2025-2026 offseason thread

CJ9 said:
If this is accurate - which seems questionable based on the track record of Braves fans trying to act like insiders on Twitter - he’s saying Gallen is one to watch. I think AA is too smart for that, but I guess we’ll see.
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Gaurav is wonderful. He used to work closely with Kiley on all things minor-league. He's not an insider, but he absolutely knows the Braves system and MLB team better than almost anyone else and has great contacts across the industry.
 
Hudson2 said:
I do to and I hope that's the way we go. Peralta or Ryan would set us up really really good. It'll probably be somebody we didn't expect.
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I know I'm dreaming but would love to see them really stretch all-in and trade for Joe Ryan and sign Tatsuya Imai.

Imagine a front four with Sale, Ryan, Schewellenbach, Imai, with Spencer Strider as the #5. And enough options available to run a 6 man staff for a while.
 
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CJ9 said:
If this is accurate - which seems questionable based on the track record of Braves fans trying to act like insiders on Twitter - he’s saying Gallen is one to watch. I think AA is too smart for that, but I guess we’ll see.
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Gaurav is not a "Braves fan trying to act like an insider on Twitter"

He's one of the better Braves follows out there and there are not many better than his Braves prospect coverage. He has a great reputation.
 
zbhargrove said:
Gaurav is not a "Braves fan trying to act like an insider on Twitter"

He's one of the better Braves follows out there and there are not many better than his Braves prospect coverage. He has a great reputation.
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This, 100%. He's also not saying the Braves are DEFINITELY going to grab a big-name pitcher, but he hears rumblings and knows the team is all-in. Makes sense.
 
It's not exactly a stretch to say the Braves are going after a legit SP when you consider they were willing to lose the pick for Diaz, likely have $20M to spend, and desperately need a SP.

I think every single person on this board could have drawn that conclusion without being an insider.
 
Enscheff said:
It's not exactly a stretch to say the Braves are going after a legit SP when you consider they were willing to lose the pick for Diaz, likely have $20M to spend, and desperately need a SP.

I think every single person on this board could have drawn that conclusion without being an insider.
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Man, someone must take a massive shit in your cornflakes every morning. lmao
 
Carp said:
I actually like Ranger Suarez. I don't want to pay him top of the market prices, but I'd be comfortable with something like 4/90.

However, he does give me Jordan Montgomery 2023 vibes. That didn't turn out so well for AZ.

No on Valdez and hell no on giving up a pick for Gallen. Gallen should have taken the QO and tried to rebuild some value next year.
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His Savant page is very red.
 
Suarez strikes me as someone the wheels could come off of very quickly. His fastball is bad and he doesn't miss any bats. He relies on not walking many and getting poor contact. He's not got a lot of margin of error. If his stuff or control declines at all and guys can square him up a little more often, it could get ugly.

Of course being a soft tosser he could age better than most not relying on velocity to get outs.
 
striker42 said:
Suarez strikes me as someone the wheels could come off of very quickly. His fastball is bad and he doesn't miss any bats. He relies on not walking many and getting poor contact. He's not got a lot of margin of error. If his stuff or control declines at all and guys can square him up a little more often, it could get ugly.

Of course being a soft tosser he could age better than most not relying on velocity to get outs.
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Doesn’t that apply to pretty much anyone? I’m not sure why it would be worse for a dude who doesn’t throw hard to begin with and has a bunch of effective pitches.
 
Super said:
Doesn’t that apply to pretty much anyone? I’m not sure why it would be worse for a dude who doesn’t throw hard to begin with and has a bunch of effective pitches.
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He's among the worst in the league at getting swings and misses. So he's basically entirely reliant on inducing weak contact. If he's not able to hit his spots precisely or if his pitches lose some movement, he's not got much else.

He could end up being effective into his 40s. It's just that once he starts declining I think it will get bad quick.
 
striker42 said:
He's among the worst in the league at getting swings and misses. So he's basically entirely reliant on inducing weak contact. If he's not able to hit his spots precisely or if his pitches lose some movement, he's not got much else.

He could end up being effective into his 40s. It's just that once he starts declining I think it will get bad quick.
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He's not too far off a K per inning.

I understand that's not great any more, but we aren't talking about an all contact guy.
 
I can the negative with ranger. Contact guys are risky in that a little loss in control could produce horrible results. You also have to always worry about those BaBip games.

I would rather stay away from him but I most certainly see why GM’s like him.
 
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