What pick would we give up to sign Kimbrel? Kimbrel would give us a potentially very good bullpen
What pick would we give up to sign Kimbrel? Kimbrel would give us a potentially very good bullpen
gamecock4braves (02-15-2019), JohnAdcox (02-15-2019)
Garmel (02-14-2019)
Have read many posts expressing opinions on how the Braves pitchers are going to improve, stagnate or regress. There have also been many posts quoting stats from the "pro" like Sickles and other sites. The variance is wide spread. I often wonder how much a PC effects a pitchers stats over a season.
For the last 2 years, almost 100% of posters have expressed dismay with Chuckie Hernandez as PC. How much real effect did he have on our pitching staff? Was he a good instructor for taking throwers to low level pitchers? could he take low level pitchers to a higher level? Was he able to instill a mental attitude in the young guys to change them into pitchers like Scherzer, Smoltz, Maddux? Any of those could/should have improved over all stats.
In most opinions Chuckie was a failure as a PC. I was dismayed when Sanchez wasn't retained. Several of our pitchers gave him credit for their improvement including Folty and JT. Now we have Rick Kranitz. Knowing very little about him, can he make the changes that Chuckie couldn't? Can he see and fix mechanical flaws and build confidence in "stuff" and impress the need to throw the best pitch possible in any situation.? If he can, then most projections for our throwers will be off the mark I would assume.
So. does a PC really matter when stats are being discussed?
We bring up the increased revenue from the Battery a lot around here without taking into account its small sample size. Some of the businesses in there have already gone under during this offseason. Braves management may be playing it safe with their revenue assumptions until they have a longer track record of success.
Go get him!
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I just saw a post on another board that claimed the loss of our draft pick was tied to how much we spend on a FA, for example if we sign Kimbrel to a 50 million or greater deal that affects which pick we lose. I’ve been under the impression that regardless of contract size we would lose our third highest pick for signing a FA with a qualifying offer. Does anyone have clarity on this?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&sour...50289833721984
We lose a pick.
50PoundHead (02-15-2019), jpx7 (02-15-2019)
I'm not interested in giving up a draft pick and the pool money that comes with it to sign an aging reliever whose walks went up, Ks went down and velocity went down.
Gohara down 35 pounds?
CY YOUNG ALERT!
Natural Immunity Croc
Freshmaker (02-15-2019), gamecock4braves (02-15-2019), JohnAdcox (02-15-2019), UNCBlue012 (02-15-2019)
I think it's only a matter of time before baseball does away with the loss of a draft pick for signing free agents. Players hate it and you can still compensate small market teams by giving them comp round picks.
We never seem to find out what the "clincher" was in most free-agent signings, but the income tax angle could certainly have played a part.
That said, the fact that AA was supposedly in on Brantley but didn't pull the trigger simply brings into question how forthcoming the brass has been with the fanbase even further. You could almost even "justify" spending the extravagant difference to the numbers crowd. While the numbers will likely be adjusted following this winter, using the previously accepted $8 million/WAR places Brantley at exactly $10.4 million more valuable than Nick according to their Steamer projections (2.2 WAR to 0.9 WAR). Another healthy season for Brantley this year probably further widens their value gap in the second year of their deals.
If there's "plenty of money" in the couch cushions of the offices at SunTrust, wouldn't it have made perfect sense to make up the income tax difference if Brantley would've chosen us?
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?