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Turner has a lot of his value tied up in his speed and we know that’s the first thing to go. He’s a good hitter but he’s gotten worse on defense. Correa, Turner, Swanson, Boggarts is the order I’d put them at. Turner or Correa both make this team a lot better.
 
zbhargrove said:
The rumor is Trea Turner wants to be back on the east coast and closer to home in Florida. I think Turner is gonna be the dude.
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Recent article, from Dodgers Athletic writer said thats not true. Most likely gonna come down to money. If AA is gonna spend big, getting Turner would be the dream.
 
Hudson2 said:
Turner has a lot of his value tied up in his speed and we know that’s the first thing to go. He’s a good hitter but he’s gotten worse on defense. Correa, Turner, Swanson, Boggarts is the order I’d put them at. Turner or Correa both make this team a lot better.
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There's concerns with all the shortstops.

- Turner with how much of his value in his speed.
- Was this a career year with Swanson or a thing to come, and once his defense dips, how valuable is he?
- Bogaerts isnt the best defender, and i'd guess Boras may want an opt out clause in his deal.
- Correa is a little injury prone. But probably has the least amount of flaws of the shortstops.
 
Enscheff said:
Turner is going to go where he’s paid the most, just like 99.9% of FAs.
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Yeah i'm sure he'd like to stay on the east coast. But if Dodgers give him the best offer, i dont think living in Los Angeles is the worst outcome lol.
 
Enscheff said:
Turner is going to go where he’s paid the most, just like 99.9% of FAs.
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And if the offers are close, being closer to home would probably be the deciding factor... no one said Turner was going to be giving a discount to be closer to home.
 
msstate7 said:
Do signings kick off right after the WS?

Pretty sure I ask this every year.
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There’s a five-day dead period after the end of the World Series ends, and then it’s all open. Doesn’t feel like a ton happens right away. Winter Meetings are early December like usual.
 
Arenado would have made sense if Riley was going back to LF which I don’t see happening. I still wonder if Grissom, Anderson, Malloy, and another piece would get you Reynolds.
 
Even teams like the Royals are purging dinosaur thinking from the sport by firing dinosaur cultist Dayton Moore, and have hired the guy I wanted to manage the Braves:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/10/royals-hire-matt-quatraro-as-manager.html

It will be interesting to see how a modern manager handles a team constructed by what will almost certainly still be one of the most prehistoric FOs (Picollo was promoted from within to run things). I would love to be in the room when the Royals "analytics" group gives Quatraro stats like HR and RBI when he asks for information.
 
AJonesATL said:
https://www.batterypower.com/2022/10/31/23430902/ronald-acuna-offensive-drop-off-atlanta-braves

Interesting read - biggest mover for Braves ironically is not free agency / trades but Acuna. If he is the Acuna that hits at a 40-50 bomb pace, it just changes entire offensive dynamic. Acuna, Riley and Olson as 3 of first 4 hitters should in theory just be game-changing
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This is true, if Acuna was Acuna, East would have been over well before the last week. Probably wasnt healthy this past year so i'll give him a break. Hoping a healthy Acuna next year, changes literally everything in the lineup next year.
 
AJonesATL said:
https://www.batterypower.com/2022/10/31/23430902/ronald-acuna-offensive-drop-off-atlanta-braves

Interesting read - biggest mover for Braves ironically is not free agency / trades but Acuna. If he is the Acuna that hits at a 40-50 bomb pace, it just changes entire offensive dynamic. Acuna, Riley and Olson as 3 of first 4 hitters should in theory just be game-changing
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There is no mystery to Acuna's down year: he was coming off a terrible knee injury, and has a dinosaur manager with no idea how to manage the workload of modern players. Acuna was pushed too hard in RF, wasn't forced to tone it down on the bases, and he was in a constant state of being banged up as a result. Snit is a grandpa dinosaur, and Acuna suffered as a result.

There's only one stat we need to look at: 34.0% FB rate. That mark is easily the lowest of his career, and well below the 45.6% rate he posted last year while having a monster season. Guys who hit the ball as hard as Acuna (Grade 70+ power) need to hit it in the air, and he needs healthy and fresh legs to get that done. The same incompetence that lead to Swanson and Olson playing 162 games is the same incompetence that made it impossible for Acuna to stay productive.

I have no doubt Acuna will come to ST and be the monster we expect early in 2023. It is then up to Snit/AA to figure out how to manage 21st century athletes in the year 2023 to keep him healthy and effective. Yes, that means giving him an occasional day off and instructing him on when being aggressive on the bases makes sense....neither of which Snit has shown any competency in doing.
 
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