2025-2026 offseason thread

[MadduxFanII]

Elder might have some limited value as the last player in a big trade. Most teams can use a AAA shuttle guy who can throw five innings and give up three runs against a big league lineup. But he's a tip-the-trade-over-the-top throw-in piece, not someone another team has any active interest in.

 

[bravesfanMatt]

Elder is out of options so he is pretty much useless now

Edit. For a playoff team that is.

 

[chop2chip]

Did someone just say the Braves “have pitching in droves”? The same Braves team that just finished #23 in pitching WAR?

Talking about prospects. Keep up.

Unless the Braves sign a few pitchers, we’ll need these prospects as insurance for all the injury risks on the big league rotation and the utter lack of quality bullpen arms

 

[Carp]

Unless the Braves sign a few pitchers, we’ll need these prospects as insurance for all the injury risks on the big league rotation and the utter lack of quality bullpen arms

We have enough to lose 1, maybe 2 high end guys to a trade.

With Lopez back and a FA signing, we should have 6 quality SP options, to go along with top end prospects and then AAAA type of guys like Elder and Wentz. And the maybe even Holmes in a pinch.

 

[Metaphysicist]

We’ve been talking about some sort of Donovan plus Gray package, but think about that from the Cards perspective. When the Braves were rebuilding, would you package someone like Prado with an underwater contract? Or would you maximize the prospect return for Prado, and then use some cash you wouldn’t be spending to contend anyways to pay down Gray and get a better return?

Every single one of us would use our own cash to increase the prospect return, and I expect the Cards to do the same.

Of course, we actually did exactly this during the rebuild, trading the best closer in baseball so we could dump BJ Upton's contract.

 

[UNCBlue012]

Naylor back to the Mariners on a five-year deal, per Passan.

 

[Hudson2]

Chris Bassitt seems like somebody we'll be interested in. If we did trade Waldrep to upgrade SS or DH I could see us bringing him in. I'm surprised we haven't seen anybody get signed yet or traded.

 

[CyYoung31]

Of course, we actually did exactly this during the rebuild, trading the best closer in baseball so we could dump BJ Upton's contract.

Braves did lots of dumb things during the rebuild. Just shows you that scouting and player development trump all. And timing. The window opened earlier because of AA, and might’ve closed before it began if he hadn’t come along when he did.