Reading this week that DOB is skeptical that Atlanta would sign Kimbrel after June 3rd, wondering what moves might be made between now and the trade deadline that helps the future as well as the present.
One part of it is the pending free agency market. Here are the current Braves who are 2020 free agents (and their 2019 $$$):
Josh Donaldson ($23 M)
Darren O'Day (remember him?) ($9 M)
Anthony Swarzak ($8.5 M)
Brian McCann ($2 M)
Jerry Blevins ($1.5 M)
Matt Joyce ($1 M)
Josh Tomlin ($1 M)
Andres Blanco (Gwinnett) ($850 K)
Julio Teheran ($12 M club option in 2020)
Tyler Flowers ($6 M club option for 2020)
Nick Markakis ($6 M club option for 2020)
It would seem to be an easy call to re-up Flowers at that number, and the math would certainly not kill the budget to keep Teheran and Markakis if they hold up over the whole season.
But what we keep hearing is the Braves will have money to spend for 2020. Of the above FAs, McCann might well be the best bet, as Jackson has not yet shown himself to be ready. One more year, maybe a McCann victory tour?
My favorite UFAs for 2020 (2019 $$$):
Rick Porcello ($21 M)
Marcell Ozuna ($12.2 M)
Madison Bumgarner ($12 M)
Corey Dickerson (on IL with shoulder strain) ($8.5 M)
Zack Wheeler ($5.9 M)
Jonathan Lucroy ($3.35 M)
Carlos Gonzalez ($2 M)
I happily appreciate disagreement and debate, so long as it doesn't get personal. If your response is to attack my character/heritage/sanity, I'll just close the thread and move on. I merely want to start thinking ahead.
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