This answers the question. I can't imagine I'd do it, but he's your trump card - I'd be interested to see if the Marlins said no to Acuna for Yelich. Then maybe turn around and offer a couple of the arms you considered using in a deal for Yelich to Milwaukee for Domingo Santana.
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jpx7 (12-23-2017), Super (12-27-2017), The Chosen One (12-23-2017)
I love Yelich but no way I trade Acuna for him. He is as off limits as it gets.
buck75 (12-23-2017)
Yelich is a great player, but I don’t consider him a star quite yet. He “should” be in the future. Right now his contract and Production are very valuable...I just don’t think we should give the farm for him like he is already a big star. Acuna will be a better player than Yelich and maybe even in his first year at 20.
I think that its possible we can lock him up for a year or two beyond his arbitration years if we offer him an extension early with better money up front. I think we could keep Acuna until he is 28, maybe 29 if you are really optimistic. If he really is everything he is made out to be, the Braves will do everything they can to keep him as long as possible
Over the last few years guys with skills that are traditionally rewarded in arbitration have forgone signing early career extensions. Acuna is probably going to produce stats that are well rewarded in arbitration.
The Braves will already control Acuna’s age 20-25 seasons, and will almost certainly keep him in AAA long enough to control his age 26 season as well. Acuna will most likely decide to go the same route Machado and Heyward did and be selling his late 20s on the FA market.
He will probably make a small fortune in 6-7 years with the Braves, and then sign a mega 10+ year contract in the $400M+ range after that if he is what we hope he is. If he’s just the next Heyward he will still get a $250M contract.
The Chosen One (12-23-2017)
50PoundHead (12-25-2017), jpx7 (12-24-2017)
Jeff Francouer
The next Acuna is in the Giants system.
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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?
Evad (12-24-2017)
Highly doubtful. There have been only 10 players since WW2 to have a fWAR over 4 as a 20 year old. I have high hopes for Acuna but I doubt he makes it #11. Would love to be wrong on that.
And the reason you would give up multiple top prospects besides Acuna and Wright for Yelich is because of his contract and how good he is. Yelich on the open market is a 25+ million per year guy. When you acquire players it's either with real money or with prospects. For a team like the Braves it's somewhat imperative to get cheap production.
Players like Acuna who don't have the big signing bonus aren't too difficult to extend for a couple of years as long as you don't really low ball them. And with his age they can still hit FA before they are 30. I expect the Braves to sign him to a deal that buys out 2 years of FA at some point as long as he doesn't bust.