There haven’t been many signings by a lot of teams. Perhaps everyone cut payroll
Well, let's see...the Braves needed special permission to add MAdams and his $2M salary when Freeman got injured. Doesn't that mean they used up all their money?
I have stated the 2018 opening day payroll will be lower than the 2017 opening day payroll. Opening day payroll is set based on projected revenue generation. They almost certainly based their 2017 opening day payroll on attendance projections that were higher than 2.5 million (we saw them paring payroll at the end of the year to offset the missed projections). Now that they are projecting 2.5 million or less in 2018, their opening day payroll will decrease as a result.
Why is this so complicated for some?
The league as a whole is cutting payroll...
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/mlb-...-in-long-time/
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?
So you completely missed the "I don't think anyone realistically expects that to happen"?
The point is neither you, I, the unbelievably brilliant card counter, or the "geniuses" at FanGraphs have the first clue what AA has in mind. Some of us just don't get butt-hurt when we admit that.
That theory is no more far-fetched than the idea that the Braves are suddenly going to pay Donaldson $30 million/year in the first place.
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?
Because the Braves only have 10-15 million left to spend and they were not going to take on terrible long term contracts after just having cleared one or fork over a significant chunk of a farm system (or Acuna) the GM has repeatedly said he doesn’t have a good handle on.
It really isn’t hard to figure out.
Good detail from DOB on the Braves thinking on 3B. Also, this depressing tidbit . . .
http://www.myajc.com/blog/atlanta-br...El24sHewGeusL/The point being, if they had signed Frazier to a two-year deal and were on the hook for an eight-digit salary with him a year from now, it would complicate that potential pursuit of a third baseman and, in effect, negate a lot of the reason for the Kemp trade -- which was to clear from the books the more than $18 million they would’ve owed Kemp in 2019. (By the way, I’ve since been led to believe that figure also was higher than what previous management had told us, that the Braves owed Kemp closer to $20 million annually than $18 million, but that’s water under the ol’ bridge, right?)
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Will the Braves take a look??
Right-hander Tim Lincecum will audition for Major League teams next Thursday (Feb. 15), Kyle Boddy of Driveline Baseball announced today (on Twitter). The two-time NL Cy Young winner has been working out with Driveline this offseason in an effort to revitalize his career.
Rockies right-hander Adam Ottavino, another Driveline client, shared a photo of Lincecum on Instagram back in December in which Lincecum looked to be in excellent physical condition. Yahoo’s Jeff Passan tweeted at the time that Lincecum’s velocity was up, and Boddy noted then that Lincecum would eventually host a showcase for MLB clubs before Opening Day.
Apparently, Nunez is going to cost about as much as Frazier, and the Mets chose Frazier.
Any team paying Nunez that much is going to value his versatility more than a team looking for an everyday guy at 3b. I’m guessing the Yanks or Red Sox end up signing him.
Right. Let me break it down to you what happened. Braves wanted Yelich. Marlins wanted Acuna. Braves said no and asked to take back a bad contract to bring down Yelich's surplus value. Marlins said no. Braves went and traded Kemp and lost all their payroll flexibility for 2018. Braves haven't been in a serious rumor since about any FA's or possible trade targets. AA has mentioned trying to back load some deals for any possible FA's this year. Why? Braves have zero money right now.