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Thread: 2018 Offseason And Targets

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanforlife88 View Post
    Sam Freeman sent down to Gwinnett per AJC
    I'm personally not a big Sam Freeman fan, but I did find this a bit surprising on a pure baseball level. Sadly enough, he is probably one of our 9 best RPs for opening day. This may be a hoarding move by AA that Freeman was complicit in. I believe Freeman has to accept the outright assignment in order for this move to go down. The Braves get to clear a 40-man spot, and Freeman gets his full arbitration salary instead of getting 45 days termination pay and a DFA. In addition to hoarding Freeman as quality depth, this also opens up a 40-man spot for Tomlin or someone else that comes available.

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    Brewers closer being examined for a UCL injury. Kimbrel about to cash in
    Get off my lawn!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanforlife88 View Post
    Brewers closer being examined for a UCL injury. Kimbrel about to cash in
    Kimbrel might actually be smart waiting for the inevitable ST injuries to make a team desperate

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    Quote Originally Posted by striker42 View Post
    Kimbrel might actually be smart waiting for the inevitable ST injuries to make a team desperate
    It’s pretty much his only play left

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    Just got around to getting up to speed on Tomlin and just want to know: why?

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    Is it just that he went to driveline and likes analytics?

    Interesting article anyway about driveline mostly:

    https://blogs.fangraphs.com/josh-tom...-at-driveline/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    It's literally buying all the decline years of a 1B only player.

    This is the exact type of deal the Braves need to avoid with Freeman when the time comes.
    I wouldnt be against extending FF but would hope they can get a short-term extension for him, but that seems unlikely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Southcack77 View Post
    Is it just that he went to driveline and likes analytics?

    Interesting article anyway about driveline mostly:

    https://blogs.fangraphs.com/josh-tom...-at-driveline/
    Alright enscheff, you have your assignment... Give us a breakdown of him; which pitch has he not thrown enough?

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    The Giants and Rangers discussed a Choo trade.

    Going into the last year of his deal I think he makes around 20M? Being in the last year of the deal (aka not a long term commitment) would really appeal to AA I'd think.

    Apparently the Rangers would have kicked in SIGNIFICANT cash to make the deal work.

    Would he do as a one year stop gapper in LF should we pink slip Duvall? High OBP guy, could probably expect a upper 700 OPS with decent d?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tapate50 View Post
    The Giants and Rangers discussed a Choo trade.

    Going into the last year of his deal I think he makes around 20M? Being in the last year of the deal (aka not a long term commitment) would really appeal to AA I'd think.

    Apparently the Rangers would have kicked in SIGNIFICANT cash to make the deal work.

    Would he do as a one year stop gapper in LF should we pink slip Duvall? High OBP guy, could probably expect a upper 700 OPS with decent d?
    Apparently he's as big (or bigger if that's actually possible) a defensive liability as Kemp.

    The Giants are desperate enough for offense to play a DH in that huge OF - kinda doubt AA wants him in ours.
    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?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tapate50 View Post
    The Giants and Rangers discussed a Choo trade.

    Going into the last year of his deal I think he makes around 20M? Being in the last year of the deal (aka not a long term commitment) would really appeal to AA I'd think.

    Apparently the Rangers would have kicked in SIGNIFICANT cash to make the deal work.

    Would he do as a one year stop gapper in LF should we pink slip Duvall? High OBP guy, could probably expect a upper 700 OPS with decent d?
    Choo is a LHH with massive traditional platoon splits, so why would acquiring him mean Duvall is out?

    Along those lines, Brandon Guyer has just been cut loose. I expect to see him get 3-4 ST games with the Braves to see if he is the Duvall replacement.

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    Red Sox and Chris Sale are closing in on an extension that will keep him in Boston for “years to come” no word on terms
    Get off my lawn!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanforlife88 View Post
    Red Sox and Chris Sale are closing in on an extension that will keep him in Boston for “years to come” no word on terms
    I heard something like 5 years, $150 million.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Choo is a LHH with massive traditional platoon splits, so why would acquiring him mean Duvall is out?

    Along those lines, Brandon Guyer has just been cut loose. I expect to see him get 3-4 ST games with the Braves to see if he is the Duvall replacement.

    Have no idea on his splits, and I’m thinking Duvall is cut regardless.
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    Today is our opening lineup, I think...
    Ender
    Donaldson
    FF
    Acuna
    Markakis
    Albies
    McCann
    Swanson
    Julio

    I wanna see us play well while starters are in

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    Today is our opening lineup, I think...
    Ender
    Donaldson
    FF
    Acuna
    Markakis
    Albies
    McCann
    Swanson
    Julio

    I wanna see us play well while starters are in
    This is the lineup vs RHP when Flowers isn't in the game.

    I expect to see the following lineup vs LHP:

    Albies
    JD
    FF
    Acuna
    Flowers
    Duvall/Camargo/RHH
    Ender
    Swanson

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    Excellent!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Freshmaker View Post
    Excellent!

    This doesn’t make sense. FF sure makes me scratch my head. Are you telling me Freeman is worse than lLuke Jackson.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bravesfanMatt View Post
    This doesn’t make sense. FF sure makes me scratch my head. Are you telling me Freeman is worse than lLuke Jackson.
    4 walks in 8 ST innings. AA isn't playing around with that ****

    It also saves the Braves 1.2 million in 2019 salary for whatever it's worth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    4 walks in 8 ST innings. AA isn't playing around with that ****

    It also saves the Braves 1.2 million in 2019 salary for whatever it's worth.
    How much does Duvall save? We scraping up some scratch

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