Suzuki signs a 1 year deal

[thethe]

Mark Bowman‏Verified account @mlbbowman 2m2 minutes ago
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The Braves are in the final stages of completing a one-year deal with Kurt Suzuki

[chop2chip]

From Bowman:

The Braves are in the final stages of completing a one-year deal with Kurt Suzuki

[msstate7]

Please don't say it's a lot of money

[chop2chip]

Use your mod powers and throw this trash thread out of here.

[nsacpi]

I'm guessing 5-6M. I'd be ok with that.

[UNCBlue012]

YASSSS

[MadduxFanII]

Rosenthal says $3.5 million. Hard to complain about that at all.

[chop2chip]

Good signing for a good value.

This may be an area where Snit being so popular with players may have value. Seems like a lot of veterans have felt this way.

[nsacpi]

Rosenthal says $3.5 million. Hard to complain about that at all.

I approve. Good to see the FO generating some BIG MO into 2018.

[Enscheff]

$3.5M

This deal is A-OK

Now give Flowers $6M next year in exchange for another option year in 2019.

[nsacpi]

There was an interesting article in the AJC yesterday about him. Here is part of it.



It’s hard to fathom what’s prompted such exuberate results, but some credit goes to Braves hitting coach Kevin Seitzer, who altered Suzuki’s practice swing.

“I used to do a one-handed finish in batting practice, and I wouldn’t do it in the game, and I’d tell myself mentally in the game to do it, to let go with one hand, and I couldn’t do it,” Suzuki said. “So (Seitzer) said, ‘Why don’t you just practice the way you hit in the game?’ So I went and hit and I probably hit about 150 balls that day. I just tried to be loose and finish with two hands until it became a habit. I can’t let go now, it’s hard for me to let go with one hand. So it’s instilled now.”

Suzuki is a bargain at $1.5 million. But his contract is set to expire, and the lure of being closer to his family in California and home in Hawaii may be too powerful to forgo.

The incoming pay day will play a role as well. Alongside Jonathan Lucroy and Matt Wieters, Suzuki heads an otherwise scarce free agent market for catchers. Safe to assume he won’t have to wait through the dog days of January to find his next destination this time around.

“Yeah, I don’t see why not,” Suzuki said about re-signing. “It’s a great place. I like all the guys here and stuff. But there’s a lot of factors: family, my kids starting school (in California), proximity to home (Hawaii). There’s a lot of things you can factor in, but you know, this is a place I’ve grown to love.”

[WaitingFor2017]

This will shut down the Lucroy lovers before it even gets started.

[Hudson2]

I have no complaints there. He's been pretty good here and he seems to enjoy it.

[nsacpi]

Amazing we've gotten 4.5 wins from our catchers this year.

[clvclv]

Locking him up now gives you another potentially valuable piece to trade during the first half next season.

Tough to be unhappy with this deal.

[Freshmaker]

[ixiXSolidXixi]

I am not happy i am not upset but hopefully this mean we are not throwing money away and we are planning to go for someone like Yu Darvish to reunite with Ron Washington.

[nsacpi]

Yu would be Yuge

[Julio3000]

Easy to like.

[Knucksie]

This will shut down the Lucroy lovers before it even gets started.

If Lucroy only goes for one year too, then it delays the inevitable.