Braves extend Acuña with 8 year deal

Enscheff's got to be rolling his eyes. He spends so much time telling us no one would be that stupid...and then, well, someone is that stupid.
 
these terms are so favorable to the club I could see some resentment developing if Acuna approaches his potential
 
Wow I thought this was going to be another April Fools Thread. This is an amazing deal for both sides. I dont care if Acuna turns into Melvin this was the right move to make. To me it shows a lot about Acuna's character.
 
nsacpi said:
these terms are so favorable to the club I could see some resentment developing if Acuna approaches his potential
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yeah i hope they're at least considering getting him more if he turns into a consistent 6+ WAR monster
 
It's possible that an Albies extension will follow. Maybe Acuna wants to play with his best friend for the next 8+ years.

It's funny that Passan can't add, and mlbtraderumors just copy and pasted the number without looking at it.
 
cajunrevenge said:
Wow I thought this was going to be another April Fools Thread. This is an amazing deal for both sides. I dont care if Acuna turns into Melvin this was the right move to make. To me it shows a lot about Acuna's character.
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i believe he gets money from it right away. maybe he just wants the financial security. ozzie next? sign his buddy up as well
 
I'll wager the fact that Acuna didn't get a big bonus when he signed contributed to him taking this deal. Before this deal, he had no long term financial security. Someone who gets a $4 million signing bonus can take the risk in hopes of making more in free agency. If injury or ineffectiveness kills their career, they still have that bonus money to fall back on. Acuna didn't have that.

Now he's got a guarantee of life changing money. Not just life changing for him. Life changing for his entire family. No worry about being one bad knee injury from being out of baseball and out of money soon after that.

There's a very, very good chance he's leaving tens of millions of dollars on the table. But in exchange he's eliminated the risk of his career going off track. I have to say I'd probably make the same call.
 
Super said:
yeah i hope they're at least considering getting him more if he turns into a consistent 6+ WAR monster
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Huh?

That would never happen. No team is going to say, you know that $12 million we're guaranteed to pay you next year that you are under contract to play for? Let's make it $24 million, why not?
 
That is a heck of a deal. And Acuna is set for life even if not as much as he potentially could have made. It’s 100 mil guaranteed.
 
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