Around the Majors - 2022 Version

Judge wants to go home to the Bay Area.

im sure the Giants wouldn’t mind unloading the truck for him since they need a new face of the franchise post-Posey
 
The Chosen One said:
Judge wants to go home to the Bay Area.

im sure the Giants wouldn’t mind unloading the truck for him since they need a new face of the franchise post-Posey
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If the Giants want him, he’s theirs.

I’m curious how many years Farnham Zaidi will be willing to go with Judge. They really aren’t close to having a championship level core.
 
zbhargrove said:
I think whoever signs Judge is going to regret it. I mean the dude’s incredible but he’s a health ticking time bomb
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Judge is a guy you sign in the middle of a short competitive window. Get the elite production up front and pay for his downside when you’re in the middle of a rebuild where payroll is no longer a constraint. The Nationals signing Patrick Corbin fits this mold.

Braves are not planning for a short contention window evidenced by these long term extensions, so he’s probably not a contractual fit (even though the player fit is chef’s kiss perfect).

The Cardinals, Phillies, Yankees, White Sox, Padres , etc. fit the short competitive window mold, so I could see one of those teams sign him.
 
MadduxFanII said:
Wild-ass idea on the occasion of a sleepy afternoon game against the Pirates:

If you project Grissom to be a solid-to-really-good MLB player, does it make sense to consider trading Albies in the off-season? Between his contract and his overall quality of play, Albies has to possess a ton of surplus value. An Albies trade seems like a good way to either finally fill the left field hole or, probably more appealing, replenish a barren farm system.

P.S. I am not a crackpot.
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I posed the same thing month or so ago and got slammed to pieces. It is really a SSS re: Grissom but you may wonder just today as an example: Why did Snit not move Grissom over to SS and let Adrianza go at 2nd? Would a team like the Pirates finally move Reynolds for and Albies? Lots of over reactors here.
 
MadduxFanII said:
Wild-ass idea on the occasion of a sleepy afternoon game against the Pirates:

If you project Grissom to be a solid-to-really-good MLB player, does it make sense to consider trading Albies in the off-season? Between his contract and his overall quality of play, Albies has to possess a ton of surplus value. An Albies trade seems like a good way to either finally fill the left field hole or, probably more appealing, replenish a barren farm system.

P.S. I am not a crackpot.
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In that scenario wouldn't moving Grissom be the smarter choice? Albies it's controlled longer on team friendly terms and is already a 4 win player.
 
Probably depends what we're getting back. Doubt we'd be getting enough in return to even consider it.
 
If we lose Dansby then there’s no way they’d trade Albies. Losing FF, Swanson, and Albies in 2 years would sting. I’d rather trade Grissom then Albies and I think we could get a stud LF or SP for him.
 
The Chosen One said:
Moving Albies might not make Acuña happy.

Would kind of hamper chemistry a bit.
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Hadnot thought of Acunas feelings. So how about this, lets make it easier for Moreno to sell (find a buyer at least) and trade Acuna and Albies for Trout and Shohei but Miniasin would have to take Ozuna in the deal.
 
PawPawMaxwell said:
Hadnot thought of Acunas feelings. So how about this, lets make it easier for Moreno to sell (find a buyer at least) and trade Acuna and Albies for Trout and Shohei but Miniasin would have to take Ozuna in the deal.
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Lmao. Braves would never do this. Acuna is probably better than Trout the next ten years and will make 1/4 the money.
 
PawPawMaxwell said:
Hadnot thought of Acunas feelings. So how about this, lets make it easier for Moreno to sell (find a buyer at least) and trade Acuna and Albies for Trout and Shohei but Miniasin would have to take Ozuna in the deal.
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As someone who thinks Trout is the best player to ever play, i wouldnt even do this. IF we ever considered moving them, we could get way more than that also. We also would only have 1 year of Ohtani who probably wants to hit free agency. Thats a terrible deal for us.
 
MLB 2023 schedule is out. Here is the Braves: https://www.mlb.com/braves/schedule/2023-03

Not that I really care that much, but MLB is going:

13 games against each division opponent (7 home, 6 away against two and vice versa) for a total of 52
64 intraleague games (six games each against six opponents and seven games each against four opponents)
46 interleague games (four against your "natural rival" and three each against everyone else)

When it could have easily gone (and been more balanced with):

14 games against each division opponent (7 home, 7 away) for a total of 56
60 intraleague games (three home and three away against each)
and 46 interleague games.
 
Out of curiosity, if we had to rank the Braves 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 teams from best to worst, how would they be ranked?
 
chop2chip said:
Lmao. Braves would never do this. Acuna is probably better than Trout the next ten years and will make 1/4 the money.
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And people complain about Judge’s health…Trout can’t round out a routine fly ball without hitting the IL immediately after. Dude stays hurt.
 
Just this morning Fansided has/had an article up that had Braves moving Grissom, Strider and Anderson plus other prospects for Trout. Maybe clv is back to writing blogs.
 
PawPawMaxwell said:
Just this morning Fansided has/had an article up that had Braves moving Grissom, Strider and Anderson plus other prospects for Trout. Maybe clv is back to writing blogs.
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What a moronic sequence. Trout is an outstanding ball player but we don’t need him. We need someone who can play 155 games on LF and not suck.
 
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