jpx7 (04-11-2019)
It’s hard to understand what the agent was doing with those option years.
Given age and stuff like that, I can't think of a duo that I would obviously want more moving forward. If we're talking about just this season, I guess Mike Trout plus Simmons or Ohtani would be preferable. Maybe Betts and JD. Maybe Judge plus Hicks/Gregorious/Stanton. But long term? I'm taking these two every day of the week.
mossy (04-11-2019)
Every indication is that the Braves will not have a top 10 payroll...at least anytime soon. I think even at the rumored 140 million they plan on having in a couple of years doesn't put them in the top 10.
They may get a top 10 payroll once their current TV contract is up, but even then they are being run by a conglomerate that is only concerned about the bottom line. Unless they are sold Liberty will spend the bare minimum on the team. I think this off season and these contracts to Acuna and Albies prove that.
I think the second half slump needs to be factored in when thinking about this deal, as well as the HR/FB ratio. I'm sure the Braves have a better read on Ozzie's value than that 3.8 WAR number does.
A great deal regardless, but who here expects him to put up 4ish WAR regularly?
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Tapate50 (04-11-2019)
I’ve never felt bad after seeing a contract value before today. If people were worried that Acuna might develop animosity towards the club after his deal was slightly under value, they should be even more so now.
I'm elated at what as taken place. Could he have gotten more, i'm sure he could, but what does it matter now? I as a fan will take it and be happy for all involved.
Twitter going nuts, people saying the Braves are predatory, the agent should be fired... I just don't understand. The only people that should logically care should be Ozzie, his agent, and the Braves, right?
i guess? but if it was done because the agents wanted it done and told ozzie it was good, then i can see why people would have an issue.
however ozzie has been in the big leagues and i think we’d be selling him short to say he simply doesn’t understand. he’s sharp and probably has a good idea what big leaguers make. the more i think about it the more i don’t think he was “taken advantage of.”
"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
So glad this got done. Having A&A in the lineup for years to come is amazing, and it's going to be a blast watching them. I think there were a number of factors at work here as to why this got done:
- Security
- Wanting to play together
- Changing baseball market that shows some FAs not getting what they expected (tho A&A are well above those folks, talent-wise)
- Crappy agents
Albies came right out and said he wants to be a Brave for life, and that he wasn't in this for the money. The key now is for LM to invest in the team and make sure they use at least some of the savings and keep surrounding these guys with talent
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Yeah I didn't say that as well as I should have. I agree it's reasonable. What I should have asked is, 'Who is willing to bet the Acuna years on Ozzie being a 4 WAR player?' That's what a contract for double the value of the one he signed, which has been advocated for in this thread, would have been doing. I like him a lot, I just don't see him as the same 4 WAR lock that I see Acuna being.
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