Guess the penalty

It would be incredibly short-sighted of Manfred to take away Maitan. Think of the conspiracies that will suddenly come about as a result of free agents and their handlers wanting to double their money.
 
Sounds a lot like Maitan, Pache, maybe 1 or 2 from the last J2 class, a 2 year complete ban from Latin America, and a 5 million dollar fine.
 
All these reports keep saying "the Braves will lose Latin American prospects", then mention our most prominent Latin American prospects. There really doesn't seem to be anything to back up the mention of a guy like Maitan. Rosenthal is trying to sell subscriptions, and saying it's a guy like Henry Quintero or Charbel Hadad who most people have never heard of isn't going to do that. I remain skeptical that Maitan is related.
 
Hudson2 said:
It’s leaning more towards Maitan everyday it seems. If the investigation is over then what are they waiting on?
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I don't see how its leaning toward anything. I see only baseless peculation followed by more baseless speculation about whether the previous baseless speculation might or might not be reasonable or accurate.
 
mfree80 said:
I don't see how its leaning toward anything. I see only baseless peculation followed by more baseless speculation about whether the previous baseless speculation might or might not be reasonable or accurate.[/QUOTE

i hope so
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mfree80 said:
I don't see how its leaning toward anything. I see only baseless peculation followed by more baseless speculation about whether the previous baseless speculation might or might not be reasonable or accurate.
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This is true. It's so easy for these writers to hide behind anonymous sources, because they have no repercussion when they're wrong and it allows them to pass speculation as fact while causing click bait. It really is not a good thing.
 
During the AFL Championship game I thought they announced the penalty, something with Junior Severino, $15mil total. Came on here to read it and I guess they were just speculating. I still don't think they will take anyone that we have already signed, that just seems to tricky as far as what happens with that player going forward, etc.

I'm thinking we lose our upcoming second round pick and stay in the penalty phase on International signings for 3 years and pay a $5mil penalty.
 
We're going to lose Maitan and Gutierrez is likely as well. Won't lose the #8 pick. Just hoping we can hang onto Severino.
 
If we lose players, those players should have to wait 1 year to sign with someone else. If there is no punishment for the player, players will try to get deals done that aren’t by the rules
 
msstate7 said:
If we lose players, those players should have to wait 1 year to sign with someone else. If there is no punishment for the player, players will try to get deals done that aren’t by the rules
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Put them into a draft. Or allow teams to bid for their services, but pay the money directly to MLB.

The players know they are breaking the rules as well. Granted, their punishment shouldn't be anywhere near as severe as that levied on the teams, but they shouldn't be allowed to get a second payday from it either.
 
So I got a personal response from Rob Manfred, basically asking him to consider the Braves fans and not punish us for the actions of a few. I knew it wouldn't make any difference, but honored to actually hear back from him personally:

"Dane,

Your letter reflects a real passion for the game. And, I have no desire to penalize passionate fans. One of the great things about Baseball, however, is its competitive character. There is competition on the field and competition off the field to acquire the best talent. And, there are rules that govern the competition both on and off the field so that the competition is fair. When the rules are broken, there has to be discipline to protect the other clubs and their fans. That is the way of Baseball.

Take heart and stay loyal. This episode will end and the Braves will thrive.

Rob Manfred"​

Doesn't give us any insight into what is coming down the pipe, but nice of him to take the time.
 
Even though that's probably a secretary writing the message it's still pretty awesome
 
DaneHill said:
Yeah, that crossed my mind. Came from his direct email address though, so....
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Organizations this large typically have a team of people to deal with correspondence with those utilizing a direct email address for someone in this sort of role.
 
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