Official 2024 Off-Season Thread!
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The purpose of professional teams, for the most part, is to build wealth and/or pad your ego. How much money you make on an individual season is pretty far down the list. It's important to an extent, but it's mostly a long term investment. As I said before, these owners are flipping professional sports franchises for several times what they bought it for.
Southcack77
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Some of them operate the teams as businesses and collect yearly income. That's really the point of it all.
Asking someone to manage their own asset a particular way is fairly presumptuous.
Especially to ask someone to operate in the red because you think they ought not care about money.
Tapate50
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AA comments :
Atlanta general manager Alex Anthopoulos said Saturday that Bryce Elder will compete with AJ Smith-Shawver and Reynaldo Lopez for the final spot in Atlanta’s rotation.
Going into the offseason, it appeared that Elder had the leg up on the fifth spot in the Braves rotation, but with the acquisition of Chris Sale and signing Reynaldo Lopez, he will now have to earn his spot this spring. The 24-year-old posted a 2.97 ERA in the first half of 2023 but faltered in the second half and finished with a 3.81 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and 128/63 K/BB ratio across 174 2/3 innings.
Atlanta general manager Alex Anthopoulos said Saturday that Bryce Elder will compete with AJ Smith-Shawver and Reynaldo Lopez for the final spot in Atlanta’s rotation.
Going into the offseason, it appeared that Elder had the leg up on the fifth spot in the Braves rotation, but with the acquisition of Chris Sale and signing Reynaldo Lopez, he will now have to earn his spot this spring. The 24-year-old posted a 2.97 ERA in the first half of 2023 but faltered in the second half and finished with a 3.81 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, and 128/63 K/BB ratio across 174 2/3 innings.
Yes over some timeframe - Preferably sooner rather than later.
I’m going to go out on a limb a predict 1 of Fried/Morton/Sale won’t start the season in the rotation, and Elder’s spot will be safe.
UNCBlue012
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Apparently, the Braves will sign Jose Perdomo, the No. 3 international prospect, when the signing period opens on Jan. 15.
msstate7
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Awesome.
Why don't they put international guys in the draft? What's the reasoning in separating them?
Love his short compact swing.
Heyward
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Been long rumored to sign him, would be huge for the system. Does he project at SS or 2B?
UNCBlue012
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I had a mouth breather today tell me that the “Braves roster is solid, but saying it’s top-5 is insane… it’s not even close to the Dodgers, Astros, Phillies, etc. The last two years have been mainly a fluke - they’re a 95 win team at best.” I know the guy and he’s totally serious. lol
Twitter truly is a cesspool.
Twitter truly is a cesspool.
Projects at SS.
Twitter is horrible. Followed closely by reddit and facebook.
msstate7
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Twitter or X has given a voice to the dumbest people this country has to offer. I'm no Rhodes scholar, but reading it makes me think I'm Nikola Tesla
FG has him listed as a 3B, but a 17 year old 45+ is pretty impressive.
cajunrevenge
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AA in an interview stated there were 4 locks in the rotation. Fried, Strider, Sale, and Morton. I thought it was interesting he didn't consider Elder a lock to start the season in the rotation.
Heyward
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Considering how he ended the year, i dont see how that's a bad thing. He's gotta earn it.
cajunrevenge
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Just seems crazy to have a 24 year old SP with a 3.66 ERA in his first 40 starts coming off an all star selection not even guaranteed a 5th spot in the rotation. He would have to really blow it to not get the spot imo just because Lopez helps more in the pen and AJSS/Waldrep need to have their service time considered.
GM speak. It's Elder's unless he shows nothing in ST.