2025 Around The League Thread

Carp said:
Ozzie is showing real signs of life this 2nd half. Since the break he has a slash line of .273/.339/.436 (.775 OPS). .334 wOBA and 113 wRC+. These all fall right in line with his career numbers,

More importantly, he is back to mashing LHP. In his 43 PAs against LHP this 2nd half, he has a slash line of .390/.419/.561 (.980 OPS), with a .416 wOBA and 169 wRC+. To me, this the most encouraging sign. The numbers vs RHP having been climbing back towards career numbers for a few months now. But his strong side production is what has really tanked his production this year.
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This is huge. Especially the 2nd paragraph.
 
Yeah you can tell it's clearly intentional by his reaction alone. He's a FA this offseason right? He would have caught a beaten if he would of done this to Mac
 
IMO, I think Valdez definitely lost millions in FA money right there.

Maybe don't like a big baby and intentionally try to injure a teammate 3 months before you are a FA?
 
Iggy will be 36 when the season starts so he may want 3 years and I wouldn't do that but I'd do 2 at a cheaper rate than he is now. I'd go after Devin Williams if he would wanna do a prove it deal.
 
hard to say what Iggy will be looking for. I doubt a 1 year deal will get him.. but wonder if a 2/30 would. That is pricey for a reliever of his age, but he continues to show he can get guys out.
 
Carp said:
It wouldn't be the worst thing. But we need to bring in another high level reliever.
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yes and drop the whole closer term from the team's dictionary. have 3-4 high leverage guys that you can count on to finish a game and pitch them based on leverage. If that mean Iggy in the 8th to the heart of the order that has 2 RHH, then that is when he throws.. or the 6th inning with bases loaded and the top of the order due up...
 
bravesfanMatt said:
hard to say what Iggy will be looking for. I doubt a 1 year deal will get him.. but wonder if a 2/30 would. That is pricey for a reliever of his age, but he continues to show he can get guys out.
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His first half was disastrous but he's really rebounded the 2nd half. I wouldn't go 15 per for him but somebody might.
 
Hudson2 said:
His first half was disastrous but he's really rebounded the 2nd half. I wouldn't go 15 per for him but somebody might.
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first half was bad, but he wasn't used correctly and the pitch selection was suspect. I think the days of Iggy going 3 straight days should be in the past. I think the days of Iggy trying to go 30+ pitches should be in the past. He needs to be a high leverage guy that is called on to go one inning when there are 2+ RHH coming up.

If the Braves plan on having a 240+ million payroll, then 13-15 might be alright gamble.. but they also have a few holes to fill in the pen, so it is going to be a challenge.
 
Hudson2 said:
His first half was disastrous but he's really rebounded the 2nd half. I wouldn't go 15 per for him but somebody might.
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The late-season rebounds of a bunch of guys is heartening, but unfortunately teams play 162 games and Iglesias looked cooked for the first few months of the season. It all depends on cost, but at his age I wouldn't be backing up the truck to the vault to sign him.
 
Kenley Jansen signed for 1 yr and 10 million this past off-season, despite a significantly better 2024 than Iggy has had this year.

At his age, Iggy isn't getting 3 years. It's doubtful he gets 2 years. In fact, the only reliever over the age of 35 that signed a multi year deal last off-season was Blake Treinen and that was by the Dodgers who have more money than Jesus.

Iggy will probably have to settle for the same 1 year 10 million type of deal than Jansen did.
 
Carp said:
Kenley Jansen signed for 1 yr and 10 million this past off-season, despite a significantly better 2024 than Iggy has had this year.

Iggy isn't getting 3 years. It's doubtful he gets 2 years. He'll probably have to settle for the same 1 year 10 million type of deal than Jansen did.
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I'd do that. Hopefully we can pump out more guys that can be those elite BP arms rather than spending crazy money on them. Munoz can be a high leverage guy if he can rein it in just a little. JJ and Lopez can be 2 high leverage guys also if they are used right but I don't trust Snit to handle the BP.
 
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