Braves get Matusz from o's

KB21 said:
Neither Barker nor Belicek were among the top prospects for the Braves in the system. To get the 76th pick for both of them at this time is actually a pretty good deal for Atlanta. Those two don't have much more value than that. It's better to get a high pick than to use them as throw ins in a deal down the road.
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I'm sure we can find similar guys in the 15th round this year.
 
dak said:
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Barker has a deceptive delivery that helps him too, one scout called him a right handed Alex Wood in a sense. He's turned into a real find IMO. Belicik is another good prospect that has been great in Rome. I like his potential quite a bit as well.
 
Getting the 76th pick for a 5th starter at best kind of guy is a great trade. 5th starters are easy to find.
 
yeezus said:
I'm sure we can find similar guys in the 15th round this year.
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More odd than anything else. Matusz has to feel kind of crappy. I wouldn''t be surprised if he is flipped at the deadline.

I like both Barker and Belicek, but they are more depth than anything else. Of course, who would have thought Williams Perez would have been in the big league rotation three years ago.
 
Awesome trade. 2 organizational pieces for a potential useful reliever and early pick. Love it. Just hope we don't DFA Matusz
 
@mlbbowman 29m29 minutes ago
The Braves are expected to DFA Matusz. So they essentially took his remaining salary ($3.9 M) to gain the 76th pick.
 
We basically are trading what's left of 3.9 million (Matusz contract) along with Barker and Belicik for just the 76th pick. That is an overpay, but not surprising as desperate as we seemed for such a draft pick.
 
dak said:
This is certainly a possibility that this introduces. Could explain why Braves have been relentlessly trying to trade for a pick.

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I don't understand this logic. We are sending Baltimore $3.9MM. How could we then use that same money to pay a top 20 talent at 40?
 
Braves1976 said:
We basically are trading what's left of 3.9 million (Matusz contract) along with Barker and Belicik for just the 76th pick. That is an overpay, but not surprising as desperate as we seemed for such a draft pick.
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Not even close to being accurate. It's the money not the pick. They want to draft a first round guy at 40 and use this money to help pay for him and sign a college senior for $100,000 at 76. This has nothing to do with who is picked at 76.

90% of the people on this board are out of touch with reality. They complain like 14 year old school girls who had their cell phone taken by their parents. The Braves can do nothing right.
 
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