Past summer I would be “ok” with. Fines also. Fines make sense. Fines discipline the owners. Taking picks and signings away almost disciplines the fans as much as the team. I hope they get this right. I’m afraid they will not.
Past summer I would be “ok” with. Fines also. Fines make sense. Fines discipline the owners. Taking picks and signings away almost disciplines the fans as much as the team. I hope they get this right. I’m afraid they will not.
Coppy was gone the moment this started. If Hart isn't gone by now I would put my money on him staying.
Other teams were also under investigation, yet none of them fired anyone.
The only person who loses their job over this is probably going to be Coppy, and he wasn't fired because of shady international deals. He was fired to buy the rest of the dinosaurs another year.
Bowman is saying it's likely we'll lose a couple players.
The interesting thing about this is that that might not include Maitan. He's the sexy name everyone expects to be involved if we do lose players, but in the end we did outbid everybody for him - that has to be taken into account in the end. MLB likely doesn't want to set the precedent that these kids and their reps can play in the gray areas and get huge signing bonuses from one team that gets them in trouble, cash the check, and then become free-agents and start another bidding war for their services.
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?
I think the bigger reason we won't lose Maitain, as other have pointed out, is the MLB doesn't want him to become a FA with teams being able to use any amount of $$ they want. MLB can't have that happen with this kind of prospect.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
That's not accurate. Coppy: "There was a team that offered Kevin Maitan close to $10 million at the (July 2) deadline,” Coppolella said. “And he wanted to be a Brave because we had formed a bond with his family, and we were able to sign him. … He liked what we were building here. So, for us, we have a lot of pride in what we’ve done. I wish we had more time. I wish we had more money. But, you know, we feel really good about where we’re headed.”
http://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball/l...ynrs0u7IJqlsK/
The point is still the same - MLB doesn't want to establish a precedent where a 16 year old international signing gets a huge bonus and then becomes a free-agent who can sign with anyone (even teams who weren't allowed to bid on him during a particular signing period) and go take that money as well. If you allow that, they'll all wind up with the Yankees/Dodgers/Cubs with the Padres'/Braves'/Reds' money in their pockets to boot.
There was talk about the Cardinals making a higher offer at one point that caused him to waver for a bit and made us bump our offer as well IIRC.
Last edited by clvclv; 10-27-2017 at 10:30 AM.
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?
https://twitter.com/jcrasnick/status/923958650988908544
Braves denied permission to speak with Moore. Would think Hart is gone if that’s the case.
That's interesting. In one way, a bullet dodged. In another, more proof that David Glass is an insufferable ass.
Yeah, it's becoming more and more clear each day that Hart is out. Would be huge surprise if he survived this. Big question now is, can the Braves attract an experienced and talented GM to defect by dangling a president of baseball ops title and a top farm system.
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
nsacpi (10-27-2017)
Bobby for Interim GM for a year. He can mend the bridge and go back to the dugout to replace Snitker.
Forever Fredi
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?
Come on down Jonathon Schueholz! Welcome to the big chair.