2 years / $11 million per Rosenthal
2 years / $11 million per Rosenthal
I like it. Super versatile with some pop. Fiery attitude too. Gatorade coolers in ATL are officially ****ed.
I'm thankful for this signing.
Great signing. Love how Coppy seems to strike when nobody is expecting it.
The offense just got a lot better.
Natural Immunity Croc
Good value signing. He gives us options.
He can play anywhere and will garner a decent prospect in return if we wanted to flip him.
Hawk (11-24-2016)
We just got 350-400 plate appearances of above average offensive production for a cheap price. Thats a pretty sizable upgrade IMO.
Natural Immunity Croc
JohnAdcox (11-24-2016)
Good signing.
This is a very odd signing in my opinion. Teams projected to win 75 games don't typically give $5m per year to bench guys, and there isn't a clear place to platoon him for the next 2 years.
A LHed hitting guy like Valbuena to platoon with Garcia at 3b makes sense.
A RHed hitting CFer like Ruggiano to take some ABs against LHers and be a defensive replacement for Kemp makes sense.
A RHed hitting infielder to platoon with Jace doesn't make as much sense with Albies ready in a couple months.
This signing seems like a precursor to a trade involving Albies, and the Braves going with a Jace/Sean platoon at 2b for the next couple years.
50PoundHead (11-24-2016), jpx7 (11-27-2016)
I wasn't either. Now I think it's a cheap way to build a star. I watched skeptically as Seattle pulled together Adam Lind and Dae Ho Lee and Seth Smith and Franklin Gutierrez last year and while none of them had a great year, once you did the math you got good cheap production to augment your stars.
This was one of my first thoughts as well.
Nah, keep in mind that Albies is coming off a pretty serious injury and will need to spend some time getting back into it after rehabbing it, and that he's still a teenager.
Beyond that, this deal does nothing to block Albies. $5 million a year is practically nothing in today's game. If Rodriguez is even close to the player he was last year, he's a bargain. If not, he's still a decent utility IF getting paid like one.
From your lips to God's ears.
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I just don't get the thought process behind the signing. He isn't much better (if he is at all) than current options on the IF like Jace, Garcia and Ruiz, so why was he given $5m per year? Where is the path to enough ABs to warrant that contract? The only potential platoon partner is Jace, who should be replaced full time well before this 2 year deal expires (even if Albies spends all of 2017 in AAA), so why 2 years?
The logical path to enough ABs for this guy is to trade Albies, but that is a massive downgrade at 2b.
Or did the Braves just pay $11m for a 0.5 win improvement to the bench for some unknown reason? I really wish I was the one asking questions at these press conferences.
Last edited by Enscheff; 11-24-2016 at 05:06 PM.
Looking at his career numbers, 2016 is a great outlier for him. I'm with Enscheff in seeing this as an odd move. Not necessarily a bad move--we'll see how it plays out--but I don't see where he really fits.
Definitely an outlier but there was a lot of talk around Pitt that he had made some significant adjustments. Who knows if that's all lip service. He had a higher BABIP but it wasn't absurd. His power numbers were crazy. Worth a $5 million gamble to be a super until guy or platoon mate if there was any truth to the adjustment narrative
Like the signing.
Ventura's Stolen Bases
Kinda weird, but it could be one of those sign for a good first half 2B platoon then trade when we want Albies up.
Also may mean we don't believe in Garcia