One of your pseudos is keenly aware they aren't in the hunt this year (Mariners). I think their GM would be very amenable to a Seager/Haniger deal with some of the pieces that have been bandied about in the Bryant/Arenado conversations going the other way. Adding those two would be tough to beat.
I haven't seen an excess value analysis on that one but it might be interesting plugging in a couple pitchers and Riley or Waters.
There are scenarios where acquiring a Haniger/Seager package makes sense. It shouldn’t cost too much in terms of prospect capital to make it happen, depending on how much of Seager’s deal the Braves take on.
Whether or not the Ms want to sell low on Haniger to facilitate dumping Seager is another question entirely.
Another BP arm(??) signed. MiLB contract with non-roster invite
From MLBTR
The Braves have signed lefty Chris Rusin to a minor league deal and invited him to major league camp, per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal (via Twitter).
Rusin made just two appearances for the big league club in Colorado last season, making 25 appearances (10 starts) for the Rockies’ Triple-A affiliate. The 33-year-old southpaw spent the last five seasons in Colorado, totaling 164 appearances (29 starts) as a swingman. He put up an overall 4.52 ERA/4.13 FIP, but struggled in 2018 to the tune of a 6.09 ERA/4.94 FIP.
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;......
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
High Flight
by
John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
This thread is starting to remind me of the “Offseason is a total failure” thread from last year and the year before.
Have some faith in AA😀