odds of us signing Bud Norris now up to 44%
odds of us signing Bud Norris now up to 44%
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Certainly seems to be some smoke. Idk why he would be in Orlando unless he just wanted to play golf with BMac or something
The speculation is running rampant on Twitter, but I really think this is just one of those coincidences. How many times have we seen something like this, got all excited, and nothing. The Braves are way too cheap and stubborn to sign someone. Much less the best closer to ever hit the free agent market. And especially after what AA and McGuirk said earlier this week. Plus our pen is already in good shape. I see absolutely no reason for us to sign Kimbrel. Everyone calm down and stop getting your hopes up, again.
I would go up to 7M on a one year deal for Kimbrel. But Norris makes more sense.
We got McCann for 2M and Muk for 4M. If playing for the Braves is important to Kimbrel he can show it by taking 7M.
Value uber alles.
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"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
I don't think the Sox have been bluffing about not bringing him back. They're really close to the top luxury tax number, and unless Kimbrel signed for nothing the penalties they'd have to pay for giving him anything close to $15 million per would be huge. Can't locate it at the moment (maybe someone else saw it as well), but there was an article within the last couple of days that detailed the numbers - if they signed him for $15 million, it would cost them in the $27 million (?) range by the time they paid all the penalties involved.
Doesn't mean AA's got the upper hand or is going to cave either, but I mentioned as soon as the McGuirk/AA interview came out that I could see a Kimbrel signing given all the current issues they're dealing with (tons of hacked-off fans) if and only if Craig's ask dropped to a reasonable 3 year deal.
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?
Lots of good golf courses in Florida, and all his baseball buddies happen to be in the area - wouldn't read that much into it just yet. He's usually down there this time of year - could easily be a group of guys get together to play golf right after camps open every February. Wives could be taking the kids to Disney while the guys were playing golf.
Not a bad sign though.
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?
How much is marwin Gonzalez expected to get? Would Kimbrel or marwin make us better?
I didn't realize how good McCann was outside of his injury last year
btw Norris won bully of the year in 2018
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Acuña’s Bat Flip (02-16-2019)
This Kimbrel talk makes it seem like folks haven’t been paying attention the last 10 years.
Interesting tidbit from Kimbrel through Freddi Freeman
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As an aside, Kimbrel asked #Braves' Freeman if he wanted to play golf. Freeman asked him how long he'd be in town, and Kimbrel said he wasn't sure, that he didn't have a return flight booked.
Get off my lawn!
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