and plan to negotiate next offseason for a longer extension. That means there was a big gap between the braves and Heyward. The braves want to see Heyward play a full season with no DL trips and Heyward probably thinks he will have a breakout year with the bat.

The Braves never offered Jason anything long-term, according to Wren.

[50PoundHead]

Looks like a pretty good deal on Simmons. Much better than what the Rangers shelled out for Andrus.

[NYCBrave]

Looks like a pretty good deal on Simmons. Much better than what the Rangers shelled out for Andrus.

100% agree!

[chipchildress]

The Braves never offered Jason anything long-term, according to Wren.

for good reason...

[jpx7]

for good reason...

Strongly disagree.

[Heyward]

for good reason...

[Heyward]

http://www.talkingchop.com/2014/2/20...and-extensions

The expectation is that after next season, the Heyward deal can be expanded so that he, too, will be locked up at least through the first year in the new ballpark.

[Orphan Black]

The Braves never offered Jason anything long-term, according to Wren.

That may be true, but that doesn't mean they didn't discuss something "long-term."

[Enscheff]

From what i read the two year deal was the result of negotiations for a long term deal. They agreed to the two year deal and plan to negotiate next offseason for a longer extension. That means there was a big gap between the braves and Heyward. The braves want to see Heyward play a full season with no DL trips and Heyward probably thinks he will have a breakout year with the bat.

Overall I think its a positive sign. I think the fact that his deal got done first is proof that he was the number 1 priority.

I agree. Heyward would be "selling low" on himself if he signed a longterm deal right now. None of the current guys that signed an extension are in the same boat.

[sentenza]

I'm interested what we will pay other players, when all these long-term signed players get 12-15 Mio. $ in 4 or 5 years.