Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
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Braves sniffing around on Markakis; Official 4 years 44 million.
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nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Alex Rios would probably settle for a one-year deal.
Guys like Victorino and Cody Ross are in the last years of their contracts and could probably be picked up for a low price in the trade market. Cespedes would probably cost a bit more but has more upside.
There are plenty of options out there where we would not have to take the risk of a 4 year contract for a 30something player.
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
What makes you think so? If so, I wouldn't take issue with signing him unless the money is crazy high.
Well if we are rebuilding then why not internal options? If you must sign somebody then find someone for a two year deal. There should be several 1-2 WAR players that could had for that. Going long term for an average player just to fill a spot when you are rebuilding doesn't make a lot of sense.
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
Fair post.
What would it cost in a trade though for Ross or Vic?
I dont think Rios would settle for a 1-yr deal though.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Coming off a poor year. I'm assuming he thinks he can rebuild value.
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
I'd say we're re-tooling more than rebuilding.
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
Exactly my thoughts too. I don't see why we shouldn't give Joey T, Hunter, among others a shot at winning one of the outfield spots in a rebuild season. I could see us finding a decent platoon doing that too, if not better. Further, a Kyle Blanks cheap signing as a right handed part of a platoon off the bench for left field is an idea I like too.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
A couple things on those two. They finished last year injured and Victorino had back surgery. So we would have to do some due diligence. At the same time, the Diamondbacks and Red Sox have very crowded outfield situations. My guess is the combination of their having poor 2014/injury risk/crowded outfields will make their prices fairly low. My guess is we could get them for a Gus Schlosser or two.
Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
OK, I thought I read that he wanted a multi-year deal somewhere but I may be mistaken. He is certainly coming off a poor year so that would make sense for him to consider regardless.
blueagleace1
Playing the Waiting Game
I got shredded apart a while back for mentioning Rios as a possibility and I really wouldn't consider his season (last year) as "poor". Now clearly it wasn't excellent or even good, but I would say that it was average.
Def not saying you were the one doing the shredding btw
yeezus
It's OVER 5,000!
It's highly likely none of those guys are every day OFers.
not shocking
MadduxFanII
Swallowed by Mark Bowman
The wisdom of this will pretty much come down to the contract terms. A four-year contract at between $11 and $13 million a year for Markakis could look awfully Bossman-esque pretty soon, which is ironic since BJ is pretty much the paramount reason Hart has his job right now.
blueagleace1
Playing the Waiting Game
Good point! Although he too (just like Lester) could relish the possibility of playing near his hometown. Here is something else to somewhat consider... Besides Upton and Heyward there won't be a lot to choose from next year's free agent OF class, as far as upper-tier type players are concerned (Jose Bautista and Alex Gordon have options that will almost certainly be exercised). Some other 2016 OF free agents that MIGHT have some appeal would include:
1. Dexter Fowler
2. Yoenis Cespedes
3. Alejandro De Aza
4. Austin Jackson
5. Drew Stubbs
6. Will Venable
So with the aforementioned names, the Braves could decided A.) to sign guys to 1-year deals this offseason in preparation of next year's free agent class or B.) come to the conclusion that Markakis will provide more value than these guys and sign him knowing that next year won't have the talent they're seeking.
Me personally, I would like for them to sign Alex Rios this winter to a 1-year deal (with a mutual option for 2016) to play RF with Gattis in LF then next year go after Fowler (who too is a GA native) to play either OF spot and if Gattis shows he just can't handle the OF trade him to an AL club for another corner OF.
Just an opinion.
1st of all, WAR isn't the king of stats. Regardless, your statement is very misleading as his one outlier season severely brings down his average WAR. He's consistently been a 2.0-2.5 WAR player over that span, aside from 2013.
Name another OF in this yr's FA that is available who has a career OBP .350 and will make less than 12 million?
So your plan is to drain our farm system even more when we are trying to rebuild it?
Alex Rios is a much worse option than Markakis. And its very doubtful he'll take a 1 yr deal unless the market bottoms out, a la Santana circa 2014.