Around Baseball 2024 edition
- Thread starter Tapate50
- Start date
bravesfanMatt
Steve Harvey'd
I am beginning to think the Braves need to trade for Will Smith somehow. He is on the surging Royals and he has the last 3 WS rings. Trade for him to be the very, very last man in the pen
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
That's what I was trying to drive at. When you are butted up against the highest salary tier, you lose a lot of flexibility.
Kelenic may turn out fine and he's an upgrade over Rosario. I thought the more direct route would have been to land Verdugo and then let him walk at the end of the 2024 season, but that would have required prospect capital to do and given the lack of depth in the minor league system, I do understand that the contract shuffling to land Kelenic was a doable route.
Not sure what baseball ref uses for all their calculations. But the difference is only 0.6 when using fWAR. But yeah Ohtani is really good and Ozuna is really bad at running the bases. Right now it's about a 3.3 run difference on the bases. fWAR rates Ohtani slightly better as a hitter (Ohtani has 20 more PAs) and he has a 2 run advantage there.
CrimsonCowboy
Moderator
The Astros Christian Javier the latest to have to have Tommy John.
Both DH; Is 1/3 of a season of base running really capable of providing 1 WAR of additional value?
I would imagine much of the discrepancy can be attributed to Ohtani having 21 more PAs, 11 more hits, and more extra base hits.
zbhargrove
Well-known member
Man we got all the old “wants” in the system now. Wendle, Laureano, and now Anderson. Next we Will eventually get Bryan Reynolds finally after he declines.
bravesfanforlife88
Well-known member
Did Wendle resign? I thought he opted for FA
bravesnumberone
Well-known member
And there were some rumors about us being interested in Springer who's on the decline.
zbhargrove
Well-known member
Oh he may have
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Zack Greinke is still out there.
cajunrevenge
Well-known member
Contract is too terrible and so is he. I would rather trade for someone on an expiring contract who is actually useful.
GovClintonTyree
<B>Vencer a Los Doyers</B>
Maybe someone who's cycling through fifth starters by auditioning half their farm without catching that lightning in a bottle.
msstate7
Well-known member
Braves need bats - specifically in rf
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Both DH; Is 1/3 of a season of base running really capable of providing 1 WAR of additional value?
in fWAR, Shohei has basically a 3 run advantage
BabyElle
Danville Rookie
No, Braves need Heart. Batting was lacking even when Acuna was there. The team was dead even before he left....they don't even like each other. The dugout is dead...no enthsiasm.
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Bill Shanks never revealed who his "mystery player" that the Braves were always on the brink of acquiring was, but the consensus on the old Scout board was that it was Greinke.
Looking at Greinke's stats, is he a HOF candidate? About in the same career bWAR tier as Verlander and Scherzer. 11 bWAR more than Don Sutton and 13 bWAR more than Hallady, both of whom are in the HOF. Greinke played for some good teams, but also some really crappy teams.
zbhargrove
Well-known member
I think Greinke is a HOF slam dunk