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Unfortunately the story is grounded in fact. Matt McCarthy detailed (painfully) the whole event in his book "Odd Man Out" - I never would see either Aybar or Callaspo the same way again.

I am tempted to comment, but I shall respectfully digress. :)

I actually agree with this. I was always a fan of the Heyward trade (putting aside my fandom of Heyward), but I wasn't keen on the return for Justin Upton. I do like Jace, but I felt like we had middle infield options who could have provided more offensively in combination with Justin (not...

Hold up. I never said one damn thing about Upton; only that Heyward was asking for the moon and stars. Mind you, I admitted that my source is obviously towing the party line (given his role)- but I am not a blind homer. Like you, there were some trades this year that I liked far better than...

FIFY

I'm a big fan of parody as well. As in Mad Magazine or Weird Al Yankovic or even Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind. Parity is a whole separate topic, however.

You are correct in that my source also could arguably have an incentive to spin - on behalf of the org. I don't believe that to be the case here, but I do acknowledge that possibility. After all, all of this is hearsay except for those who were in the room at the time the discussions were held-...

Again I don't know what Casey told Jason or not. He could have said the Braves want to talk but on unreasonable terms based on their side's valuation of Jason approaching FA. That's conjecture on my part to be fair- again I have no idea what he may or may not have said to Jason. I believe what...

No he wouldn't lose his license because he would not be running afoul of his fiduciary obligations. If he failed to communicate the terms of a written offer or otherwise lied to his principal, then he would risk losing same. I don't know what Jason knows or doesn't know. I do know they met...

I'm a partner in an AmLaw 100 firm. I routinely find agents (or lawyers) not communicating with the clients- happens every day. Ethics rules require you to communicate a bona fide offer in writing as part of your fiduciary duty - nothing more. The Braves never technically submitted an offer...

Maybe because his agent didn't communicate to him that the Braves were interested? Or perhaps he takes their interest in extending him at something in between what Freeman got and Casey's dream scenario was akin to non-interest? I've already told you the rules require a team to only request the...

Oh lord. They did approach Casey about an extension. They wanted Jason in Atlanta. To spin this to say we didn't want Jason is just bull****. He wasn't present during those meetings- I've aleady said that. Anyway go ahead and bitch for the rest of your life and exaggerate things.

He probably doesn't realize the "C" stands for Cincinnati instead of Cuba.

Greg Maffei made double that in one year a few years ago ($87.1m in pre-tax comp, to be exact)- so he could personally fund Moncada's upfront tax penalty and structure it as an intercompany loan (with the Braves franchise as a rather large security interest) and yield a return on the note too...

Perhaps you are referring to Jose Fernandez who is a 2B? He's very (very) toolsy and has incredible bat to ball skills (only struck out something like 10 times one year) but his power is questionable. Still would be considered a top prospect in our system (probably in the top 3 in most systems...

100% concur.

Not having another Aaron Harang has alot to do with this, actually. As someone else noted, it wasn't just Hudson but also 200 IP of 121+ ERA pitching from Medlen that we had in 2013 that we'd have to replace. The pitchers we could have afforded this winter are crapshoots and are no sure fire...

It's my opinion, but I don't believe so. You cleverly (or conveniently) omitted the fact that we still had good McCann and a healthy (for the most part) Tim Hudson in 2013. We caught lightening in a bottle with Harang last year; the FO correctly assessed we weren't likely to pull 200+ above...

I do believe that the Braves could have extended Justin but not Heyward. I don't have any firm basis to say this (I'm reading between the lines) but I suspect their preference was to keep Jason long term (and thought Justin was too risky of a "boom or bust" type offensively to extend for 7...

Yes- does this move help assuage some of the consternation around here about the Braves not dismantling? There is no way we could have won the East and unlikely the wildcard given inter division match-ups with our former roster. However- I predict this signing will haunt the Nationals down the...