Braves 2020 Payroll

Enscheff said:
Teheran is going to be an interesting call, and I can see arguments from both sides.

Ideally, AA can combine the savings from Teheran with a little more cash to bring in an upgrade like MadBum or Wheeler on a short deal.

Unfortunately, his option must be decided upon before AA knows whether or not he can get an upgrade of that caliber in a short term deal since those deals tend to happen late in the game.

I suspect my play would be to decline the option and bank once the fact that pitcher of Teheran’s caliber or better will be available late in the offseason, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see them take the risk averse approach and pick up the option.
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It is likely MadBum and Wheeler get a QO. So there would be a long wait before being able to sign them without losing a draft pick.
 
One thing about payroll for next year, which is easy to overlook. We had 3 playoff games worth of bonus revenue this year. That is not an insignificant amount. In fact I read a recent quote from the Indians owner stating they didn't have additional funds to spend on the team since they missed out on similar revenue.

It would be interesting to see if this helps a bit with increasing revenue.
 
NYCBrave said:
One thing about payroll for next year, which is easy to overlook. We had 3 playoff games worth of bonus revenue this year. That is not an insignificant amount. In fact I read a recent quote from the Indians owner stating they didn't have additional funds to spend on the team since they missed out on similar revenue.

It would be interesting to see if this helps a bit with increasing revenue.
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The Braves had similar extra play off funds the previous off season as well.

I expect to see a slight bump in pay roll this year, but nothing crazy that will let rosterbators go wild.
 
nsacpi said:
We will have to disagree; a semicolon is a sign of a cultured and discerning mind. Sorry to be a snob.
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Semicolons can do a lot of work, if you let them; if you eschew them, you shift the labor elsewhere.
 
Enscheff said:
The Braves had similar extra play off funds the previous off season as well.

I expect to see a slight bump in pay roll this year, but nothing crazy that will let rosterbators go wild.
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The thing we have no idea about, is how much of these funds they are applying to paying down debt. They not only have debt on the stadium, but also the battery. Not sure if anyone has been there lately, but there is still a ton of progress happening around the battery. Alot more construction going on to add to what is already in place. It's pretty promising to see in fact.
 
NYCBrave said:
The thing we have no idea about, is how much of these funds they are applying to paying down debt. They not only have debt on the stadium, but also the battery. Not sure if anyone has been there lately, but there is still a ton of progress happening around the battery. Alot more construction going on to add to what is already in place. It's pretty promising to see in fact.
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Maybe. But what happens if we Have a bad year next year and half the current tenants leave because of customer traffic being low. The Braves are the anchor of this commercial development and as long as they play well then business is booming. Hopefully we can be good for the next five years and they can clear that debt. If not I fear our payroll. Liberty won’t take a loss on this asset and the battery debt is a big anchor on our ship.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
Maybe. But what happens if we Have a bad year next year and half the current tenants leave because of customer traffic being low. The Braves are the anchor of this commercial development and as long as they play well then business is booming. Hopefully we can be good for the next five years and they can clear that debt. If not I fear our payroll. Liberty won’t take a loss on this asset and the battery debt is a big anchor on our ship.
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Well that's a bit short sighted. None of us have any idea how long of leases the Braves required these tenants to sign. But it would be horrible business to hand out one year renewable leases. It's more than likely multi year deals, which would make sense for them to even develop this.
 
NYCBrave said:
Well that's a bit short sighted. None of us have any idea how long of leases the Braves required these tenants to sign. But it would be horrible business to hand out one year renewable leases. It's more than likely multi year deals, which would make sense for them to even develop this.
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Yeah. Signing a lease doesn’t guarantee you get that money. Seen many leases go up in smoke because the business liquidates. In fact it is better for the leasing company(bank) to just rel-lease the location versus going through the legal expense of getting any of that owed money.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
Yeah. Signing a lease doesn’t guarantee you get that money. Seen many leases go up in smoke because the business liquidates. In fact it is better for the leasing company(bank) to just rel-lease the location versus going through the legal expense of getting any of that owed money.
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The Braves are in a good financial position. Yes they have debt. But they also have real tangible assets. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Braves up payroll this year. The Biily Hamilton and Melacon deals last year make me think that money available to expand payroll.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
Yeah. Signing a lease doesn’t guarantee you get that money. Seen many leases go up in smoke because the business liquidates. In fact it is better for the leasing company(bank) to just rel-lease the location versus going through the legal expense of getting any of that owed money.
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I totally get that. But I'm sure the Braves properly vetted tenants before deciding which ones to grant a lease to. Why would they give out leases to a company who had a chance to not be able to live up to their lease within a year or two?
 
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