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that's pretty normal...most teams end up giving 5 or more starts to quite a few pitchers
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that's pretty normal...most teams end up giving 5 or more starts to quite a few pitchers
Nor by choice though.
Seems unlikely given the nature of GMs in baseball. If AA can't put us in the playoffs consistently, he'll be out of a job, and that extra bonus money (may be a few hundred thousand) won't mean jack ****. So it would be in his best interest to consistently put together the best possible team with the payroll allotted.
Now it's possible Liberty has tightened the purse strings in order to maximize profits, but I think we'd see a significant reduction in payroll if that were the case. And again, seems unlikely given the investment in the Battery.
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It’s far more likely the Braves had $10M-$15M left to spend and couldn’t get Brantley with it, so they spent $4M of it on Markakis. Now they have $5M-$10M to spend and will look to add around the edges of the roster. All because they misjudged the cost of upgrading cOF.
Gio, BP arm like Romo, things like that
Personally, at this point, I’d like to see Duvall dumped and Marwin added if he will take a 2 year deal yet.
Gio, BP arm like Romo, things like that
Personally, at this point, I’d like to see Duvall dumped and Marwin added if he will take a 2 year deal yet.
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The balls or being smart about his finances to use?
At the moment the Braves have the following as bullpen options.
Right side: O'Day, Viz, Winkler, Sobotka, Carle, Webb? some others, we could use a better RH option here but not sure it's smart to cough up a pick and give a lot of money to Kimbrel.
Left side: Biddle, Fried, Freeman, Minter, Venters.
On paper it's vastly better than what we had OD in 2018.
bravesfanMatt
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Two names I am watching for this year is clouse and wilson. I know wilson is still a starter. But he could be a great reliever imo
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striker42
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You're assuming Liberty is judging AA by his ability to put a winning team on the field. Considering the nature of a corporate owner like Liberty, I'm thinking he's being judged based on financial measurements instead of on field success. What does Liberty care about a World Series if they can make more money off an 85 win team?
bravesfanforlife88
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It would be interesting to compare the revenue for a WS team vs an 85 win team....
For instance, if the Braves bumped payroll to ~$150m before the season began, brought in a few pieces to help get this team over the top, would that produce more money rather than dropping payroll after a division title, which according to DOB, is what the Braves have done so far...
the latter part of that sends the wrong message to the fan base, and will probably keep many of them away from going to the ballpark. Where as, if you bump payroll to ~$150m, that energizes the fanbase, brings more people to the park...usually tickets prices are more expensive in that case because they are in higher demand....
Seems like investing in your team would actually increase profits....maybe Liberty views being slightly above or around mediocre is a less risky way to make money?
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striker42
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I'll wager there are people who have run some numbers for the Braves in that regard. If they've dropped payroll it's either because Liberty demanded it or because they believe it will increase profits.
Southcack77
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Playoff games are big money.
The Braves are not going to deficit spend to get there.
The top end of their budget is likely very attendance sensitive. It's probably somewhere between 130-140 on the high end.
bravesfanforlife88
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The point of the post is that there is a direct correlation between bumping the payroll to make the team better and having better attendance....
If say the Braves went out this offseason and got Donaldson, JTR, plus say a Keuchel or Kimbrel, you would imagine that the fan base would turn out in better numbers throughout the season as opposed to bringing in Donaldson, McCann, and Markakis. A better overall product on the field should lead to increased fan attendance.....meaning more money spent on parking, the Battery, drinks/food/souvenirs sold in Suntrust Park...on top of increased ticket prices.
When people are being told by everyone in the media that the Braves are likely a 4th place team in the division, most people won't spend the money to go see them. That's why last season, the fan attendance really spiked towards the end of the season. And the 1 home game we played in the NLDS had an atmosphere that was unbelievable.
zbhargrove
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I guess I don't have the balls either if it involves paying a dumb amount of money to a guy we don't really need who has shown real trends of decline.... oh wait.... maybe has nothing to do with balls and maybe it's just somewhat not stupid
zbhargrove
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A 3 win starter and a 1 win reliever for $30+ million ish.... how stupid that would be
Southcack77
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Most fans just know that the the team won the division last year, brought back pretty much the whole team, and added Josh Donaldson.
They haven't consigned the team to fourth place in the division.
Their decisions on whether to go to games will be dependent on their own schedules and the team's record. Not what the offseason looked like.
I suspect ticket sales are way up.
bravesfanforlife88
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Adding Donaldson Jtr Keuchel and Kimbrel would have been adding ~12 WAR
Using this article from fangraphs, which calculates $/WAR as $4.2m/starter, $5.7/position player, and $10.9/reliever you can calculate the players projected value for 2019.
Josh Donaldson = 4.1 WAR x $5.7m = $23.37M (signed for $23m)
JTR = 3.9 WAR X $5.7M = $22.23M (Playing for $5.9m)
Keuchel = 3.3 WAR X $4.2M = $13.86M (Still unsigned)
Kimbrel = 1.2 WAR X $10.9M = $13.08M (Still unsigned)
Kimbrel and Keuchel will probably cost slightly more than those projections, however, at this point in the offseason, maybe not. And while JTRs value does not take into account prospect capital lost, the monetary value suggests that money that we save from paying him, could be used to sign those 2 to a little above their $/WAR projections.
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zbhargrove
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Yes and adding Keuchel and Kimbrel would be about 4 wins at best for $30+ million... which would be so dumb... Donaldson and JTR would be good additions and one we got one . Kimbrel and Keuchel we don't need at their prices... they barely move the needle... you're having a fantasy of a Kimbrel that doesn't exist anymore
It is actually pretty simple to understand and has nothing to do with balls
Southcack77
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Kimbrel is one year removed from a vintage performance. Wouldn't say it's definitely over.
I'd have to see the deals to have a view on whether it made sense or not. I don't think the Braves sign either though.
zbhargrove
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You mean the 1 outlier year in 4 years? I'm not spending an absurd amount of reliever money for that uncertainty and any GM with half a brain and a budget isn't either
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