freddie freeman contract extension?

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lenny79

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what would be the terms of a Freddie freeman contract extension, and how would it effect the braves future payroll and payroll flexibility?
 
Hudson2 said:
I thought we were trading him to reload the farm?
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that ship has sailed. shame, as they could've gotten maybe Willie Calhoun and Nomar Mazara. Or maybe a combo like Hunter Harvey and Dylan Bundy. How good would a Stephen Piscotty/Alex Reyes combo look on this team right now?
huge mistake by the FO.
 
I am kinda curious what AA does with FF, but i guess we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
 
thewupk said:
Freeman probably has a few more good years left but they can't extend him past is mid 30's.
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Most I'd be willing to do is no more than 3 years and around 90ish million to his current deal. May be tack on some option years.
 
Carp said:
Most I'd be willing to do is no more than 3 years and around 90ish million to his current deal. May be tack on some option years.
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Way too much. I’d see if he would take 1 year deals at the end of the contract. Otherwise let him walk. He’ll get a huge deal from the Angels that we won’t match.
 
thewupk said:
He won't unless he takes a series of 1 year deals, does lots of options, or goes way below market. AA is too smart to extend a 1B well into his 30's at the going rate.
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Good thing you didn't run the Braves during the run. The Big three wouldn't have had a decade together or Chipper a lifer but have mercy the prospects...
 
The Chosen One said:
We also were the #1 payroll then. We're mid-market payroll now.
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Exactly. And Freeman isn’t the player Chipper was. Freeman is great, but he’s a 1B which just isn’t as valuable as a 3B. Freeman is replaceable and there are usually a lot of options available on the FA market each offseason.
 
Skeeter31 said:
Exactly. And Freeman isn’t the player Chipper was. Freeman is great, but he’s a 1B which just isn’t as valuable as a 3B. Freeman is replaceable and there are usually a lot of options available on the FA market each offseason.
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I think the end of Chipper's career was well past the #1 payroll days also.

It's also arguable that keeping around to miss 50 games a year wasn't necessarily the optimal move for the franchise.

I know I don't give him enough credit for his greatness but he missed so many games and ultimately the Braves never really felt like contenders with him at the end.
 
VirginiaBrave said:
Good thing you didn't run the Braves during the run. The Big three wouldn't have had a decade together or Chipper a lifer but have mercy the prospects...
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The Big 3 and Chipper aren't 1B. That position historically ages horribly. It's happened to the best 3 inner circle hitting 1B of the last 30 years. What makes Freeman so special?
 
Southcack77 said:
I think the end of Chipper's career was well past the #1 payroll days also.

It's also arguable that keeping around to miss 50 games a year wasn't necessarily the optimal move for the franchise.

I know I don't give him enough credit for his greatness but he missed so many games and ultimately the Braves never really felt like contenders with him at the end.
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Chipper also didn't sign a market value contract into his late 30's either. It was short extensions that he renegotiated a couple of times.
 
thewupk said:
The Big 3 and Chipper aren't 1B. That position historically ages horribly. It's happened to the best 3 inner circle hitting 1B of the last 30 years. What makes Freeman so special?
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He's a Brave, period. I guess I just don't get this moneyball bull----
 
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