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I guess that definitely explains why some of our pitchers look better in MiLB.

There is insurance for injury. The scary part of a 10 year deal is trying to project when the skills will start to diminish. For some players guaranteed money means less incentive to bust your hump to be the best player you can be. The message from this contract is the front office just gave...

I don't see Riley playing 3b all 10 years. Am I alone in that belief? The stick plays in LF or DH so the length isn't problematic necessarily. Still, worth keeping in mind for the 5 year plan.

8 teams currently pay a SS more than $15 million a year, NYM and LAD among them. Those two are currently a combined 57 games over .500. The remaining 6 are a combined 23 games under .500. The lesson to me is if you are a big market team with an unlimited budget, feel free to invest heavily in...

Maybe AA can find a way to pry Druw away from them this offseason in Swanson like fashion.

Unfortunately, as the All-Stars start getting more expensive, the Braves are going to have to make some hard decisions just like they did with Freddie. If the salaries are going to force the window to close prematurely, the Braves are going to have to move on. I was just thinking the other day...

McCabe's slot, even with the 5%, would still leave us with like $25K to spend on the later round guys above the normal bonuses, right? For every dollar McCabe comes in under slot plus 5%, that's an extra dollar to spend on the later rounds? Assuming the above is correct... and assuming the...

Any reason to think McCabe needs a big bonus? We could pay the two high school kids at the end of the draft 4th round money, right?

Waters was originally drafted at 41. So essentially we got a 5 year look at his development and then cashed him in for another crack at getting that pick right.

Yes. That is almost verbatim what I wrote above. But in your scenario, does the generational talent Trout have anything to do with the Angels winning that WS?

You are better than name calling 31. You know it and I know it. Matt pointed out the Braves won a WS and have a nice window so he's "not unhappy with how we did anything." Your response was "it was only because we were lucky to hit on positional players and procured a generational talent." I...

I was serious. Ronald is great, but he didn't win us a World Series. 4 outfielders we picked up for largely AAA players, a reliever previously out of baseball with the yips and a 3rd baseman many on here wrote off were all far more important to the World Series run than Acuna. When your...

The generational talent being the guy that was injured while we won the World Series?

Then he made a bad choice.. Oklahoma. Where the men are men and the women are too.

Well played.

It is hereby resolved Newk (no longer a Brave and no longer a prospect) was pretty average with good luck for a season and a half four years ago and is no longer worth discussing? Someone give me a second.

The 16.7 K/9 rate would indicate he gets massive run on his pitches. The walk rate could indicate the same thing. I'd keep promoting him until he stops dominating.

Kyle Wright's success this year has given the Braves options at the end of this year (if he sustains that success all year). Right now, Fried and Wright at the top of the rotation looks really good for the next few years. Ian Anderson and Charlie Morton have struggled so far. If Wright...

Harris couldn't be much more impressive in his first month. This win streak doesn't happen without him.

George Lombard was your kind of prospect.