Official Offseason Thread

[bravesfanMatt]

Apparently they dont wanna go over the tax.

I haven’t paid much attention to them. Do they have a 3rd baseman yet. They are filling in some fringe pitching pieces with bounce back candidates. But do they have 4 good starters. I am not looking a any of the East depth charts. I just like how the Braves are adding impact players on short deals while the upper minor depth finishes developing. Our financial outlook moving forward is quite exciting.


Did you guys see the fan graph article on Swanson. Someone needs to link that. Man if Swanson has a 3-4 win season, that would be incredible

[Heyward]

I haven’t paid much attention to them. Do they have a 3rd baseman yet. They are filling in some fringe pitching pieces with bounce back candidates. But do they have 4 good starters. I am not looking a any of the East depth charts. I just like how the Braves are adding impact players on short deals while the upper minor depth finishes developing. Our financial outlook moving forward is quite exciting.


Did you guys see the fan graph article on Swanson. Someone needs to link that. Man if Swanson has a 3-4 win season, that would be incredible

I think they're probably as of now gonna go with JT at C, Hoskins at 1B, Segura at 2B, Didi at SS, Kingery at 3B, Cutch at LF, Hasely at CF, Harper at RF.

Swanson usually starts off slow, gets hurt, and it hurts his production all year. He is due a healthy 150+ game season.

[Heyward]

Luis Rojas the Mets next manager.

[Carp]

I'm not sure there is a single player in the 2018 draft still with the team that projects to play every day or make a MLB rotation.

It's nice that some of the guys in the 2019 draft started off well, but we're a long way from seeing what they are. It looks like it will be a better draft (as well it should be considering the bonus pool) than 2018 though.

the 2020 draft less two picks, plus one pick figures to be somewhere in between, but probably closer to 2018 in buying power.

Justin Dean, Victor Vidnik, CJ Alexander, and Trey Harris are all rising prospects with some promise. Vodnik is currently our 14th rated prospect according to fangraphs.

[Super]

I haven’t paid much attention to them. Do they have a 3rd baseman yet. They are filling in some fringe pitching pieces with bounce back candidates. But do they have 4 good starters. I am not looking a any of the East depth charts. I just like how the Braves are adding impact players on short deals while the upper minor depth finishes developing. Our financial outlook moving forward is quite exciting.


Did you guys see the fan graph article on Swanson. Someone needs to link that. Man if Swanson has a 3-4 win season, that would be incredible

who are their 4 good starters? i see two: Nola and Wheeler. Arrieta stinks, as does Pivetta, and Eflin is OK at best.

[zbhargrove]

Here's the Swanson Fangraphs article that came out today... very optimistic:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/why-im-e...swansons-2020/

[bravesfanMatt]

who are their 4 good starters? i see two: Nola and Wheeler. Arrieta stinks, as does Pivetta, and Eflin is OK at best.

That was my question. And I am not sure about wheeler in that park.

[Heyward]

who are their 4 good starters? i see two: Nola and Wheeler. Arrieta stinks, as does Pivetta, and Eflin is OK at best.

I'm a little surprised Philly didnt add another SP, thought they needed 2 SP's this winter. Maybe not a guy for multi years, but even a Gio/Julio who could eat innings would help. They do have Spencer Howard possibly coming up midseason, but they dont have quality depth there at all.

[tululush]

I'm a little surprised Philly didnt add another SP, thought they needed 2 SP's this winter. Maybe not a guy for multi years, but even a Gio/Julio who could eat innings would help. They do have Spencer Howard possibly coming up midseason, but they dont have quality depth there at all.

They're one SP injury away from having their season derail just like it did when Cutch went down last season.

[Super]

That was my question. And I am not sure about wheeler in that park.

oh, read it wrong.

[Super]

I'm a little surprised Philly didnt add another SP, thought they needed 2 SP's this winter. Maybe not a guy for multi years, but even a Gio/Julio who could eat innings would help. They do have Spencer Howard possibly coming up midseason, but they dont have quality depth there at all.

their team building remains poor. yes, they 100% should have added *at least* one more SP. realistically they needed even more than that. i would say they needed 2 impact SPs (aka, not the Julio level) but that's tough to do in one offseason.
i am once again not worried about the Phillies this year. they are looking at another 4th place finish IMO.

[chop2chip]

Here's the Swanson Fangraphs article that came out today... very optimistic:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/why-im-e...swansons-2020/

Swanson, like Ozuna, might be one of those players that routinely underperforms their expected measures from Statcast. If he’s healthy all year, I do like him as someone to outperform their projections.

[Super]

Phils sign Neil Walker to minors deal.

[Heyward]

[nsacpi]

It's certainly an extenuating factor, but it doesn't really make the draft any more or less successful to take it into consideration.

there are very few particularly interesting players in that draft. Most project as bench bats or bullpen pieces. Which has its place too, I guess.

Drafts on average produce one impact player and the first pick is that player quite often.

[The Chosen One]

Drafts on average produce one impact player and the first pick is that player quite often.

2000 - Adam Wainright
2000 - Scott Thorman
2001 - Josh Burrus
2001 - McCay McBride
2002 - Jeff Francouer (Mac was 2nd round)
2005 - Joey Devine
2006 - Cody Johnson
2007 - Heywood
2009 - Mike Minor
2010 - Matt Lipka
2011 - Gilmartin
2012 - Lucas Sims
2013 - Hursh
2015 - Soroka
2015 - Allard
2016 - Ian Anderson

Now I Know you said first pick, not just first round. But this is all I could find in 3 minutes.

[Southcack77]

Drafts on average produce one impact player and the first pick is that player quite often.

The 2018 draft didn't even get a year in before it looked trashy. That's bad.

[Southcack77]

https://twitter.com/HotStoveintel/st...25062389469185

Anybody know anything about this account? Just ran across it today.

[jpx7]

https://twitter.com/HotStoveintel/st...25062389469185

Anybody know anything about this account? Just ran across it today.

Suspicious account seems suspicious, but logic of post seems logical.

[tululush]

Suspicious account seems suspicious, but logic of post seems logical.

Unless we use his money toward something more relevant and significant (KB or Arenado), I'd soon rather keep him and just have a deep and solid pen.