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kimbrel is being screwed by the compensation pick problem. no one wants to sign him and give up that pick. he may have been smart to just take the QO. hindsight is 20/20, tho. i think it's possible to have had foresight on that, but that's besides the point. no one wants to pay him $15M for 2+ years while also losing a pick. he'd make every single team better. but at the combined cost, it's not worth it, IMO, for the braves to sign him for even, say, 1 year $13M.
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Not one of the best years for a closer ever. Just saying if you averaged out those numbers over the course of a career, it would still be elite production.
Point being, he's still producing at an elite level, even if 2018 wasn't his usual best closer ever style of performance we're accustomed to seeing.
Last edited by nsacpi; 03-06-2019 at 10:16 AM.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
"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
I think the data I've seen shows a expected surplus of something more like a half win for something like the 60th pick.
Signing a player like Kimbrel expresses a certain intention. If that is your intention then the pick should not hold things up if you can get the cash right. The pick is really a quite modest value.
But please don't make me into a Kimbrel advocate. While I do not have any real concerns about his value as a near elite closer, I do question whether it is the right move for the Braves. He would make them better, but the money would have to work.
Not to interject, but I think some of his issue last year was he discovered he was tipping pitches. I think that could be considered an outlier, but it doesn't change anything for me.
His demands\cost (with the pick included, and our free $ available) won't mesh I don't believe.
I think the pen will be a pleasant surprise this season.
Losing that second round pick AND pool $ is definitely in this front offices mind.
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"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
for sure...my point though is that Kimbrel very likely has had offers similar to or better than Britton's even accounting for the draft pick...he is not signed because he has declined those offers...so far...i think a team like the phillies will give him 15-16M for 3 years and give up the pick (which for them won't be a second round pick)...we should NOT be thinking about trying to compete with that or with the offers he likely has been sitting on for some time
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."