It also covers you a tad if all of these pitchers get deals that AA isn’t comfortable with. Unless you’re saying AA should pony up for one of them no matter the cost(s), then it’s always possible they all sign deals out of range.
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It also covers you a tad if all of these pitchers get deals that AA isn’t comfortable with. Unless you’re saying AA should pony up for one of them no matter the cost(s), then it’s always possible they all sign deals out of range.
bravesfanforlife88
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If the plan is Strider/Fried/BP then it doesn’t make any sense to add a #3 right now. If that’s the plan all available resources should be going towards LF now.
You still need regular season depth. The Braves were able to get away with it in 2023 due to having a huge lead most of the season. The Braves would have targeted a legit starter at the deadline had the race been closer. With a fresh season that still holds true imo.
The FG article about the Lopez deal sums it up nicely:
“After you have a seventh-inning guy, two eighth-inning guys, and a ninth-inning guy, the next reliever up won’t be pitching high-leverage innings. It’s just math, and it’s easy math at that. There’s a reason that teams don’t operate that way: it’s a waste of resources, more or less.“
Now if AA still goes out and fixes LF, adds a #3, and fills the bench with MLB-caliber players (Wall is not), then all is well. But if we are watching Grissom in LF opening day, this was a mistake.
“After you have a seventh-inning guy, two eighth-inning guys, and a ninth-inning guy, the next reliever up won’t be pitching high-leverage innings. It’s just math, and it’s easy math at that. There’s a reason that teams don’t operate that way: it’s a waste of resources, more or less.“
Now if AA still goes out and fixes LF, adds a #3, and fills the bench with MLB-caliber players (Wall is not), then all is well. But if we are watching Grissom in LF opening day, this was a mistake.
AA seems to be willing to punt at least 1 OF spot every year. I'm guessing because league OFers are easy to trade for at the deadline.
I'm still a little steamed that we gave away Nicky Lopez so easily. He was the perfect bench player for this team.
This thread is eerily reminiscent of last year… “After everything else AA has done, he’s surely not going to leave SS/LF unaddressed.”
Obviously I am not suggesting that we don’t need another starter, or that AA doesn’t think we do… just pointing out the similarities between what we were saying last year, and what we are talking about now.
Obviously I am not suggesting that we don’t need another starter, or that AA doesn’t think we do… just pointing out the similarities between what we were saying last year, and what we are talking about now.
I had the same thought
Heyward
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I kinda agree with Scheff. I mean, how many BP pieces does one team need. We have PJ/JJ/Iggy/Lopez/Minter, that's at least 5, plus you have Bummer/Matzek/with guys like Hernandez, Ynoa, Lee floating around. If having this expensive ass bullpen hurts us from signing a legit starter, AA screwed up big time.
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I do think he'll address the SP, and grab a good one. But the bullpen was more than fine after the PJ and JJ re-signings. Lopez just seems like overkill.
ixiXSolidXixi
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I think Braves should sign Lugo. Then you have Lugo and López for fifth pitcher and bullpen.
Yamamoto or Eduardo and Lugo.
Yamamoto or Eduardo and Lugo.
bravesnumberone
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I think AA is well aware that we cannot go into the season with Vaughn Grissom and Forrest Wall as the top options in LF. Loading up on power arms in the pen is not related to what he does about LF and the bench.
ixiXSolidXixi
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Trade for some cheap to solve the issue. Example: Dylan Carlson
The optimist inside me thinks AA has a large budget set for all these needs, and once Nola went off the board he decided to spend it on Lopez plus a lesser SP.
So hopefully the LF/bench budget is unaffected by spending the pitching budget. It’s not like there’s some expensive LF option available, so anyone he signs is going to be cheap.
So hopefully the LF/bench budget is unaffected by spending the pitching budget. It’s not like there’s some expensive LF option available, so anyone he signs is going to be cheap.