Marlins Extend Prado

I love Martin, but that's more than I personally would've wanted to pay him given our current roster composition heading into next season.

If the Dodgers don't extend Turner or we can't land Longoria for a decent offer (guys with more pop), I'd just as soon begin 2017 with a Garcia/Ruiz platoon. While that platoon or Dansby might not QUITE be as good in the 2-hole as Prado (and Dansby may well be), I'd just as soon they spend that money on a rotation piece.
 
zitothebrave said:
Depends on how he ages. But they should make out just fine in this signing as long has he has 2 more years for them like he did the last 2.
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It's amazing how he's basically been the same player his whole career. A really good, low variance .290 / .340 / .410 guy with good defense. I was hoping there would be a chance we would sign him.
 
bravesfanforlife88 said:
I think Martin is worth that amount based on what he brings to the field and to the clubhouse.
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There's little doubt that he's the leader in that clubhouse. I thought it was telling he was the guy who sat at the table during the press conference.

I'm wondering if he and his agent had this contract offer on the table and with the Fernandez tragedy, the Marlins decided that they needed to pony up, so he can help keep that team together next year.
 
A 3/40 deal means the Marlins would have certainly given him a QO and he would have cost a draft pick to sign (under the current CBA). Since that's the case it looks like Prado was never really a legitimate option for the Braves.

With Freese and Prado extended, and guys like Desmond and Turner likely to be given a QO, the 3B market for the Braves is looking pretty bleak. If a trade can't be worked out for a guy with 4+ years of control, then the prudent course of action might end up being a Ruiz/Garcia platoon. Certainly not ideal, but that platoon might be able to scrape together 1-2 WAR combined.
 
Kudos to Prado, he really deserves it. He's been a pretty damn consistent player his entire career. Good defense and .293/.342/.423. That is a bit more than what I would pay, but if he can put up 2.75, 2.5, 2.5 WAR then he's at ~ 8 WAR and its worth it.

A player I was completely wrong about based on his minor league career.
 
gilesfan said:
Kudos to Prado, he really deserves it. He's been a pretty damn consistent player his entire career. Good defense and .293/.342/.423. That is a bit more than what I would pay, but if he can put up 2.75, 2.5, 2.5 WAR then he's at ~ 8 WAR and its worth it.

A player I was completely wrong about based on his minor league career.
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He didn't start hitting until AAA right?
 
A little rich for my blood (and I am a big Prado fan). He's a solid player though and does a lot of the little things that help a team.
 
Enscheff said:
I think someone made a post a while ago where they spelled it "extent" several times, and now a few posters continually make fun of that poster by using that word on purpose.
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What's with all the "reason to believe" stuff? And why do people call Nick Markakis "Neck"?
 
Tapate50 said:
He didn't start hitting until AAA right?
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He hit a little better in AAA, but never really did much more than .280 with little walks and little pop. I know the one thing I took away from him is that the ability to have a managable K:BB rate (even if both low) could translate to some skills at the big boy level.
 
Strasburg, Cervelli, Freese, and Prado all extended this year when they're set to hit free agency. Ivan Nova might be as well.

Something to keep in mind for those who are banking on the big free agent class of the ages after the 2018 season.
 
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