2025-2026 offseason thread

Between Wentz, Waldrep, and Holmes that is 3 guys currently on the roster who can provide similar or better production than Elder. Then you have prospects on the 40 man like Ritchie and Fuentes who certainly have the raw talent to be better than Elder, though maybe "expecting" them to be better than him right away is a big ask.
 
Again, the Braves have to be thinking about winning and not saving pitchers to get to the post season.. They did that 2 years ago and had to fight to the last day to get into the WC round. putting Waldrep in AAA so you can use Elder IN CASE of an injury is just doing the same damn thing.. Put your best guys out there and deal with whatever happens WHEN it happens.
 
Hudson2 said:
I know it's a super long shot but we'll need another good lefty in the rotation next year if Sale is gone. Skubal js a FA and with the money we would have we could chase him.
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We do technically have the money for him but Skubal's contract will be like 400+M or more. Or something like 8 years, 300 to 350M.
 
I agree the Braves COULD have made those moves, but it's pretty clear AA is trying to go bigger in the rotation. Makes sense to me that he'd hold off. He could easily grab Pierce Johnson and be fine
 
Dang. I REALLY liked Pomeranz. I thought he was one of the best arms on the market when FA started. That is super cheap. It's hard to believe he didn't have a bigger market than that, even with 2025 being his first MLB action in over 3 years. He was pretty dominant.

He's from TN as well, so it isn't like he's taking less money to play for a hometown team.
 
Super said:
Yeah I don’t really see Elder’s place on this team. Would be great if you could stash him in AAA for starts when needed but you can’t. I don’t see him as a BP piece.
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No reason why he couldn't potentially be the garbage man, but that's mostly fair.
 
here is the probable 13 if the season started today. I think the pen will need another arm or two emerge, because you can't have Dodd, Wentz, and Elder in the same pen..

I think wild cards to break camp and bump one or two of these guys are (Daysbel, Payamps, Burkhalter, Karinchak, Hayden H., or Lara)

ss
ss
sale
lopez
holmes
waldrep (options)
iggy
saurez
bummer
wentz (no options)
lee
dodd (options)
Elder (no options)

interested to see how this all shakes out as the offseason and spring moves along.
 
When the Braves were signing guys off the scrap heap last year, another Bryce Elder would have been nice. His durability and cost are a cheap insurance policy. The price is one of the 26 roster spots. I don’t see any way AA doesn’t pay that price for a guy who would have been much better if not left in for some of those 6th and 7th innings.
 
Jaw said:
When the Braves were signing guys off the scrap heap last year, another Bryce Elder would have been nice. His durability and cost are a cheap insurance policy. The price is one of the 26 roster spots. I don’t see any way AA doesn’t pay that price for a guy who would have been much better if not left in for some of those 6th and 7th innings.
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Bryce's value came from being cheap, durable, and having options so that you didn't have to keep him on the ML roster. Now that he is out options, that value is gone.

He simply isn't among top 6 or 7 best SP options right now. So unless we're gonna try him in the pen, he doesn't have a roster spot.

Also, we did find another Bryce Elder last year. His name is Joey Wentz. And he was objectively better than Bryce Elder and fits the roster better given his experience as a swing man.
 
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