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It’s converting dead money to a useful-ish roster piece. If Stassi can be moved.

Fourth OF?

I suppose, but they wouldn't have Kelenic. Evan white is 7m worth of dead money. They turned 6m of the dead money into a viable utility man. The question though is how mich money they'll need to send out to get off Stassi. Or perhaps they'll trade him for another slightly overpaid bench...

Hah, now do 32 years.

Braves passed in first round of Rule 5.

They ate a good bit of money to take a swing, but the potential reward was almost unlimited and the long term risk basically nothing. Finding an average or better LF at deadline is not hard line you say.

Seems like the thought after trade was that the Braves might have to kick in more than the cash they got to move him.

Could not get a MLB gig all of last year. Not sure why you'd be thrilled .

Does cash sent out count against the luxury tax ? I sort of think that the guy could be a placeholder that they later elect to pay someone enough to take him

No real split difference last year for Kelenic. In fact he had reverse splits. Above average vs both and maybe a lot still to unlock.

We've seen this movie before. AA is probably not going to make a bad deal. So they may not make one.

I'm still a little confused how a 33m dollar, one year contract being traded by a desperate franchise equals a big prospect package.

Don't think trading either makes sense. Whit's best days are well behind him. Nothing more than a bench bat now. He might be up for that, he's a NC guy.

Likeky thinking that if you can cover four or five innings with an immaculate pen the starters just need to be ok and not pitch deep. Number of guys and depth gets you more leeway to miss and suffer injury. They won a WS that way so it probably is more foremost in AA's mind than it...

He's the least informed beat writer I've ever seen. If Bowman said it, it might mean something. However, loading on relievers could suggest a willingness to make do in the rotation rather than overpay. This does seem like a hedge.

Well, you generally have seen whether they can perform at the MLB level and have additionally seen them over years in a five man rotation before laying out that money.

You want to give a 9 year deal at #2 money to someone that hasn't pitched in MLB?

thing is you do the Yam deal without knowing if he'll perform and hold up.

That was not a bidding war though. That was Alex putting his number down.

So happy for Ronnie who deserves all the accolades.