2025-2026 offseason thread

[Hudson2]

Dubon is insurance. I have to believe the plan is for him to be utility, but AA may also be telling the market that he won’t be bullied into overpaying for a SS.

They don’t want to play him there, but if nothing else is available, they don’t have to panic.

I agree. If they had to pivot they could get a big bat at another position.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Dubon is insurance. I have to believe the plan is for him to be utility, but AA may also be telling the market that he won’t be bullied into overpaying for a SS.

They don’t want to play him there, but if nothing else is available, they don’t have to panic.

this is also how I see it.. and Dubon as super utility is a good move.. it also makes where AA can shop for an OF or a SS for offensive upgrades..

 

[Hudson2]

2 good moves from AA so far. Good a really good utility guy and helped with the back end of the BP. That's 21 million he's spent so far so yeah he has plenty to spend.

 

[The Tariff King]

I’m actually intrigued if Weiss will actually use a super utility guy in a way Snit didn’t. Which is actually giving an off day to starters multiple times a week.

 

[chop2chip]

Acquiring Dubon either means AA has money to spend (because he’s willing to pay for quality depth) or it means we have less than hoped for (because we are bargain shopping our biggest hole).

Or it means neither.

Overall I like the move

 

[Enscheff]

Spending something like $22M on Iggy and a utility player pretending to be an everyday SS is underwhelming in the sense of upgrading the roster over 2025, but it gives hope of a $250M payroll.

 

[dak]

Dubon is insurance. I have to believe the plan is for him to be utility, but AA may also be telling the market that he won’t be bullied into overpaying for a SS.

They don’t want to play him there, but if nothing else is available, they don’t have to panic.

Yeah, I love the flexibility this Dubon move gives us. We obviously need to add another SS to the 26-man roster, but we can go a lot of different ways with that now. I still like Miguel Rojas as a value play.

 

[UNCBlue012]

It sounds like Alex expects him to be super utility at this point

 

[Super]

Offer from the dodgers was $1 with $15,999,999 deferred.

 

[Hudson2]

Iggy signing may speed up the BP market bc now there's one less guy out there.

 

[thewupk]

It sounds like Alex expects him to be super utility at this point

He shined in that role for the Astros last year. 2.2 fWAR while playing plus defense at almost every position on the diamond.

 

[Hudson2]

We may have all hated the WW move but if can deploy a guy like Dubon correctly and give guys rest then we may have been wrong.

 

[WaitingFor2017]

Maybe the Braves can fix Dubon. His hitting coach the last few years was Troy Snitker afterall.

 

[CyYoung31]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1991342888371061119

What in the fuck

 

[bravesnumberone]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1991342888371061119

What in the fuck

Makes opting out on Johnson and Kinley all the more head-scratching unless there's a major reworking of the bullpen coming. I don't know how much money we could realistically save trying to bring those guys back on cheaper deals.

 

[50PoundHead]

Dubon career OPS v. LHP: .762 (.748 in 2025)
Harris II career OPS v. LHP: .714 (.645 in 2025)

Maybe Harris II gets the day off against some LHPs.

 

[Carp]

MLB teams aren’t dumb. His peripherals and expecteds were normal.

And yet time and time again, we see that in FA, players get paid more for actual production, instead of imaginary production.

Look I like Williams a lot. I hope the Braves end up signing him. But you are insane if you think his FA potential wasn't affected by the year he had. He was on track to set a new record for a closer's FA contract.