Braves close to signing Callaspo
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weso1
<B>Clique Leader</B>
He literally kicked her ass.
NinersSBChamps
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br> 2015 (Co-Winner)</BR>20
If this is the Callaspo from a few years I like it, assuming the money is what he should get. He was paid just under million this past season. I can't see him getting more annually from the Braves either. Hope it's something around 3.5 million a season.
Assuming Callaspo got $5M, here is the current roster as best I can tell:
Gattis $0.5
Freeman $8.5
Callaspo $5.0
CJ $6.0
Simmons $3.0
Markakis $11.0
BJ $14.5
Jup $14.5
CB $0.5
Goss $0.5
Terdo $0.5
Cuban $0.5
LH 3B $1.0
Teheran $1.0
Wood $0.5
Minor $6.0
Miller $0.5
Hale $0.5
Kimbrel $9.0
Johnson $1.6
Shae $0.5
Avilan $0.5
Varvaro $1.0
Russel $2.5
Viz $1.0
Uggla $13.0
total $103.6
Upgrade Hale and bring in a good LHed bat for the bench, and that's a team that can win 85+ games and at least keep us interested throughout the summer.
Gattis $0.5
Freeman $8.5
Callaspo $5.0
CJ $6.0
Simmons $3.0
Markakis $11.0
BJ $14.5
Jup $14.5
CB $0.5
Goss $0.5
Terdo $0.5
Cuban $0.5
LH 3B $1.0
Teheran $1.0
Wood $0.5
Minor $6.0
Miller $0.5
Hale $0.5
Kimbrel $9.0
Johnson $1.6
Shae $0.5
Avilan $0.5
Varvaro $1.0
Russel $2.5
Viz $1.0
Uggla $13.0
total $103.6
Upgrade Hale and bring in a good LHed bat for the bench, and that's a team that can win 85+ games and at least keep us interested throughout the summer.
I had forgotten what an inexpensive rotation we have...NICE!
GovClintonTyree
<B>Vencer a Los Doyers</B>
There are psycho bitches out there. Sometimes having a digital recording that you can play in court can save your life.
MadduxFanII
Swallowed by Mark Bowman
I was going to bring up Callaspo's past domestic issues before seeing Meta do the same. Charges were dropped, so I can't rightly say it's wrong for him to get work, but I also can't say this pleases me.
Of course, this is an organization (and a fanbase, admittedly) that reveres Bobby Cox, so clearly we've made a certain amount of peace with domestic issues.
Of course, this is an organization (and a fanbase, admittedly) that reveres Bobby Cox, so clearly we've made a certain amount of peace with domestic issues.
Why even bring this up?
cajunrevenge
Well-known member
Payroll was at 82 million assuming Justin is gone but without adding the salaries of Toscano or Callaspo. Should still have 20-25 million to spend.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
MLB doesn't exactly have a sterling history on this front; I think it's fair to point out that such casual overlooking has extended as far as the top of the Braves' franchise.
If we're limiting ourselves to only players that aren't douche-bags, we're going to have a pretty thin roster.
rico43
<B>Director of Minor League Reports</B>
I have to admit, it crossed my mind also. It's part of the Braves' history that Bobby Cox, regardless of the circumstances if indeed there were any, once struck his wife. He was forgiven, both domestically and professionally. Doesn't mean it was forgotten.
There are definitely resources to go for it in 2015, as weak as that attempt may ultimately be.
If the return for JUp isn't markedly better than the 30th pick in the draft, I assume that's exactly what Hart will do. All the moves made so far have still left a lot of flexibility with the roster. As soon as Gattis and/or JUp are moved they are committed to the rebuild.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
Sure; and I don't think anyone advocated not signing Callaspo simply because of the aforementioned incident—just noted that it was troubling, even if it resulted in no criminal action.
I also don't really reasonably expect teams to embargo players with bad behavior or criminal misdeeds—if a player is good enough to contribute, some team will sign him, even if certain others avoid him—but, who knows: if enough consumers find it troubling, and troubling enough to protest with their mouths and monies, maybe that expectation will change.
Meanwhile—though I'm all for second-chances—it might be nice if the league took some of the punitive action out of the hands of individual teams and introduced compulsory suspensions for players found criminally liable for domestic violence (even in cases of pre-trial intervention, which is very common with the wealthy and successful set to which most professional athletes belong); it could be graduated, like substance-abuse penalties, based on the number of infractions. But however it worked out, it'd be nice to have some mechanisms in place so that teams don't have to balance being punitive with being competitive.
At the very least, the outgoing commissioner—for as proactive as he's supposedly been regarding drug-use—has been seriously inactive on this front. Personally, I find punching ladies a lot more objectionable than popping pills et cetera.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
So you're saying there is a chance in Hale ...
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
MadduxFanII
Swallowed by Mark Bowman
Because I thought Callaspo's history was worth discussing in this context (as did other posters before me), and when I considered that history, it was impossible to escape Bobby's. It's one thing to castigate a crummy role player's domestic abuse history, and it's another to acknowledge that your organization's beloved former Hall of Fame manager has a broadly similar history. Do the first and you have to do the second.