2018 Offseason And Targets

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msstate7 said:
Yep. We built this team with FAs, not prospects, right?
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Well, point is.

Once your team gets good, you need to trade from your farm to add big time talent. Thats what teams do. Not saying i'd go nut crazy and trade 7 of our top 10. But i'd trade a couple of our surplus arms and an outfielder for Haniger instantly. He'd fit perfectly on this team.
 
I love our prospects to but these guys will start becoming stagnant and will start to lose some value. We don’t have room for all the pitching and can’t have a rotation full of all of them to see who is legit and who isn’t. If a trade for Haniger is Pache, Anderson, Allard, and say Wentz and AA doesn’t pull the trigger then he needs to be kicked in the dick hole.
 
Southcack77 said:
So what's the deal with Kepler? It's odd to target someone that has been a below average hitter his whole career. Do you expect a breakout or something? Not a natural choice to play every day and think you've upgraded the team. I put him up there with Ian Happ as an acquisition that doesn't move the needle very much. I like your Peralta suggestions better.

Shedding a portion of Teheran's salary seems like an obvious thing for the team to do. They certainly do not need him, particularly if they are signing any free agent pitcher as they seem to be looking at doing.
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Last year Kepler had an improved BB rate, lower K rate, much improved defense and registered his lowest BABIP of his career. Also being from Germany he hasn't played nearly as much baseball as baseball rat kids in the US or in Central American countries where kids play year round. You could make the case that he could be a late bloomer in that regard as well. Although, I don't give that thesis as much weight as the improved peripherals.

I think he could have a breakout year.
 
Hudson2 said:
I love our prospects to but these guys will start becoming stagnant and will start to lose some value. We don’t have room for all the pitching and can’t have a rotation full of all of them to see who is legit and who isn’t. If a trade for Haniger is Pache, Anderson, Allard, and say Wentz and AA doesn’t pull the trigger then he needs to be kicked in the dick hole.
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I wanna know why haniger is projected to drop 1 win this year by the projections. I haven't watched him at all, so he's completely unknown to me.
 
Heyward said:
With the exception of Game 1, we played the Dodgers pretty competitively despite being at a big disadvantage.

But i dont think the Braves can keep both of Pache/Waters.

They cant keep all of Touki, Soroka, Anderson, Wright, Wilson, Gohara, Allard, Fried, Wentz, Muller, etc. Gotta use some in trades to improve the big league team.
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I think they've got to try and find a way to make their move using pitching prospects as the primary currency.

They really would be better off keeping Pache and Waters if possible along with just about any other flashing position player down there.

I'd be more inclined to move Riley, I think, than either of Pache or Waters at this point. I've got an in-house option to address that void in Camargo.

Braves really need a lot of help from these next two or three drafts though. Pretty thin everywhere under High A.
 
Chico said:
Last year Kepler had an improved BB rate, lower K rate, much improved defense and registered his lowest BABIP of his career. Also being from Germany he hasn't played nearly as much baseball as baseball rat kids in the US or in Central American countries where kids play year round. You could make the case that he could be a late bloomer in that regard as well. Although, I don't give that thesis as much weight as the improved peripherals.

I think he could have a breakout year.
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Interesting. I suppose his walks increased, Ks decreased, hard hit went up, but BABIP and HR/FB declined and ISO remained steady. I guess he might have a mini-breakout obscured by bad luck last season.

Still, a bit risky as a primary move to address a void. The trade also implies the Twins don't think it's happening.
 
Hudson2 said:
I love our prospects to but these guys will start becoming stagnant and will start to lose some value. We don’t have room for all the pitching and can’t have a rotation full of all of them to see who is legit and who isn’t. If a trade for Haniger is Pache, Anderson, Allard, and say Wentz and AA doesn’t pull the trigger then he needs to be kicked in the dick hole.
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Also true but if Haniger isnt or we dont, then we can hold onto some but there's also risk some of their values drop alot and wont be as valuable as there are now. I would move a couple of the pitchers though, we cant hang onto all of them.

Also we dont know who will be available a year from now in trade as Carp said. Always surprising trade options.
 
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Would cost alot but we have the prospects to do it...
 
msstate7 said:
I wanna know why haniger is projected to drop 1 win this year by the projections. I haven't watched him at all, so he's completely unknown to me.
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if i had to guess, it's due to lack of track record and his high BABIP. however, i'd argue he's always carried a high BABIP, in the minors AND majors so it's not automatic it will drop off to .305, where the projections have him.
 
msstate7 said:
I wanna know why haniger is projected to drop 1 win this year by the projections. I haven't watched him at all, so he's completely unknown to me.
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I have no idea. His 2017 was very similar to his 2018, just less at bats

2017 410 plate appearances 2.5 WAR
ISO .209
BABIP .338
Avg.282
OBP .352
SLG .491
wOBA .360
wRC+ 130

2018 683 plate appearances 4.6 WAR
ISO .208
BABIP .336
Avg.285
OBP .366
SLG .493
wOBA .367
wRC+ 138
 
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