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?
The fact he is going on waivers means nobody wanted to trade for him. He appears to be a poor defender up the middle, but maybe it’s a lack of range and his glove would work better at 3b. Who knows?
He’s definitely an interesting fallback option at 3b, but I hope the Braves are aiming higher right now.
jpx7 (11-28-2019)
Arent several teams looking for help at 2nd? Not one of our needs. Tho those 111 runs, 73 rbi and 40 stolen bases have appeal to me for the bottom of our order just not clean up.
jpx7 (11-28-2019)
You'd think the O's could have gotten a decent return for him if they offered to pick up the tab.
Happy Thanksgiving ya losers. Please don’t do that Black Friday bull crap.
Coppy
jpx7 (11-28-2019), The Chosen One (11-28-2019)
jpx7 (11-28-2019)
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?
MLBTR finally posted their outlook for the Braves.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/...-braves-9.html
It’s basically everything we’ve been discussing the last couple months. The projected 2020 payroll they list at $126M is inflated by a mystery $15M they label “Estimated player benefits to be paid”, so we can ignore it if we are comparing apples to apples from previous years.
Opening day payroll as we usually define it is currently ~$110M. We assumed ~$130M early, and have revised it to possibly the ~$140M area, with pipe dreams of $145M+. I’m still guessing it will be closer to $130M.
The name Caleb Smith is someone we haven’t discussed here. At first glance he seems to be a cheaper Teheran, so hopefully AA is aiming higher.
Last edited by Enscheff; 11-30-2019 at 11:37 AM.
jpx7 (12-01-2019)
An odd mention in the group of Others To Consider in MLBTR's Top 25 trade candidates - Mike Clevinger.
Really hard to imagine them moving him but if they're looking for a really quick turnaround, moving Clevinger, Lindor, and Kluber ought to do just that. Say the Dodgers are willing to give up Verdugo, Ruiz, and Dustin May for Lindor and then shop Seager in another deal. The Indians could then potentially go to the Yankees and get Frazier, Andujar, and Garcia for Clevinger, and then to AA and maybe get Ender and Wright for Kluber. That would free up around $31 million for them.
Plug May and Wright into the rotation (with Garcia coming fast), sign Didi to replace Lindor, and add one of the Wheeler/Bumgarner/Hamels/Keuchel group to their rotation and they're right in the thick of things again with lots of controllable pieces and plenty of cheap pitching.
Last edited by clvclv; 11-30-2019 at 03:26 PM.
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?
I’ll be back later to post 1000 words on something I can’t imagine happening that has nothing to do with the Braves.
jpx7 (12-01-2019)
I’ll also be sure to drop 10 names of guys who may get traded so I can come back and comment about being the first to mention the names if any of them end up being traded.
jpx7 (12-01-2019), The Chosen One (11-30-2019)