Offseason Hot Stove 2024-25 Thread

[Enscheff]

Verlander ($15M+), Hoffman ($11M+) and Scott ($15M+) would have added like $45M to the 2025 payroll. There's very little chance AA is trying to duck under the cap.

 

[CJ9]

I really don't think Hoffman was involved in any way with what that guy on Twitter said. He kept talking about two and it seemed like most agreed the two he was talking about were Verlander and Scott, who was the 9.5.

So it comes down to the timeline here. Was Hoffman before all that, or did the Scott stuff fall apart and he pivoted to Hoffman, which also fell apart?

 

[Enscheff]

OK, then that's still $30M for 2025, which puts the Braves firmly over the $241M cap.

 

[Hudson2]

I really don't think Hoffman was involved in any way with what that guy on Twitter said. He kept talking about two and it seemed like most agreed the two he was talking about were Verlander and Scott, who was the 9.5.

So it comes down to the timeline here. Was Hoffman before all that, or did the Scott stuff fall apart and he pivoted to Hoffman, which also fell apart?

He said the 9.5 guy is still in play. We'll see Wednesday but
I bet it's already agreed on.

 

[UNCBlue012]

Giants, Yankees and Mets are all out on Roki, per multiple sources.

 

[CJ9]

More Bowman:

"Another source said the Braves’ deal with Hoffman would have been a five-year deal worth $45-48 million. The right-hander could have been given a chance to start before spending his final years of the deal as a reliever."

 

[Hudson2]

Giants, Yankees and Mets are all out on Roki, per multiple sources.

I'm pulling for the Padres if it's not us.

 

[bravesnumberone]

Are we going to give the Padres international money to sign Sasaki in exchange for Cease?

 

[Hudson2]

Are we going to give the Padres international money to sign Sasaki in exchange for Cease?

We'd have to add to it but it would lessen the cost.

 

[UNCBlue012]

Are we going to give the Padres international money to sign Sasaki in exchange for Cease?

I will cum if that happens

 

[Mad Dog Murph]

I will cum if that happens

Doesn’t take much to get you going. Your wife’s a lucky lady

 

[bravesnumberone]

We'd have to add to it but it would lessen the cost.

Would fit AA's pattern of staying on the trail of guys. He worked on that Sale trade for like two years, supposedly and was reportedly in on Cease for a while.

 

[CJ9]

Would be really interested in what Cease would cost with just a year of control.

 

[Hudson2]

Would fit AA's pattern of staying on the trail of guys. He worked on that Sale trade for like two years, supposedly and was reportedly in on Cease for a while.

It is strange that there were Cease rumors of him being available and then they just went away and any talk of Scott went away. AA likes it quiet so I hope Wednesday it breaks loose.

 

[50PoundHead]

Today's big signing is..... Garrett Cooper.

That Gwinnett team is going to have a .750 winning percentage.

 

[Hudson2]

That Gwinnett team is going to have a .750 winning percentage.

He's definitely accomplished getting more depth in AAA.

 

[mfree80]

That Gwinnett team is going to have a .750 winning percentage.

Bowman says Cooper is going to be our 4th outfielder (-;

 

[Chico]

That Gwinnett team is going to have a .750 winning percentage.

It’s hard to think of positively now since we haven’t done anything for the big club, but we’ve done a very good job of providing depth and off roster talent remaking the AAA squad.

 

[Hudson2]

So it's down to the Dodgers, Padres, and Blue Jays for Sasaki. There's no way he's going to Toronto so it's a 2 team race which we all thought it would be. Dodgers are gonna become pretty hated by most people if they get Sasaki to but that's the way it goes.

 

[zbhargrove]

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It's happening? Let's get Cease, Scott, and Profar