Looking Ahead - The 2020 Offseason Thread

[ixiXSolidXixi]

He’s literally better than Atlanta era and beyond BJ Upton at everything at baseball. It’s not even close and he will be a ton cheaper

We will see but Boras clients never cheap!

[TheBravos]

He should be able to sign Puig for the spare change rolling around in the company car’s glovebox, which is certainly less than $10M.

How much would Puig get? One year 4mil?

[CyYoung31]

he’s really nothing like Upton. and won’t require a similar financial commitment either.

They both play centerfield and they’re both black. Seem pretty similar to me.

[Deester11]

They both play centerfield and they’re both black. Seem pretty similar to me.

What you trying to say?😂😂😂😂

[Enscheff]

How much would Puig get? One year 4mil?

Considering he was signed by the Braves after Markakis opted out, and Markakis was slated to earn $4M, I think that figure represents the highest possible salary he could command right now.

[Heyward]

Right now, the bench is pretty LH heavy with Lamb/Kipnis/Ender. Could obviously use a RH OF there, Puig makes the most sense of the available options. Regarding Bradley, he clearly over-estimated his market. Guessing he returns to Boston on a 1 year deal, and re-hits the market next year with more money available.

[Heyward]

Heyman said Braves made a run at Trevor Rosenthal, so adding a RH RP is also on the docket. Bringing back Shane Greene would make some sense. Other than Chris Martin, the current RP options are ehhh.

[Russ2dollas]

Team did not seem to have much confidence in Greene last year.

Puig has a domestic violence issue right? Plus he’s a reverse splits guy. I don’t see him on the team.

Maybe aa just waits for someone to shake loose in spring training.

Still can’t believe we haven’t seen more salary dump trades.

[50PoundHead]

Right now, the bench is pretty LH heavy with Lamb/Kipnis/Ender. Could obviously use a RH OF there, Puig makes the most sense of the available options. Regarding Bradley, he clearly over-estimated his market. Guessing he returns to Boston on a 1 year deal, and re-hits the market next year with more money available.

I thought I saw something on here that he's looking for $15 MM AAV on a multi-year deal. If that's accurate, I would guess that's pretty much a non-starter by several levels of magnitude for all of baseball.

[bravesfanMatt]

Team did not seem to have much confidence in Greene last year.

Puig has a domestic violence issue right? Plus he’s a reverse splits guy. I don’t see him on the team.

Maybe aa just waits for someone to shake loose in spring training.

Still can’t believe we haven’t seen more salary dump trades.

Puig only fits this team if the DH happens somehow. His reverse splits are actually fine. The domestic charge was years ago and I think dropped.

[zbhargrove]

Team did not seem to have much confidence in Greene last year.

Puig has a domestic violence issue right? Plus he’s a reverse splits guy. I don’t see him on the team.

Maybe aa just waits for someone to shake loose in spring training.

Still can’t believe we haven’t seen more salary dump trades.

I mean he was going to be on the team last year until he had COVID... the domestic violence issue was dropped with no charges and a long time ago... that obviously has no influence on whether or not we would sign him considering we basically did already once.

[Heyward]

Team did not seem to have much confidence in Greene last year.

Puig has a domestic violence issue right? Plus he’s a reverse splits guy. I don’t see him on the team.

Maybe aa just waits for someone to shake loose in spring training.

Still can’t believe we haven’t seen more salary dump trades.

Braves were set to sign Puig until he had Covid. So i dont think they cared too much about his past, and his reverse splits are actually fine. But i think only way we'd need Puig is if there's a DH. If there's no DH, probably not. Regarding Greene, even if that's the case, the current RH bullpen options aside from Martin are not the greatest.

[CJ9]

Team did not seem to have much confidence in Greene last year.

People keep forgetting this. He was basically used as a mop up guy in the NLCS. And I'm fine with it, I'm not a huge fan of him.

[UNCBlue012]

People keep forgetting this. He was basically used as a mop up guy in the NLCS. And I'm fine with it, I'm not a huge fan of him.

Agreed. I'm not sure he'd want to come back given his limited usage down the stretch.

[Southcack77]

Whether Bradley gets what Borass wants is irrelevant - from DOB's estimates AA has about $5 million to spend with $5 million left after that for potential moves at the deadline.

That was BEFORE signing Lamb, and also doesn't include what will have to be paid to Jackson (~$460K), Camargo (~$360K), Dayton (~$215K), or Mayfield if they lose their roster spots.

DOB is useless.

[Southcack77]

Right now, the bench is pretty LH heavy with Lamb/Kipnis/Ender. Could obviously use a RH OF there, Puig makes the most sense of the available options. Regarding Bradley, he clearly over-estimated his market. Guessing he returns to Boston on a 1 year deal, and re-hits the market next year with more money available.

I don't know why I feel this way, but seems like the Braves were not so happy with the way the Puig story went down last season.

I love JBJ and think he would be a nice addition to the team, but giving him a long term deal is no smarter than giving Ender one. He's a defense first CF who is now post-prime. I'm not even sure he really makes all that much sense on a short team friendly deal as the Braves probably don't need to invest any more preseason dollars in CF defense with Pache, Acuna and the corpse of Ender being answers on paper.

I feel like the Braves add a reliever and go into the season at this point.

I hope Inciarte bounces because:

Eaton 7m
Pederson 7m
Rosario 8m
Brett Gardiner 4m
David Dahl 2.7m
Kevin Pillar 5m
Adam Duvall 5m

5th OF division:

Michael Taylor 1.75m
Almora 1.25m
Billy Hamilton - Minor League deal
John Jay - Minor League deal
Mallex Smith - Minor League deal
Brock Holt - Minor
Souza - Minor

Among others.

[Super]

Gardner at $4M....that's one i'm not happy about, but maybe he wanted to stay in NY.

[zbhargrove]

I may be in the minority, but I'm pretty happy about the Kipnis and Lamb signings... I think they will both be very solid options if used correctly. However, I still want another outfielder... especially if there's a DH

[zbhargrove]

Gardner at $4M....that's one i'm not happy about, but maybe he wanted to stay in NY.

Gardner hasn't signed yet has he? It seems obvious he wants to stay in NY, but he'd be just a perfect fit for this team

EDIT: Nevermind... I see where he signed a couple days ago... I must have just missed it... I doubt he was ever going to leave NY if they had any interest at all in resigning him

[MadduxFanII]

Ken Rosenthal’s latest says the Braves pushed hard for Trevor Rosenthal (on a two-year, backloaded deal), and wanted O’Day, Melancon and Duvall back as well. Says the Braves have about five million left and want to maintain flexibility for the trade deadline.