MLB Trade Rumors predicts 50 FA's and where they land.

They predict Braves keep Hudson, Brewers sign Maholm, McCann to Rangers. Not too far out on the limb, they are.
 
How wonderful that out of 50 free agents, Atlanta is only linked to resigning Hudson and not even 100% for that.

Should be a fun off-season; Mets, Nats and Philthies will spend to get better. What will Atlanta do? :roll:
 
bravebonebook said:
How wonderful that out of 50 free agents, Atlanta is only linked to resigning Hudson and not even 100% for that.

Should be a fun off-season; Mets, Nats and Philthies will spend to get better. What will Atlanta do? :roll:
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If I had my poker chips ready, they would be all in on sitting on a back to back 90+ win team for the most part.
 
Bravesfannchar said:
Do we get a pick for Maholm? I don't think so but I can't remember the draft comp changes...
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No, not even close. One year qualifying offer is for 14.1 mill. If refused and he signs elsewhere you get a pick. So we'll get one for McCann. Did not make that offer to Hudson, or (cackle) Maholm.

Huddy drawing a lot of interest. If they go multiyear we're out of that derby, IMO.
 
stpeteirish said:
No, not even close. One year qualifying offer is for 14.1 mill. If refused and he signs elsewhere you get a pick. So we'll get one for McCann. Did not make that offer to Hudson, or (cackle) Maholm.

Huddy drawing a lot of interest. If they go multiyear we're out of that derby, IMO.
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I'm not so sure. Huddy lives in Phoenix City if I'm not mistaken and he's made plenty of money. Unless another team offers him something extremely better than the Braves I could see it happening but he gave us a decent discount before when he could've left and gotten paid a few years ago. The guy wants to be close to his family so I'd be surprised if he leaves Atlanta unless FW gives him an offer that he feels is a slap in the face.
 
Teheran_49 said:
I'm not so sure. Huddy lives in Phoenix City if I'm not mistaken and he's made plenty of money. Unless another team offers him something extremely better than the Braves I could see it happening but he gave us a decent discount before when he could've left and gotten paid a few years ago. The guy wants to be close to his family so I'd be surprised if he leaves Atlanta unless FW gives him an offer that he feels is a slap in the face.
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I thought his last contract was kind of a slap in the face, but he agreed to it. He probably could have got close to double his last contract. I think he will take a big discount and stay here.
 
bravebonebook said:
How wonderful that out of 50 free agents, Atlanta is only linked to resigning Hudson and not even 100% for that.

Should be a fun off-season; Mets, Nats and Philthies will spend to get better. What will Atlanta do? :roll:
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We have 1 spot in the lineup to fill, 1 rotation spot, and maybe 1-2 bench spots/bullpen.

Do we even need to do much?
 
And how is that depressing, you act like we have a ton of holes to fill.
 
Depressing in that it doesn't appear we are in on anything and the rich are projected to get richer.

But I agree with weso1 that given Wren's track record on the free agent front, there is a silver lining here.
 
The other silver lining is that this team needs some fine tuning rather than wholesale changes. Our needs imo are another starting pitcher (could be Hudson) and a left-handed bat with some pop for the bench. Josh Johnson and Eric Chavez would do very nicely, but there are some decent alternatives to both.

Also I'd try to get a lefty reliever, maybe bring back EOF.
 
50PoundHead said:
Depressing in that it doesn't appear we are in on anything and the rich are projected to get richer.

But I agree with weso1 that given Wren's track record on the free agent front, there is a silver lining here.
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Well, we have 1 starting spot in the lineup open provided Uggla is gone.

1 rotation spot.

And maybe 2 spots in the bullpen/bench.

We dont need to make huge changes, nor should we.
 
weso1 said:
I wouldn't mind giving Halladay a shot if we don't sign Huddy.
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A shot at what? Future pitching coach? The guy was topping out at 83 MPH last year. i'd much rather take a gamble on Johan Santana as there is "some" unknown to him and he's much younger. Most scouts agree that Halladay is done.
 
Teheran_49 said:
A shot at what? Future pitching coach? The guy was topping out at 83 MPH last year. i'd much rather take a gamble on Johan Santana as there is "some" unknown to him and he's much younger. Most scouts agree that Halladay is done.
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I think it would just be kind of cool to have Roy Halladay on the team. Pretty much the same reason I wanted Ken Griffey, Derek Lee, etc.

Although Santana is intriguing as well.
 
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