Braves sniffing around on Markakis; Official 4 years 44 million.

With Jason, Justin, and Ugglas money off the books next year, we could afford a good OF in Free Agency.
 
ramadon101 said:
Lol. Sue me for being ambiguous.

Jason was NEVER present at any meeting with Casey Close -- last year or this offseason. Stanton's rumored (and then signed) contract is a precedent Casey chose to cling to (and why wouldn't he). Obviously no one - including Casey - valued Jason at the same figure as Stanton, but 260m seemed reasonable given where salary escalation is going to Casey. That wasn;'t the same eval the Braves FO had. The end result was 260+ for his camp; and we were under 200. Those are the final numbers-- which resulted in no offer.

I could give a damn whether you or anyone else chooses to believe me. I could care less, in fact. Have fun with your continued bitchfest. It's not worth my time.
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You continued to escalate how much he asked for based on the situation. Perhaps you know someone in the FO. Perhaps they're telling you these things. Perhaps they have a reason for doing that. I'll trust the player, that I believe wanted to stay, that they hadn't talked contract in quite a while. He would presumably know that, whether he was present or not.
 
Tapate50 said:
With Jason, Justin, and Ugglas money off the books next year, we could afford a good OF in Free Agency.
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This cracks me up.
Who do you want to sign? For how much? Will we get a "good OF" for a huge bargain? Good OF cost money. The whole point is that Heyward is a better risk than almost any other realistic option. But, we blew that.
 
thewupk said:
I love how some go at lengths to defend the front office. To me their overall body of work this offseason shows no clear plan.

And it's not just recently popular either. There are certain posters that defend everything they do and blindly believe it is correct.
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And certain posters blindly believe every random stat on fangraphs and try to pass them on as fact.
 
yeezus said:
You continued to escalate how much he asked for based on the situation. Perhaps you know someone in the FO. Perhaps they're telling you these things. Perhaps they have a reason for doing that. I'll trust the player, that I believe wanted to stay, that they hadn't talked contract in quite a while. He would presumably know that, whether he was present or not.
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So you dont think they made an offer to his agent at the very least?

And just traded him.
 
yeezus said:
This cracks me up.
Who do you want to sign? For how much? Will we get a "good OF" for a huge bargain? Good OF cost money. The whole point is that Heyward is a better risk than almost any other realistic option. But, we blew that.
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So if we kept Heyward and even Justin for that matter, and watched both walk, that would be better than getting assets for him.

And maybe getting a chance to sign them next year in FA?
 
yeezus said:
No, hopefully an older OFer for ~$18 mil a year for 6 years, with the back-end of the deal almost definitely being bad for the team.
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Jesus christ you and others act like we traded away Mike Trout.

And sadly other than Justin and Jason, next years OF market looks weak.
 
yeezus said:
This cracks me up.
Who do you want to sign? For how much? Will we get a "good OF" for a huge bargain? Good OF cost money. The whole point is that Heyward is a better risk than almost any other realistic option. But, we blew that.
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What a strange post.

We will have removed in excess of 28 mill from the books. That might get you Heyward if Close doesn't insist on the opt out.
 
Hawk said:
- Cool ethnic name.
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But to me this is huge. We've already had a few platefuls of Spanikoptia!, drafted a first-run Homeric epithet, seen a εἰδέναι μὲν μηδὲν πλὴν αὐτὸ τοῦτο εἰδέναι drop, and still have over three months to invoke the Muse before his first PA.
 
Braves1976 said:
Since you're also a Yankees fan, why don't you go play on the Yankees board or stick your head up Swisher's arss.

Oh wait I forgot your boy Swisher is busy stinking it up in Cleveland now, lol.
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That wasnt funny, and i never said i was a Yankees fan like BRule did with the Cards.

You ignore me and still respond to my posts :icwudt:
 
Tapate50 said:
What a strange post.

We will have removed in excess of 28 mill from the books. That might get you Heyward if Close doesn't insist on the opt out.
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Other than Heyward/Justin, next years FA OF is weak.

Cespedes is a FA also.

FA is good with SP's next year but we should be fine there if Hart can get someone for Justin.
 
Tapate50 said:
What a strange post.

We will have removed in excess of 28 mill from the books. That might get you Heyward if Close doesn't insist on the opt out.
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According to some posters, that surplus will be negated by raises in arbitration and built-in salary increases.
 
Heyward said:
That wasnt funny, and i never said i was a Yankees fan like BRule did.

You ignore me and still respond to my posts :icwudt:
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OK so you just cheered for them but now you're not a Yankees fan, maybe Swisher took you to Cleveland? :happy0157:

As far as ignoring you goes, I do mostly ignore you but sometimes you need to be called out... :icon_biggrin:
 
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