Official 2022 Offseason Moves Thread

Im curious as to why Miley passed thru waivers to FA. Seems to me he would be exactly what Braves and many other teams could have had for a nothing prospect before allowing him to be gobbled up off the waiver wire.
 
PawPawMaxwell said:
Im curious as to why Miley passed thru waivers to FA. Seems to me he would be exactly what Braves and many other teams could have had for a nothing prospect before allowing him to be gobbled up off the waiver wire.
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He didn’t. The Cubs claimed him with the seventh highest waiver priority.
 
clvclv said:
We're not likely going to know for sure where the blame actually lies until AA eventually writes his memoirs and finally says it publicly, but I think it's now fair to describe the entire Freeman situation as "completely botched" - even if he re-signs AND the contract doesn't become an albatross at some point in the future.

All the dancing around and haggling over Freddie signing a team-friendly deal has likely cost the organization $30-$40 million at the very least, and potentially more. He's a perfect fit with the Dodgers (Turner moving to SS, Muncy moving to DH and Lux taking over at 2B), and they just got Kershaw, Jansen, Scherzer, and potentially Bauer off their books. He's a perfect fit with the Yankees , and non-tendering or trading Gallo and Voit would cover half of said $30 million. He's a perfect fit in Boston, and if Martinez opts out and they don't chase Schwarber that covers the full $30 million. As crazy as it sounds to have 3 guys making over $30 million per, he's a perfect fit in Anaheim - and they'd still have roughly $60 million left to spend on pitching and still be under this year's luxury threshold. He's a perfect fit in San Francisco, and there's no doubt they're going on a spending spree this winter. He's a perfect fit in Seattle, and they've got a *hit-ton of money to spend and a lot of young, inexpensive talent to surround him with for the next 5-6 years.

Whether it was an ownership-level decision that Alex wasn't allowed to make on his own or one where he chose to follow the numbers no matter the cost, dicking around with this has cost them a ton of money at the very least - and it legitimately has a chance to completely dampen fan (and team) enthusiasm no matter what is done in the event he leaves, even if it turns out to be successful in the long run.

Quote the numbers all you'd like, giving him the Goldy deal plus $1 million per 6 months ago looks like an absolute steal - and with the hindsight that comes with knowing you'd have extra resources to devote to it following a deep postseason run, it might have turned into an absolute bargain.
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Re Yankees- They're much more likely to go for one of the big name shortstops than Freeman, plus they have SP needs. Freeman doesnt seem like a NY guy anyway.
Re Dodgers- Cant see it given all the FA's they have. Belly/Muncy can very easily cover 1B and Dodgers have to find some SP options. They basically only have Buehler and Urias right now.
Red Sox and Angels are the only non-Braves options i can see. I couldnt see Freeman relocating his family to Boston, LA yes. But Braves have probably botched this whole situation given they should have signed him before ST at a much much less likely deal than it is going to be down. 6 years/165-170 million would be terrible, im hoping for 5-140/150 at most.
 
Why is everyone ignoring the fact that Freddie recently bought a $10M oceanside mansion in Corona del Mar that he has only been able to use for month off season?
 
PawPawMaxwell said:
Yeah. Im not myself today. Rephrase: Why didnt some team (braves) offer up a less than middling prospect to the Reds?
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Could be asked for any team really. I think the Braves in particular are going to wait to see how the FF situation shakes out before signing anyone else.
 
thewupk said:
Could be asked for any team really. I think the Braves in particular are going to wait to see how the FF situation shakes out before signing anyone else.
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IF Freeman left, i hope it would be really early in free agency so AA can have alot of different alternative plans.
 
thewupk said:
Could be asked for any team really. I think the Braves in particular are going to wait to see how the FF situation shakes out before signing anyone else.
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Yeah I get that part of the situation but with the threat of a lock out looming, is it wise to let even a FF to potentially cause chaos with all the voids that have to be filled in order to put a viable WS defender out there next spring. Manfreds threat is now 24 days away.
 
msstate7 said:
I want Seager if FF leaves. Play him at 3b next season while we still have Swanson
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Seager's getting 250-300 million, we're not doing that. If we let Freeman go, i dont know what way AA would go to replace him.
 
I truly believe that Freddie has too much respect for the Braves and his mentor Chipper to go anywhere else. Chipper passed the torch on to him and Freddie will too be a lifer. Yes we probably cost ourselves some money by letting him get to free agency but I would be more than fine signing him to 5 yr 150m with 2 option years at 20m apiece.
 
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