Official 2022 Offseason Moves Thread

Enscheff said:
I predict Bryant will be the most regretted contract given out this off-season.

Well, except the Baez deal…that will be a disaster.
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Baez already signed and has an out after 2 years. But yeah, it's probably Freeman or Olson for 1B if Braves wanna try to repeat next year.
 
I think today will be nuts... it almost has to be.

My best guess: Braves re-sign Freddie and Rosario, ink Rodon.
 
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Spending anything more than 5M on a starting pitcher is a big mistake and I hope AA works on ensuring that the rest of the team is as stacked as possible. Looking at the depth chart I just don't see the rationalization to committing any amount of significance on the starting rotation.
 
Morosi: Source: Prior to lockout, #Braves had detailed conversations with free agent Justin Verlander. He ultimately returned to Houston, but this indicates that the Braves are trying to fit a high-level starter *and* Freddie Freeman into their budget. @MLBNetwork @MLB
 
thethe said:
Spending anything more than 5M on a starting pitcher is a big mistake and I hope AA works on ensuring that the rest of the team is as stacked as possible. Looking at the depth chart I just don't see the rationalization to committing any amount of significance on the starting rotation.
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sounds like your opinion doesn’t matter here since they clearly are searching seriously given the JV news.
 
UNCBlue012 said:
sounds like your opinion doesn’t matter here since they clearly are searching seriously given the JV news.
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You are right to point that out but when the initial rumors of Verlander came about I did clarify in that if we were going to go big for someone like Verlander thats different. I don't think a 5-15M middle of the rotation starter makes us any better in a postseason setting.
 
thethe said:
You are right to point that out but when the initial rumors of Verlander came about I did clarify in that if we were going to go big for someone like Verlander thats different. I don't think a 5-15M middle of the rotation starter makes us any better in a postseason setting.
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totally agree that it’s dependent on the arm. I’d shove for a guy like Rodon though. Massive upside even with injury history
 
We've tried trading for a front end starter for multiple years now too. We were in on Clevinger, Archer, and Stroman among others. I think we even had discussions on Sonny Gray if I remember correctly.
 
UNCBlue012 said:
Morosi: Source: Prior to lockout, #Braves had detailed conversations with free agent Justin Verlander. He ultimately returned to Houston, but this indicates that the Braves are trying to fit a high-level starter *and* Freddie Freeman into their budget. @MLBNetwork @MLB
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The only two guys left out there that fit the Verlander/Scherzer profile of frontline guys that might take short deals are Kershaw and Rodon. Unless (as Carp mentions) he's willing to give up a WHOLE LOT of assets for somebody in a trade - everybody else is going to be in on those guys too, so the prospect cost for them will be even more through the roof than it normally is.
 
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I wonder how we view Rodon. I don’t think I realized how good he was last year. If we really want an impact starter, he could be an option.
 
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