Hudson2
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So we at least know what it’ll cost to get Olson. FF sees the tweet about it to I’m sure. AA has given his best offer imo, now the ball is in FF court. AA can’t wait around forever.
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So we at least know what it’ll cost to get Olson. FF sees the tweet about it to I’m sure. AA has given his best offer imo, now the ball is in FF court. AA can’t wait around forever.
VirginiaBrave
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Luckily I just had dental surgery yesterday or that tweet would give me indigestion. But I am starting to believe despite what he says he wants to be in California and just wants the Braves to be the villain for fans. All this over one year of control seems excessive.
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jpx7
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He's also getting $15m next year in deferred payment from the Zombie Expos. His combined ~$58m next year is higher than a few teams' current total payroll.
Hudson2
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Freeman has our best offer and he hasn’t accepted so that tells me he isn’t satisfied with it. AA is in a super tough spot here bc the casual fan would sign Freeman and to hell with the budget to compete at all for the future. But it’s a business at the end of the day and he has to set a deadline for Freddie to accept it bc he has to finish building his team before his options are gone.
Nerfherders
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My guess is what's holding up a Freeman deal is the finer details, like the money in which years, if there's any money deferred, etc.
Olson has been an obvious backup plan to Freeman ever since it became known the As would be selling, and they are very close in projected value.
Freeman 2022 projections: .291/.389/.512, 4.5 fWAR
Olson 2022 projections: .259/.361/.523, 4.6 fWAR
Freeman will be 32 and cost ~$30M per year for the next 5+ years.
Olson will be 28 and cost ~$30M total over the next 2 years plus a haul of prospects.
If the As overvalue some of the Braves MLB-ready mediocre players, then there is definitely a case to be made that Olson is the way to go.
jpx7
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Was just about to post this. I think he could be a good recipient of this year's Cole Hamels Memorial Drew Smyly Contract.
Steamer projects him for 1.2 fwar in only 81 IP. If he can bounce back to better health (a big if, of course), he could be a nice ~3 fwar mid-rotation guy. And if he just hits his Steamer projections, that wouldn't be unworthy of a $10m flyer.
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Just looked into it. He's out until the middle of the season at the earliest due to a torn flexor tendon. He looks busted.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
Damn. Didn't realize he was already slated to miss that much time. He'd probably have to agree to something more like the Kirby Yates contract to make it worthwhile.
I was thinking the same. I wouldn't be opposed to that either if it was super team friendly.
50PoundHead
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As in the case (s) if Reynolds and Mullins, Could the Braves put together a package the A's would consider? Contreras is the only prospect we have that look remotely major league-ready and he has defensive issues. May be some others (Pache, Waters, etc.) but I'm pretty down on the upper levels of our system.
UNCBlue012
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Why is it taking so long to see who has or hasn’t been tendered?
Mega trade for Olson. Camargo is a 3 WAR super utility player after all.
UNCBlue012
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The Braves have non-tendered Richard Rodriguez, per source.
Just announce Camargo already. Just let him go ffs.
msstate7
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He helped us hold it together for a while, but that trade stings some now