Braves get Murphy 3 way deal

I just saw this on BravesJournal:

Jim Callis on MLB Network: “A rumor I’m hearing, and I don’t know if this is imminent, but with the Braves’ payroll climbing, who knows if they’ll sign Sean Murphy to an extension… I’m hearing some Max Fried rumors on the block, that they may not be able to sign him long-term. Don’t be shocked if we see a Max Fried trade this offseason.”
 
Robyn1967 said:
I just saw this on BravesJournal:

Jim Callis on MLB Network: “A rumor I’m hearing, and I don’t know if this is imminent, but with the Braves’ payroll climbing, who knows if they’ll sign Sean Murphy to an extension… I’m hearing some Max Fried rumors on the block, that they may not be able to sign him long-term. Don’t be shocked if we see a Max Fried trade this offseason.”
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Unless we replace him with rodon, i don't see it
 
Oh man - Kill me now.....

I suppose the old saying of trading early is better than trading too late....
 
bravesfanMatt said:
well since we will have no catcher in 3 years now, we almost have to.. but I doubt he can extend him this year and take the hit on the luxury tax. Any extention will have to be in the next 2 years as money comes off the books.
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wouldn’t have a catcher in 3 years if WC were still here either.
 
Robyn1967 said:
I just saw this on BravesJournal:

Jim Callis on MLB Network: “A rumor I’m hearing, and I don’t know if this is imminent, but with the Braves’ payroll climbing, who knows if they’ll sign Sean Murphy to an extension… I’m hearing some Max Fried rumors on the block, that they may not be able to sign him long-term. Don’t be shocked if we see a Max Fried trade this offseason.”
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And make another hole in a place where there is not one? Seems like silly talk
 
Seeing the price of pitching I wouldnt be that upset at trading Fried depending on the return. Much more comfortable giving out big contracts to position players. Our payroll may be higher now than it used to be but with the inflation on contracts we still seem to be in the 120 million range on payroll. The only way to stay a competitive team year in and year out is to turn over players like this for multiple players.
 
Deester11 said:
Yeah. We all know WC is a finished product.
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how many guys who are bad at every aspect of catching become good at it at 25?

braves FO clearly felt WC will never be a catcher you can use anywhere near full time. i’ll weirdly take their judgement on this.
 
Super said:
how many guys who are bad at every aspect of catching become good at it at 25?

braves FO clearly felt WC will never be a catcher you can use anywhere near full time. i’ll weirdly take their judgement on this.
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I'm not saying you're not right but it's absolutely stupid to think he can't /won't be serviceable. I don't agree with you but it happens.
 
Super said:
how many guys who are bad at every aspect of catching become good at it at 25?

braves FO clearly felt WC will never be a catcher you can use anywhere near full time. i’ll weirdly take their judgement on this.
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WC would be a perfectly suitable catcher for a championship team as long as his offensive profile stayed the way it is. This stupid rule coming in is going to all but end catchers with good arms being that impactful. Guys are going to steal on everyone. Pitchers effectively have to hold guys with long look overs versus throws over. So good base stealers are going to get huge leads tempting the pitcher to pick them off. As far as framing I believe WC has improved that from his rookie season so who is to say it won’t get better. WC became a much better catcher from his rookie year but with superior offense.
 
Trade Max for…something good. Sign Thor, hope and pray for the best.

Would much much rather keep Max tho
 
Freshmaker said:
Trade Max for…something good. Sign Thor, hope and pray for the best.

Would much much rather keep Max tho
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Would probably be best to keep Max for 2 years and pocket the draft pick compensation when he leaves. I feel like that gives us the best chance at a world series title over the next 2 years. It's not like we have any replacement coming through the minors to give ace level production. Although Strider kinda came out of nowhere.

The thing about Fried is that a contender is going to want him, and likely won't be able to part with a major league ready piece. I just don't see the Braves with a top 5 payroll operating like we are the Guardians, trading guys a couple years before free agency.
 
WC outperformed his xBA, xslugging, and xwoba last year with a babip of .344. If he had qualified, he'd have finished 3rd in mlb in hr/fb rate.

Could he be headed for some regression?
 
bravesfanMatt said:
WC would be a perfectly suitable catcher for a championship team as long as his offensive profile stayed the way it is. This stupid rule coming in is going to all but end catchers with good arms being that impactful. Guys are going to steal on everyone. Pitchers effectively have to hold guys with long look overs versus throws over. So good base stealers are going to get huge leads tempting the pitcher to pick them off. As far as framing I believe WC has improved that from his rookie season so who is to say it won’t get better. WC became a much better catcher from his rookie year but with superior offense.
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Framing is going to become irrelevant once the robo umps are implemented.
 
msstate7 said:
WC outperformed his xBA, xslugging, and xwoba last year with a babip of .344. If he had qualified, he'd have finished 3rd in mlb in hr/fb rate.

Could he be headed for some regression?
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No doubt about it… but his expected stats were still very good.
 
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