Some speculation from Mark Bowman:
http://m.braves.mlb.com/news/article...rd-and-rebuild
Some speculation from Mark Bowman:
http://m.braves.mlb.com/news/article...rd-and-rebuild
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No thanks.
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Does it really matter? The team hit its ceiling in 2013.
Heyward (10-25-2014)
I think it'll be Heyward for some reason. Maybe bc he thinks he deserves more than FF and the Braves won't pay it. Who knows.
I also think it'll be Heyward this year.
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AerchAngel (10-24-2014)
Not gritty enough. Need to rebuild.
holden (10-24-2014)
This is ****ing stupid. Rebuild when we still have a young, competitive team? I understand possibly trading a piece away to fill other needs, but trading two major pieces? Why are people insinuating that we need to start from square one based off one bad year? That's what perennial losers do.
And also, trading Heyward away could set this organization back a decade.
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There are two options I like. Going for it in 2015 and letting both walk and starting the rebuilding with 5 first round picks over 2 years (Santana gets a comp pick too) or trading both now. What I am certain of is that paying either or both of them anywhere close to market let value is a very bad idea.
I know I am in the vast minority but I think we can be a better team in 2015 by trading both. It will mean relying on a lot of unproven talent but that's what we have scouts for.
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I'm not going to react to an article of someone's opinion. It's all speculation.
I'm up for trading anyone depending on the return. As long as I feel the team is headed in the right direction I will be fine with it. Watching this team last year was sickening and something has to change.
I would obviously prefer to keep both but when you are trying to reshape your team you often do that by trading good players and getting other good players back.
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Braves might be in a position where they have to trade both guys if they want to field a high quality team in 2017. Here is an approximation of the contracts already on the books for 17:
BJ Upton: 17,000,000
Freddie Freeman: 21,000,000
Andrelton Simmons: 8,000,00
Chris Johnson: 9,000,000
Julio Teheran: 6,500,000
Craig Kimbrel: 13,250,000
That's 74.75 million we've got tied up for 6 players, and one of them is terrible and needs to be replaced and another is league average at best.
Have to at least trade one. Makes sense to do it now so you can get close to max value.
Actually I would listen to offers on every one of those guys. Teheran would be the one I'd be least likely to let go. I'd listen on Freeman and Kimbrel.
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Hudson2 (10-24-2014)
We 100% cannot let either Heyward or Justin walk away after 2015 for just a draft pick. That will kill us. Nobody wants to trade either but the team needs to be realistic. We MUST cash in on one of them this offseason and pick up multiple pieces. I'm sure everyone here would love nothing more then to lock both up but we can't go into the year with both. I'm going to be very disappointed if we don't trade one.
My mind would be blown and my fandom shaken if the Braves front office decided that Fredi should get another chance at redemption, but not this obviously talented young core.
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