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1. Ozuna vs. Olson. You are either over estimating Ozuna or underestimating Olson. Ozuna has always been a 2.0-2.5 a year WAR player when he gets 500 abs. There were two good seasons outside of this range. The Braves happened to pay him coming off one of those seasons (2020). Even then, his...

Assume Olson repeats his "down" year. He's not Ozuna. He could be dealt to provide flexibility. AA has what $30 plus million coming off the books next year and $20 plus the year after? How much more flexibility do you want?

Google brought me $5.5m. At $9 million they are an even bigger steal. Riley has back to back seasons of over 6 WAR. Maybe he falls completely off a cliff before turning 30, but the odds are against it. Olson had to adjust to a new league and had an admittedly down season, but he came damn...

Just to put these contract extensions in perspective a bit, Google tells me the average cost per WAR this FA season is about $5.5 million. Riley, 6.5 WAR in 2022 has an AAV of $21.2m. Based upon FA cost per WAR, he needs 3.85 WAR per season to match his salary. Olson, 3.4 WAR - $21m - 3.8 WAR...

AA wants the roster on autopilot for a half decade. MLB hasn't seen anything like this since FA started. The Players Assn must absolutely hate the Braves.

I disagree the Murphy trade shortened the window. D'Arnaud is getting older. Murphy gives you 3 more years at C. Contreras had a good stick, but they obviously didn't think C was his future. Malloy was sold high to fill the need created by the Matzek injury and the Jansen FA. If AA's crew...

The issue to me is whether the goal is to make the best effort possible to win another championship in the next 2 years or two give yourself the best possibility to win a championship over the next 7 years. If you trade Fried it won't be for a short term fix at SS and LF. It will be for...

Now that it is a Jim Callis rumor - “A rumor I’m hearing, and I don’t know if this is imminent, but with the Braves’ payroll climbing, who knows if they’ll sign Sean Murphy to an extension… I’m hearing some Max Fried rumors on the block, that they may not be able to sign him long-term. Don’t be...

Tatis should no longer be considered a SS. You can only play him there if you don't mind him missing about 1/3 of the games each year. With that contract he needs to be playing 162.

The spinoff being discussed is Liberty setting up a new entity that will own just the Braves. This is typically done when a corporate assets is seen to be more valuable if it is not tied to other corporate holdings. In a spinoff, everyone with an ownership interest in Liberty would get an...

The Braves 1-9 does not have to be exclusive of anyone not a potential all-star. My understanding is they like Arcia's defense. Defense plays at SS. Last year the braves needed significant production from SS at the dish because LF, DH and 2B were largely black holes. Ozzie is back at 2B...

I've got no insight into what the Braves are thinking, but Alex's track record says he is willing to invest in young promising arms (see the Strider deal) and to pay grizzled vet pitchers (see the Dickey deal in Toronto and the Morton deal here). I can't find an example of him paying top dollar...

Morton's deal makes a ton of sense if you are planning to deal someone near the top of the starting rotation. Two years of Arbitration remaining on Fried. That's generally when a young talented SP gets dealt for the big haul, right? Strider, Wright and Morton as a big 3 with Anderson...

The Astros let perhaps the best SS in baseball walk and are back in the WS. Dansby isn't worth the investment.

I'm just stirring the pot I suspect, but Albies plays 2b because Dansby was at SS. If Dansby isn't at SS, do you let Albies play SS? I'd feel much better about Grissom at 2b and Arcia in the super-sub role than either at SS.

MLBtraderumors says the Braves now have $76 million on their books 6 years from now. They compare that to the Padres $57 million and the Rangers $51 million. The difference? The Braves have 4 players signed to the 2 players for the Padres and Rangers. The other item of note appears to be AA...

Why burn Suzuki after 1 pitch in his last game? Seems classless. You let him get one last AB and then sub him the next inning, right?

I was more thinking: Anderson and Ozuna get combined in a salary dump. Control of a 24 year old starter for 4 years with a career ERA under 4.00 costs taking on a $37 million contract for the age 32 and 33 seasons of a 10 year vet at DH/LF where he can hit you 20+ HR. I see the 2023 rotation...

I know raises are coming, but the Braves have pitching depth that could allow them to ditch Ozuna/Rosario in the offseason. That would result in $67 million of this years payroll being unallocated (unless you consider raises). They need: 1. Dansby 2. LF 3. ???? What a great position to be in.

I'd prefer 8-0 in the second and watch them quit.