Official 2022 Offseason Moves Thread

From mlbtr:

In addition to the financial cost, the Dodgers will take on some non-monetary penalties for signing a player who had rejected a qualifying offer. Because they paid the luxury tax last year, they’ll lose their second-highest and fifth-highest picks in the upcoming draft and be stripped of $1MM in international signing bonus space. The Braves, as a team that neither received revenue sharing nor paid the luxury tax, will receive a compensatory pick after Competitive Balance Round B in the upcoming draft. Those selections typically fall in the 70-75 overall range.
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That pick value is probably going to be around $800-900k. Should help the Braves get a little more aggressive in the 2022 draft.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers pay a pretty substantial penalty, in terms of both bonus pool and international pool. That should provide a little additional salve to people still smarting over this series of events.
 
MadduxFanII said:
I'm deeply skeptical of the claim that we offered six years and $180. The idea that we offered everything he asked for and then he just sat on the offer for a while, only to see us move on, leaving him in the lurch and forcing him to take less money, is just way too neat and tidy a morality play for real life.
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Heyman had the offer at 5/$140 million - higher AAV but short the 6th year.

Never thought they'd go 6 either - especially after the Braves were out, Toronto traded for Chapman, and their only obvious competition was Tampa. Smelled like the perfect situation for them to offer the same 5/140 and get him.
 
I don’t post very much, but my understanding is FF asked the Braves for a sunset deal. He and his agent wanted an eight year deal from the Braves. The Braves offered him a six year deal similar to what he ultimately signed with the Dodgers. They offered it to him late Thursday. When they hadn’t heard from him on Saturday, they called Oakland. I’m sorry Freddie signed with LA, but we’re a better team long term with Olson. Take this with a grain of salt, but my source is pretty reliable and I’m posting it to keep AA from taking heat. He offered FF more than he should have in my opinion although I don’t know the exact dollar amount. When Olson signed his extension, the last comment I heard was “that’s the deal Freddie wanted.”
 
MadduxFanII said:
I'm deeply skeptical of the claim that we offered six years and $180. The idea that we offered everything he asked for and then he just sat on the offer for a while, only to see us move on, leaving him in the lurch and forcing him to take less money, is just way too neat and tidy a morality play for real life.
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I never said they offered him 6 and 180. I believe the 5/150. My point is that if Freddie really wanted to come back to the ATL (obviously wasn’t that important), then his agent screwed him by holding out for the sixth year. Instead, he got similar money to play somewhere else.
 
brian22 said:
I don’t post very much, but my understanding is FF asked the Braves for a sunset deal. He and his agent wanted an eight year deal from the Braves. The Braves offered him a six year deal similar to what he ultimately signed with the Dodgers. They offered it to him late Thursday. When they hadn’t heard from him on Saturday, they called Oakland. I’m sorry Freddie signed with LA, but we’re a better team long term with Olson. Take this with a grain of salt, but my source is pretty reliable and I’m posting it to keep AA from taking heat. He offered FF more than he should have in my opinion although I don’t know the exact dollar amount. When Olson signed his extension, the last comment I heard was “that’s the deal Freddie wanted.”
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This is along what I was told almost to the letter.

From two other people I got the impression a change of scenery was needed.
 
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Dodgers add the best free agent available at a reasonable deal even though it wasn’t a position of need but recognizing how the universal DH changes the age factor. If they had been in our shoes they would have found a way to make Olson and Freeman happen. Meanwhile we apparently get to watch Alex Dickerson and Guillermo Heredia battle for the starting CF job while Acuna is out. All the while hoping we get good Wright and good Ynoa to round out an injury prone rotation. And while the team is rolling in the profits.
 
Good for Freddie, it looks like he got what he wanted. I think the Olson acquisition and extension is clearly a better fit going forward for Atlanta.

The big market team paid big cash for the established superstar, the mid market team gave up prospects and a safer contract for a less established stud, the small market team traded a stud who was becoming expensive for prospects.

It seems like everything played out exactly as Freddie, Liberty Media, MLB, and the player's union designed it.
 
bravesnumberone said:
Dodgers add the best free agent available at a reasonable deal even though it wasn’t a position of need but recognizing how the universal DH changes the age factor. If they had been in our shoes they would have found a way to make Olson and Freeman happen. Meanwhile we apparently get to watch Alex Dickerson and Guillermo Heredia battle for the starting CF job while Acuna is out. All the while hoping we get good Wright and good Ynoa to round out an injury prone rotation. And while the team is rolling in the profits.
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It took about 2 days for people to start freaking out
 
Well, I thank Freeman for what he did here but I hope he never gets a single hit while wearing a Dodger uniform. I want nothing but spectacular failure for all Dodgers.
 
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