Looking Ahead - The 2020 Offseason Thread

[tululush]

Rumored Mets offer to Bauer is 3 years/93 mil, opt out after year 1. Smart to hit FA next year with more money available.

Yay. Another NLE team improving while we do nothing. Yes, we signed two pitchers months ago, but Bauer and deGrom are going to absolutely mow through our fearsome trio of Ender, Camargo and Pache.

[CJ9]

Yay. Another NLE team improving while we do nothing. Yes, we signed two pitchers months ago, but Bauer and deGrom are going to absolutely mow through our fearsome trio of Ender, Camargo and Pache.

Throw in Riley and the pitcher’s spot, too. There are four good hitters on the current roster.

[skillet]

Bauer is not elite, in fact he's more a 3 or 4. He's had two good years, 2018 and the short 2020. The rest of his years have been very mediocre with a career ERA of 3.90. Let the Mets spend 30+ on him and his head case ways.

[clvclv]

Lol how did Philly "luck" into Harper.

Ownership got out from under their real estate holdings before the bottom dropped out in '07-'08 - that meant they had an extra $300 million lying around.

[clvclv]

Bauer is not elite, in fact he's more a 3 or 4. He's had two good years, 2018 and the short 2020. The rest of his years have been very mediocre with a career ERA of 3.90. Let the Mets spend 30+ on him and his head case ways.

Jewish space lasers start all the forest fires too, right???

[NYCBrave]

Rumored Mets offer to Bauer is 3 years/93 mil, opt out after year 1. Smart to hit FA next year with more money available.

Year 1 salary of $37 million, just enough to top the value of Cole's yearly salary, so he can say he got the highest yearly salary for a pitcher. This guy is a total headcase and total me first player.

[NYCBrave]

Interesting article posted by Bowman today. While it doesn't reveal much about the Braves future plans, but he did leave a few breadcrumbs. Here they are:

The Braves non-tendered Duvall in December, but there does seem to be some lingering hope he’ll end up back in Atlanta for the upcoming season.


One Major League source said Pederson seemed to have some genuine interest in Atlanta before opting to sign with Chicago.


Though the Braves have not revealed a specific number, we know this year’s payroll will be down after sitting at approximately $150 million last year.


They are still hoping to give Freddie Freeman an extension, which presumably would carry an AAV between $27.5-30 million over at least five seasons.


https://www.mlb.com/braves/news/brav...tions-for-2021

[clvclv]

Can't see it happening, but if Ozuna's a hard no at the number he wants and a Turner signing is as unlikely as I think it is I'd be interested to see what the metrics would think of an unlikely pivot to try to outpitch everyone...

1.) Sign Odorizzi for 2 years/$20 million
2.) Sign Melancon for 1 year/$4 million
3.) Sign Greene for 1 year/$4 million

Frees up both Wright and Wilson to be used in a deal for Gallo. If there's $25 million available to spend, AA could cover that. You'd still control Gallo next season when the DH returns and you'd still control Odorizzi as well when Smyly's deal expires.

A 6-man rotation of Morton, Fried, Odorizzi, Smyly, Anderson, Soroka would be nuts in a year when most teams are going to have gaping holes at the back of their rotations.

[tululush]

Throw in Riley and the pitcher’s spot, too. There are four good hitters on the current roster.

Lol how could I have forgotten. Thanks ownership. You’re really doing a great job. I almost wonder if we should forgo anymore additions and just dump money into Swanson and Freeman?

[Carp]

Ownership got out from under their real estate holdings before the bottom dropped out in '07-'08 - that meant they had an extra $300 million lying around.

I wouldn't call giving him 330 million "lucking into him" though.

[Heyward]

Lol how did Philly "luck" into Harper.

No one else was really offering what they were, if i remember right.

[Heyward]

Throw in Riley and the pitcher’s spot, too. There are four good hitters on the current roster.

Eh, Acuna/Ozzie/Freeman/TDA/Swanson is an okay first 5 but obviously need 2 more bats in there somewhere.

[tululush]

Eh, Acuna/Ozzie/Freeman/TDA/Swanson is an okay first 5 but obviously need 2 more bats in there somewhere.

Someone needs to tell ownership/AA. If we start the season with what we have it’s going to be a pretty anemic offense and a long season of offensive struggles.

[zbhargrove]

No one else was really offering what they were, if i remember right.

And he’s still not worth it

[nsacpi]

but he did leave a few breadcrumbs.

Bowman left some crumbs? I find that hard to believe.

[Carp]

No one else was really offering what they were, if i remember right.

I mean it was like the biggest contact ever for a couple weeks. And the Padres were in it till the end. That's not exactly what I'd call "lucking into it."

[bravesfanforlife88]

Fowler traded to Angels

Ozuna to STL?

[bravesfanforlife88]

Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
Braves haven’t given up on re-signing Marcell Ozuna. There’s a difference in dollars, but they haven’t replaced him, he hasn’t found another job and spring is 2 weeks away.

[jsebe10]

Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
Braves haven’t given up on re-signing Marcell Ozuna. There’s a difference in dollars, but they haven’t replaced him, he hasn’t found another job and spring is 2 weeks away.

Of course dollars are difference....it’s the Braves...and I’m almost positive that this is what’s holding up the Freddie extension...He wants to make sure he doesn’t have Josh Reddick or Travis D’Arnaud protecting him in the lineup before he commits. I’d take off to SoCal if I was him..to a team that serious and committed to winning.

[msstate7]

Of course dollars are difference....it’s the Braves...and I’m almost positive that this is what’s holding up the Freddie extension...He wants to make sure he doesn’t have Josh Reddick or Travis D’Arnaud protecting him in the lineup before he commits. I’d take off to SoCal if I was him..to a team that serious and committed to winning.

The braves have won 3 straight division titles, and they were 1 game from the WS. Saying the braves aren't "serious and committed to winning" is strange.