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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.

Alex hasn't let the market dictate an overpay and I suspect the market will dictate that for all the top pitching candidates. He has shown a willingness to set and end a early though. Seems like there isn't much choice but to something though. So maybe we will see an error.

What's Ozzie's trade value these days? Maybe you get multiple pieces for him.

Would be interesting to know what the projected money saved, if any, is on these moves. AA really likes relievers.

We haven't seen this Braves FO give any free agent pitchers long term deals. It's hard to believe that they'd break that to sign someone from Japan. Especially since the organizational memory is that relying on free agent pitching is not a sustainable model.

Better than Kawakami then?

I don't know why his salary would be considered a big number for a team in Braves position. Seems pretty reasonable to me to have 6 m in shortstops.

It is remarkable how every year someone figures out a way to make a case for Heyward.

What is "clear" is that the team lost. Whether that had something to do with preparation is wild speculation and probably sour grapes. Most likely they prepared as professionally for the postseason as they prepared for the regular season.