zbhargrove
Well-known member
One should be forced to give up watching and commenting on baseball if one calls Josh Donaldson "garbage."
He doesn't watch it.
One should be forced to give up watching and commenting on baseball if one calls Josh Donaldson "garbage."
Yes! Bring Jason back too!
At this stage, I would re-sign Suzuki (much cheaper than Lucroy), consider Swanson expendable and try to offer the Marlins a sweet deal that includes Adams, Allard, Muller and Pache (flexible) and bring in Christian Yelich and bad contract of Prado.
Look at Yelich's contract. Can't believe he took this:
7 years/$49.57M (2015-21), plus 2022 option
signed extension with Miami 3/22/15,
15:$0.57M, 16:$1M, 17:$3.5M, 18:$7M, 19:$9.75M, 20:$12.5M, 21:$14M, 22:$15M club option ($1.25M buyout). He would only be 30 in 2022.
Camargo holds down short, Prado moves back to third
Prado owed $28.5 million the next two years
Donaldson is garbage. Rather ride with a makeshift third base by committee than pay him anything. I think it's pretty clear the Braves won't spend big money at all. Look at the free agents they brought in this past winter.
Look at his numbers this season and compare it around the league. He doesn't stack up considering he's getting like 14 million a season. I don't care that's he's been hurt either. That just further proves he isn't worth it.
The problem is that this will cost you an arm (or two) that no one wants to trade to make it happen - an Allard/Gohara/Soroka type. They're stupid, but not stupid enough to give Yelich away to save $28.5 million.
If Coppy could make that happen for Fried and Wentz, I'd hope everyone would jump.
He included Allard in his offer.
Machado's "garbage" too, right?
Look at his numbers this season and compare it around the league. He doesn't stack up considering he's getting like 14 million a season. I don't care that's he's been hurt either. That just further proves he isn't worth it.
The people here and the front office clearly don't understand that concept.This is the difficulty when building a team. Donaldson has slowed down some this year, but guess what, you arent signing any free agents that are 25 years old and at the top of the league. Yeah, you overpay for free agents, it's just the world you live in.
The signing of Donaldson would remind me a lot of the Nats signing Werth. There would be a couple good years and a couple bad years, but it does establish the franchise as a team that is ready to try and win. We aren't winning anything with a bunch of kids, you have to have some sort of a mixture.
The people here and the front office clearly don't understand that concept.
This is the difficulty when building a team. Donaldson has slowed down some this year, but guess what, you arent signing any free agents that are 25 years old and at the top of the league. Yeah, you overpay for free agents, it's just the world you live in.
The signing of Donaldson would remind me a lot of the Nats signing Werth. There would be a couple good years and a couple bad years, but it does establish the franchise as a team that is ready to try and win. We aren't winning anything with a bunch of kids, you have to have some sort of a mixture.
I know Stanton has a big deal but if I could send Kemp in a deal for him I'd be all over it. Something like Kemp, Allard, and Dustin Peterson for Stanton. He can opt out after 2020 and I could see him doing it if he knows he can get a longer deal or more money.
At this stage, I would re-sign Suzuki (much cheaper than Lucroy), consider Swanson expendable and try to offer the Marlins a sweet deal that includes Adams, Allard, Muller and Pache (flexible) and bring in Christian Yelich and bad contract of Prado.
Look at Yelich's contract. Can't believe he took this:
7 years/$49.57M (2015-21), plus 2022 option
signed extension with Miami 3/22/15,
15:$0.57M, 16:$1M, 17:$3.5M, 18:$7M, 19:$9.75M, 20:$12.5M, 21:$14M, 22:$15M club option ($1.25M buyout). He would only be 30 in 2022.
Camargo holds down short, Prado moves back to third
Prado owed $28.5 million the next two years