UNCBlue012
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Braves avoid arbitration with outfielder Guillermo Heredia, signing him to one year, $1M deal.
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So 600K less than what MLB Trade Rumors was estimating. I'd say that's qualifies as circling back on Heredia at a lower salary.
Nice 25th man to have when you are using Duvall as your starting CF.
Would be nice to see similar savings on Rodriguez and Arcia - as well as many of the other guys agreeing to terms before the roster freeze.
PawPawMaxwell
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Does Heredia deal tell us anything about Pache/Waters???????????????
ixiXSolidXixi
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Nothing because Heredia is a bench player and they can cut him during the year.
zbhargrove
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lol... uhh... no
PawPawMaxwell
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Not even making the assumption that Duvall will be tendered and still need a LH OFer?????
Duvall is going to be the starting CF. Ozuna is the current LF. If the DH gets adopted then expect the Braves to look into getting a LF to move Ozuna to DH.
bravesfanforlife88
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Acuna RF
Freeman 1B
Riley 3B
Bryant LF
Ozuna DH
Albies 2B
Duvall CF
TdA C
Swanson SS
A guy can dream...and after looking at that line up, so can a solid RHP lol
This plus Yates at $1M, Duvall at $9.1M, and non-tendering RiRod, Arcia and Camargo puts the payroll at $132M with holes at 1B, LF, SP, and 2 bench spots. At least one of those bench slots should be a LHH....like Rosario. The other must be a back up SS like Adrianza for ~$1.5M because he also covers the OF a bit if Acuna isn't 100% on opening day.
That hole in LF could be filled by Duvall following a CF trade.
All my numbers assume Ozuna at DH on opening day.
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UNCBlue012
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Heyman: Teams are trying to pry superstar 1B Freddie Freeman from Atlanta. Some say they still don’t think it will happen but r surprised he’s still free. Dodgers, who lost Seager and could move Muncy to 2B, may have best hope for SoCal product, NYY, TOR (h/t Carlos Baerga) reached out.
I'm ok if Freeman leaves. But please not the Dodgers. lol
Tapate50
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Lol Muncy to 2nd.
Those guys will try anything to keep those bats in the lineup. (for good reason)
He has a higher defensive rating at 2nd compared to 1st. He's no bum but I doubt they would want him at 2nd when he has a bum arm.
That said. Have any strong DH types been signed yet? Seems they are holding off until the CBA is done to see if their market possibly doubles.
If Freddie's market at 6 years is still that hot, it's tough not to think Alex isn't working hard on Plan B, and that it just might be Olson and Manaea. It's probably fair to assume that Cashman isn't looking to add a big contract and plans to work something out with Judge since the Yankees passed on Seager. If they opt for keeping their prospects and re-signing Rizzo that would mean we'd get a second high pick and the Dodgers would add ANOTHER huge contract.
Olson and Manaea would cost a good-size package, but probably wouldn't gut the system since (as Enscheff often points out) they're prone to doing quantity over quality deals and they're desperate to unload the salaries - and we'd potentially be the last of the contenders beating down their door for Olson (unless Seattle jumped in). It'd be interesting to see what kind of package it would take to get them to bite.
The two of them would cost about $22 million of the $30 million many folks expect Freddie to get. Throw the other $8 million at Rosario, and when Acuna gets back you'd be looking at...
An Acuna, Dansby, Olson, Albies, Riley, Rosario, Ozuna, Duvall, d'Arnaud lineup with a Morton, Fried, Anderson, Manaea, ??? rotation and a lockdown pen when Yates is ready.
Not bad for ~ $153.5 million. Then maybe you throw 5/$150 million or 6/$175 million at Olson once he's here - that would lock him up through the end of Ozzie or Acuna's deals (he'd be 34 if it lasted 6 years).
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McCann'sCans
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I'll never understand using Heredia as a defensive sub over Pache, but at $1m as a bench player I don't really care. I still feel like he misplayed that Taylor blooper in the 7th of NLCS Game 2, although the advanced stats probably say that was a harder catch than I thought and it didn't end up costing us the game (fortunately).