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SportsMeter is Albies' agent. They are small, but they do represent several other MLB players - Kluber, Lindor, Castellanos, Kimbrel (uh oh), Dietrich. Not much of a presence, but it's not like they're just randos who happened to luck into getting Albies. If Ozzie thinks they acted in bad faith...

That may have happened. But I feel confident that most 22-year-olds know enough to at least get an idea of what other players are getting. They may trust their agent to some extent, but they also probably do at least some very basic research on their own. Maybe he trusted his agent completely...

Ozzie's not dumb. You acknowledge that he very well may have known what he was signing (I would argue it's almost a given that he did). Even if the agent is bad and was acting in their own interests more than Ozzie's, he is free at any point to cut them loose. He seems to be very happy with the...

I meant 'similarly cheap' as in similar relative to each player's ability, not similar dollar figures. If Dansby signed a deal that was clearly less than he could have gotten, would people argue he didn't understand what he signed and was taken advantage of? My guess is no. There is this...

I disagree. No reason to lose a 2nd round pick on it. Just wait until after the draft and pull the trigger.

Would anyone claim Dansby was taken advantage of if he had signed a similarly cheap deal? I have a strong feeling that answer is no. And that is a problem.

Well that seems borderline racist.

No matter what, the dollar figure attached to those option years is absolutely insane. I don't care what your client tells you, a good agent should be able to get considerably more than that on 2 options tacked onto the 2 FA years.

They definitely show the importance of a good agent. Never walk into a police questioning without a good lawyer, and never walk into a contract negotiation without a good agent.

What this probably does is ensure Acuna and Albies a strong chance of going down as the most popular players in Braves history. They will now be in Atlanta for at least a solid decade, and they'll be paid peanuts. If they even come close to reaching their potential, having them on the roster...

I don't ever complain about an athlete's 'greed'. It's either going in their pockets or the owners' pockets, and I'd rather it go in the players' pockets. But man, I really do feel for them right now. To be fair, like you said, what we will probably do is eventually pay them more and tack on...

No. The first 7 years, he will be paid $31. Then if they were to buy him out after that, it would add $4 million, which is why it's being reported as 7/$35 guaranteed. If they pick up the option on year 8, it adds $3 million, making it 8/$38 million. If they buy him out after that year, it...

No one thinks he's going to sustain anything close to a 1.200 OPS. An .830 OPS would be incredible from him this year.

It's not just the money, it's also the draft pick.

I do agree that the messaging wasn't great, which has been a consistent theme with the FO, no matter who the GM is. I think that goes back to Terry McGuirk. I think he holds a belief that if the fans aren't told we are about to start spending and competing, they'll lose interest, and he doesn't...

I agree with you, but I think AA looked forward and believes our window hasn't truly opened yet. Obviously we won the division last year and are still a pretty good team that could compete this year. But next year is when things start to come together - Pache, Riley, potentially Waters at some...

Depends on how he plays. If he improves on last year, I would imagine he'll be #1.

The questions as they relate to signing Kimbrel are how long it makes sense to guarantee an aging RP and whether his acquisition is worth giving up a 2nd round pick. None of it has anything to do with how much we'll pay Acuna in the future. In fact, this deal means we'll likely pay Acuna more...

It also locks him up through his age 30 season, not age 31 as I've seen some places.

This just locks him up through 2028, right? Not 2030.