2018 Offseason And Targets

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UNCBlue012 said:
It's crazy. I wish I knew what he was hearing. I'd still love Realmuto. Having Flowers and McCann for the pinch-hitter role would be incredible and a big boost.
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Only thing i'll say is Mish broke the Ozuna/Yelich trades, so he's not just a mouthpiece to the Marlins. He knows something.

Not sure if the Braves are in on Realmuto but he keeps saying they are. I'd be ok going cheap with the outfield i guess if they got Realmuto.
 
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Dude is adament.
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Hard not to believe that AA's not still lurking. If the Yankees have moved on from the potential three-way deal and Rosenthal's right about the Happ signing, where's the big piece the Mutts are going to send for him coming from? Andujar would no longer be a part of any return, and the Mutts keep saying they're not interested in including Conforto or Rosario.
 
clvclv said:
Hard not to believe that AA's not still lurking. If the Yankees have moved on from the potential three-way deal and Rosenthal's right about the Happ signing, where's the big piece the Mutts are going to send for him coming from? Andujar would no longer be a part of any return, and the Mutts keep saying they're not interested in including Conforto or Rosario.
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I saw they'd do Rosario or Nimmo, but not Conforto. But Heyman said not much progress is made and Mets moved onto defensive options at catcher.
 
Heyward said:
I saw they'd do Rosario or Nimmo, but not Conforto. But Heyman said not much progress is made and Mets moved onto defensive options at catcher.
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The Marlins are going to waste Realmuto's value by holding out for unreasonable packages in an attempt to make up for poor returns on their other assets.

Folks clamoring for new owners of the Braves need to wake up and see that the scenario going down in Miami is just as likely to happen with new owners as the scenario they are all dreaming about. Chances are a new owner will be meddlesome, incompetent, and install lackeys in positions of power...without raising payroll a bit. The grass isn't always greener.
 
Morosi- #Tigers have spoken with multiple teams this week about a Nick Castellanos trade, source says, but a deal is not close. #Braves are one of the most interested clubs. @MLB @MLBNetwork
 
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Morosi- #Tigers have spoken with multiple teams this week about a Nick Castellanos trade, source says, but a deal is not close. #Braves are one of the most interested clubs. @MLB @MLBNetwork
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We should be all over Castellanos. He's a butcher in right but wouldn't hurt as bad in left. IIRC, he's a FA after this season so the cost shouldn't be outrageous in terms of prospects.
 
striker42 said:
We should be all over Castellanos. He's a butcher in right but wouldn't hurt as bad in left. IIRC, he's a FA after this season so the cost shouldn't be outrageous in terms of prospects.
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Go ahead and trade for Realmuto and Castellanos. Offense would be set and wouldn't have any holes in it.
 
striker42 said:
We should be all over Castellanos. He's a butcher in right but wouldn't hurt as bad in left. IIRC, he's a FA after this season so the cost shouldn't be outrageous in terms of prospects.
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I'd try to include Julio in the deal to offset the salary with prospects, but he would be a great fit, dude rakes.
 
tululush said:
Go ahead and trade for Realmuto and Castellanos. Offense would be set and wouldn't have any holes in it.
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I wouldnt say "no" holes but a top 8 of Realmuto, FF, Albies, Swanson, JD, Castellanos, Ender, Acuna is pretty damn formidable.
 
This feels like Winter 01-02 when Steve Phillips traded for everyone to the Mets to try and overtake us... Mo Vaughn, Alomar, Burnitz, D'Amico. Then we crushed that by acquiring The Vinster SVOD and The Sheff.
 
tululush said:
Go ahead and trade for Realmuto and Castellanos. Offense would be set and wouldn't have any holes in it.
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Yes please... would be a blow to the system, but the offense would be incredible.

Acuna RF
Donaldson 3B
Freeman 1B
Realmuto C
Castellanos LF
Albies 2B
Ender CF
Swason SS

That's insane.
 
msstate7 said:
I wanna know why haniger is projected to drop 1 win this year by the projections. I haven't watched him at all, so he's completely unknown to me.
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His expected BA based upon how he actually hit the ball the last 2 season is about 20 points lower than it "should" be, so that accounts for most of the projected drop in BA from .280+ to .260. Maybe Haniger is a guy who can maintain a BABIP in the .330s. I haven't run my projections for him to make my own determination, but I would tend to doubt a guy sustains a BABIP in the high .330s as well.

His barrel rate and LD/FB exit velocity suggests he should carry a HR/FB rate around 17%+, so his career rate of 15.6% is likely suppressed a bit by the ballpark in Seattle. In fact, his career HR/FB rate away from Seattle is 16.7% and lines up pretty well with what I expect from him based on the values I use to project HR rate. I see no reason to project him for an ISO under .200, and would actually expect it to rise a bit if he leaves Seattle.

The projected BB/K rates of 9.5% and 22.1% seems legit, and I would probably project the BB a bit higher, probably closer to 10%.

Without running my full projection system on Haniger, I would probably peg his 2019 season at about .270/.360/.480 (.840 OPS) with ~25 HRs.
 
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