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UNCBlue012 (01-15-2021)
As usual, DOB and Bowman are MIA on important days - agreements to avoid arbitration for Dansby, Fried, Soroka, and Minter have to be settled in 9 minutes and we hear crickets from the Braves' beat corners of the interwebs.
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jpx7 (01-15-2021)
#Braves agreed to terms with A.J. Minter, $1.3M
#Braves also avoided arbitration with Max Fried, settled at $3.5M
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Angels signed Kurt Suzuki 1 year / $1.5m
Get off my lawn!
Corey Kluber's contract negotiations are heating up. Moving along.
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jpx7 (01-15-2021)
I was thinking that re Bryant (and, to a lesser extent, Contreras) from the Cubs. While Darvish's 2021 salary was locked-in, what those guys will take home was up in the air. If the Cubs really are angling for a somewhat quick rebuild (as they should), versus a half-assed "retool" (ie holding onto most of their soon-to-be-FA), they may now get more serious about moving some of these guys.
Likewise, if Anthopoulos has any real interest in Bryant, knowing he'll cost exactly $19.5m next year may kickstart more intensive negotiations.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
PawPawMaxwell (01-15-2021)
50PoundHead (01-15-2021), JohnAdcox (01-18-2021)
Kluber headed to the Yanks
If $11 million is an overpay for Smyly, it would certainly seem steep for Kluber given the amount of inactivity over the past couple years.
Have to give Cashman some credit though - with the reduced-AAV deal LeMahieu signed along with this one they've still got ~ $9 million to spend while staying below the luxury tax line. They can probably still take a flier on a Leake/Richards/Quintana/Archer/Wainright/Rodon/Hill/Walker/Folty depth signing.
Last edited by clvclv; 01-15-2021 at 08:21 PM.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
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If Kluber is netting $11m—when he hasn't been healthy or good in two seasons—then I think Smyly, who at least was very good in a short-sample last season, at $11m is still an overpay, but not as bad of one as it initially seemed. He's also slightly younger and entirely more left-handed than Kluber, though he's been dogged by more injuries and never produced close to Kluber's peak.
What I hope this helps put to rest is the notion that $15m was an overpay for Morton. It didn't seem so, to me, at the time; it seems even less so now.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Soroka files for $2.8 million and Atlanta at $2.1 million
Dansby filed for $6.7 million, while the Braves countered at $6 million. Midpoint: $6.35 million.
jpx7 (01-15-2021)