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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?
AA's main challenge is to not screw things up. We need a GM with a light touch, because the pipeline has already generated the stars and what the Braves will mostly need are complementary players. To try to acquire a star via trade or free agency would be a folly the way things are set up.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
The Braves at minimum have a 6 year window right now.
It will be an interesting winter. Braves have some money to spend and it's time to cash in some of the prospects to help out the MLB team. AA can do alot, and it will be interesting, no excuses to have a couple more big additions this winter.
The division is primed for another long division streak for us again. Phillies ****ed themselves by trying to win too early and the Nationals window is closing and their denial is going to ensure they are nothing more than mediocre for a long time. The Mets... lol. We might not win 15 straight titles or 3 world series like we did in the streak but good times acomin.
"Donald Trump will serve a second term as president of the United States.
It’s over."
Little Thethe Nov 19, 2020.
"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
What we can create this off-season at reasonable cost and minimum long-term financial risk is a really deep lineup, bench and bullpen. The foundational parts of the team are already there. Freeman, Acuna, Albies. We might even have an ace in Folty, who I think is still learning and improving.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Well, sure, I certainly agree with that. I would take them for free, no doubt, so there is obviously a price at which I'd be ok adding them. But it's precisely because of the cost associated that I don't want to go after them. In free agency, they would take up way too much of our budget. And in a trade, they would take up too much of our prospect depth. I understand people's wariness in regard to prospects, but they are the lifeblood of the franchise, and if we want any kind of sustained long-term success with an extended window, that's going to come from the farm.
I would be more ok with a trade than a free agent signing, but it's still almost certainly going to cost more than I'd be willing to spend. It might increase our chances in the short-term slightly, but it would likely significantly affect the length of our window.
We do need a big bat to hit behind Freeman. A Markakis type isn’t gonna cut it. Pollock/Peralta/Rosario and Grandal/Realmuto should be obtainable. If we can’t add any of those guys it’s a fail imo
i absolutely think we need another very legit bat in the lineup.
"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
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