Looking Ahead - The 2020 Offseason Thread

Hopefully we have also given up on Newk being a starter and put him in the pen where he had success in 2019. Would be a great long man and potentially give us another version of Matzek.
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Brad Miller is talking with the Phillies per Trade Rumors.

Maybe the Braves are going to need to flip someone like Newcomb for bench help.
 
I think it is a relatively minor problem, but with no DH the bench will be more important.

The Braves offense is a downgrade so far, the bullpen is a downgrade so far, the rotation is signficantly deeper but with risk.
 
I'm not sure I understand how the Braves don't have resources to give multi-year deals in the 3-5m range if that's what Bowman is suggesting.
 
Still think the wildcard in all this is what they "saw" from A-Jax, Contreras, Waters and Shewmake last summer - a question that either none of the writers are bothering to ask OR one that AA has told them he's not interested in talking about until after camp opens. You can make compelling cases - on both sides - for all 4 of those guys playing roles in 2021 as well as putting your foot down and saying "they just need more time".

Do A-Jax and Contreras belong in Gwinnett for one more summer? Probably. But if the plan is for d'Arnaud to catch 120+ games, money's really tight, and the "upgrade" to Flowers costs a significant percentage of whatever flexibility AA may have at the deadline, is it really a good idea to add Flowers? Shewmake and Waters are tougher questions, but the same "measuring stick" applies.

If you expect to start the season healthy with your starters playing just about every day during the first couple of months, it's not necessarily the worst idea to see if you can get by with guys like A-Jax/Contreras, Camargo, Adrianza, and Almonte and hold onto what little amount of money you have left to spend until teams start turning people loose during camp or closer to the deadline when you have a better feel for whether or not Waters and Shewmake might be able to help down the stretch.
 
NYCBrave said:
Starting to have concerns that maybe payroll is less than we all expected it might be.
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We have 3 million to spend. AA has a different plan. No idea what but it didn’t involve Miller. Maybe it is the farm. Maybe he thinks ender Riley and camargo are better than 2020. Maybe he is targeting someone else. Like Puig. But he surely has a plan and surely could scrap 3 million together.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
We have 3 million to spend. AA has a different plan. No idea what but it didn’t involve Miller. Maybe it is the farm. Maybe he thinks ender Riley and camargo are better than 2020. Maybe he is targeting someone else. Like Puig. But he surely has a plan and surely could scrap 3 million together.
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I think he is looking for a big trade maybe now maybe during the midseason.
 
Miller certainly read his market correctly. One of the few second- or third-tier guys who is getting a raise. Cardinals had him for $2 MM (pre-proration) last season.
 
50PoundHead said:
Miller certainly read his market correctly. One of the few second- or third-tier guys who is getting a raise. Cardinals had him for $2 MM (pre-proration) last season.
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Really having a hard time understanding why Cabrera is still available. A switch-hitter who can capably handle 2B, 3B, and SS in an emergency that DOESN'T embarrass himself from either side of the plate that ZiPS has pegged for .262/.324/.452 with a 97 wRC+ and 18 bombs in 2021 who knows he's only getting a one year deal? What contender can't use a guy like that???

Sounds like what we'd dream Camargo could be IF he was on the juice and blow.
 
DOB was on with Mad Dog a little while ago and said his understanding is that payroll will be $10-$12 million below what last year's projected payroll would have been - this is why AA not making a couple of these signings doesn't make sense. Roster Resource pegged 2020 at $158 million and has current payroll at $133 million - roughly $13 million left.

Cabrera - $3 million
Bruce/Reddick/Puig - $3 million
Flowers - $2 million

Would still leave $5 million for Melancon or another pen arm. Somebody's not being told the truth.
 
clvclv said:
Really having a hard time understanding why Cabrera is still available. A switch-hitter who can capably handle 2B, 3B, and SS in an emergency that DOESN'T embarrass himself from either side of the plate that ZiPS has pegged for .262/.324/.452 with a 97 wRC+ and 18 bombs in 2021 who knows he's only getting a one year deal? What contender can't use a guy like that???

Sounds like what we'd dream Camargo could be IF he was on the juice and blow.
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If Miller got $3 MM, that might set the comparison market for everyone else. My guess is Cabrera wants more than the Miller deal. But I agree with your basic premise. Odd he is still sitting out there.
 
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