http://www.baseballamerica.com/inter...ovS06KQ86FA.97
Would be another great add for the Braves.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/inter...ovS06KQ86FA.97
Would be another great add for the Braves.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Coach_Chris (01-09-2017), JohnAdcox (01-09-2017), UNCBlue012 (03-02-2017)
yes please. reminds me of the Lazzaro hoopla last year however.
We should definitely be in on him, but I would assume we're probably a tad wary of the Cuban market, and he's probably going to sign for quite a bit if he gets cleared in time. I think he's a significantly better prospect than Armenteros, though.
He should be pushing hard to sign before the June deadline given the new rules from the CBA kick in starting in July. If we could add him that would be pretty big for the farm.
JohnAdcox (03-01-2017)
With how we've bought a prospect before like Touki I wouldn't be surprised to see us go over and pay a penalty. Especially with us probably gonna get a later draft pick next year with a better record.
JohnAdcox (03-01-2017)
I'm not saying the answer is necessarily yes, but it wouldn't shock me. We were in on Lazarito before we inadvertently shot ourselves in the foot by running it through the agent he parted ways with instead of his parents, and I'd imagine at that juncture the price tag was at least similar. The FO has said in the past that they really want to blow it out of the water this IFA period and that we'd make signings throughout the period. Wouldn't it make more sense to pay the price to get another impact youngster in the system than it would to sign a guy like Wieters? Everyone seems to agree the Braves have money left to spend and are just waiting for the right opportunity to do so. Adding to our stable of impact up the middle prospects would seem like such an opportunity.
I agree 100% with the notion of preferring Robert to some FA that represents a marginal upgrade to the MLB team like Wieters.
Would be surprised if we went after him honestly, with the 100 percent penalty we'd have to pay.
I'm not sure if he's worth it or not, but it does seem like the kind of risk we'd be glad to take. He fits the profile.
Baseball America profile on him: http://www.baseballamerica.com/inter...QxfVfP7XGz1.97
The most meaningful paragraph for us: "Before then, teams are still free to spend past their bonus pools. Most of the teams with the best chance to sign Robert are the ones that have already exceeded their pools. The Padres and Cardinals are drawing the most attention. The Astros could be in the mix. The Braves, Reds, Nationals and Athletics are also over their bonus pools."
Doesn't really sound like we're in the mix all that much if the only mention is that we're over our bonus pool.
Ventura's Stolen Bases
Braves already signed the best international prospect since Sano. What more do you want from them?
Ventura's Stolen Bases
I still don't get why anyone is equating Dickey/Colon =not signing this guy. That is not the reason. 2017 budget is set colon and dickey are apart of that. I have no idea how much they have allocated for off budget signing. There will be 20 or so teams that will have a reason why they didn't sign him.