2025-2026 offseason thread

Enscheff said:
You are 100% correct. That’s a lot to fill with $40M-$60M.
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There's where the trades are gonna come in. He can afford one of the FA SP if he gets Winn or Crawford instead of paying Kim. I think he has more to spend than that though especially with the battery doing so well.
 
Hudson2 said:
SS
Top Utility guy
SP
BP

Those 4 things can't be patched with a bandaid this offseason.
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Going by mlbtraderumor projections as a refrence/

Kim 2 years 30 million
Suarez 5 years 115 million - 23 million per
Iglesias 2 years 24 million - not because I want him but Braves apparently do

Thats 50 million right there. For utility players I would go after LH OF Mike Yastrzemski and RH Miguel Andujar. No amount listed for each so should be relatively cheap. Yastrzemski had a 126 RC vs RH pitching and has been a solid platoon player for years. He can play average defense in the corner outfield and has a great arm. Andujar had a 171 and 191 RC vs lefties the last 2 years. He can play all the corner positions and has a canon for an arm. If we want to rotate players at DH we need guys capable of filling in at those positions otherwise we really lose the primary benefit of the DH.
 
Enscheff said:
I hope you're right. The payroll is right around $190M right now, was $217M last year, and peaked at $238M in 2024.
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I'm gonna guess minimum of $250 and max of $275. I do like somebody's idea from yesterday of using Lopez in a deal. St Louis would have to kick in money to anybody on a Gray deal so why not just take Lopez back to help them fill a hole while creating one? Gray, Winn, and Donovan for Lopez, Nacho, and a couple of prospects.
 
cajunrevenge said:
Going by mlbtraderumor projections as a refrence/

Kim 2 years 30 million
Suarez 5 years 115 million - 23 million per
Iglesias 2 years 24 million - not because I want him but Braves apparently do

Thats 50 million right there. For utility players I would go after LH OF Mike Yastrzemski and RH Miguel Andujar. No amount listed for each so should be relatively cheap. Yastrzemski had a 126 RC vs RH pitching and has been a solid platoon player for years. He can play average defense in the corner outfield and has a great arm. Andujar had a 171 and 191 RC vs lefties the last 2 years. He can play all the corner positions and has a canon for an arm. If we want to rotate players at DH we need guys capable of filling in at those positions otherwise we really lose the primary benefit of the DH.
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I'd rather pay a couple of million more and get Cease if we are giving up a 2nd rounder. Give me Polanco for a INF backup and guy to rotate through DH. I'm afraid some team is gonna give Kim 4 years bc of the thin SS market. I'm gonna guess AA offered 3/45 and was turned down.
 
Hudson2 said:
I'm gonna guess minimum of $250 and max of $275. I do like somebody's idea from yesterday of using Lopez in a deal. St Louis would have to kick in money to anybody on a Gray deal so why not just take Lopez back to help them fill a hole while creating one? Gray, Winn, and Donovan for Lopez, Nacho, and a couple of prospects.
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That would represent an unprecedented jump in payroll for the Braves.
 
Enscheff said:
That would represent an unprecedented jump in payroll for the Braves.
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McGuirk is gonna look pretty bad if they aren't a top 5 payroll team and the top 5 teams are gonna spend raising the bar. I think they'd only go that high if they had a chance to sign a difference maker.
 
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