cajunrevenge
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God help us our GM wants to DH the sub .200 batting average defensive catcher. Can we get a designated GM. Ours is drunk.
2025-2026 offseason thread
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Hudson2
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I think rotating him through DH and COF while giving him a day off every week or 2 would keep him healthy. Most teams don't have 4 good OF to rotate like that. I'd have a deadline in place on Kim. If he has t signed by the WM I'd make a trade.
Hudson2
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And you could get a valuable piece back for him.
Heyward
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Love Murphy, but between the bullpen, SP, and SS, not sure 50M can add what is needed there. A top tier SP is costing 25-30+M, a closer is costing in the realm of 13-15, and a shortstop is at 15. McGuirk did say he wants the Braves in the top 5 of payroll so maybe AA has more to spend than we thought.
UNCBlue012
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After seeing the Buck news overnight, I think they need to push hard for Buxton and Ryan or Lopez. Yes, it’ll be expensive, but they’ve got an extra pick and enough money to replenish some high-end depth quickly while still having plenty of "financial flexibility."
I’d still be more than happy with Gray and Winn and/or Donovan.
Hudson2
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I think we're good with either of those trades. We fill more holes with the Cardinals deal but Buxton could be a game changer and I trust Ryan more than I do Gray and would like to extend Ryan.
msstate7
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I don't see that many holes. I'm not sold on Ozzie and Harris, but AA seems to be. Basically need a starter, 2 good pen arms, SS, some bench guys.
chop2chip
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Starter -> 25m
SS -> 20m
2 BP arms -> 15m
Some bench guys -> 5m
That’s $65m (and that’s without addressing OF adequately imo) so where you cutting back if you need to squeeze this into $50m?
Just saying the math becomes a lot easier if we sacrifice expensive catcher depth.
Hudson2
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You'll have to trade for a cheaper SS and then you still need to replace the DH production. I'm with you though that an expensive C is a luxury.
Tapate50
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well it certainly would have helped if said catcher was healthy like uhhhh at the last trade deadline
Buxton is 31 and has long list of injuries. And his contract (while below market) isn't exactly dirt cheap. He isn't going to command the sort of massive haul you think. Someone like Ritchie or Owen could easily headline a package for him.
Murphy is fine to DH once a week or so. He should not be our primary DH however. Neither should Drake.
Heyward
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I think you can do SS and SP, but one would have to be via trade. Both in the FA market would be costly to say the least.
UNCBlue012
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I don't think that's a choice that needs to be made. If they trade for Buck, they'll have additional flexibility for either or both of those positions.
UNCBlue012
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Yup, Buxton will be expensive but not extremely rich. Now, adding Ryan would change that. He'd command a ton
I think we'll find a starter for a good bit cheaper, probably by trade rather than FA signing.
bravesfanMatt
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yall are thinking about this not like AA... Drake is the obvious trade chip.. probably for an older player that is way more expensive and from a perineal losing team.