Official official offseason thread

Enscheff said:
I suspect if Ozuna was still an .800+ OPS DH and AA signed Swanson to an extension, none of us would be concerned about converting Contreras and Pina into Murphy. In fact, I imagine we'd all be pretty stoked about the move. But that isn't reality, and the context of the current reality is important. Using the most valuable trade chip AA has to upgrade from 5 wins at C/DH to 6 wins at C/DH (because he downgraded at DH) while still leaving LF/SS unaddressed and not freeing up any payroll is a headscratcher.

I suspect everyone is right and AA will address LF/SS/DH somehow in the coming weeks. Absent that information about the future, I'm still scratching my head about this trade in the same why I did when the Jiminez trade dropped.
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Stop making sense. I've said the same thing, albeit less eloquently.
 
Enscheff said:
I suspect if Ozuna was still an .800+ OPS DH and AA signed Swanson to an extension, none of us would be concerned about converting Contreras and Pina into Murphy. In fact, I imagine we'd all be pretty stoked about the move. But that isn't reality, and the context of the current reality is important. Using the most valuable trade chip AA has to upgrade from 5 wins at C/DH to 6 wins at C/DH (because he downgraded at DH) while still leaving LF/SS unaddressed and not freeing up any payroll is a headscratcher.

I suspect everyone is right and AA will address LF/SS/DH somehow in the coming weeks. Absent that information about the future, I'm still scratching my head about this trade in the same why I did when the Jiminez trade dropped.
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AA is a smart dude. He checked in on Reynolds and they probably wanted Harris or Strider and that wasn’t happening. Maybe they want Grissom but we can’t trade him until we acquire somebody else. Either way AA will upgrade the holes to put us back in a really good position to make a deep playoff run. I’m curious to see what move is next.
 
In a vacuum we would love Contreras+Pina+filler for Murphy. I will definitely agree with that.

But the Brewers must be over the moon excited....Contreras plus filler for free.
 
Hudson2 said:
AA is a smart dude. He checked in on Reynolds and they probably wanted Harris or Strider and that wasn’t happening. Maybe they want Grissom but we can’t trade him until we acquire somebody else. Either way AA will upgrade the holes to put us back in a really good position to make a deep playoff run. I’m curious to see what move is next.
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Make no mistake, the Braves are already in position to make a deep playoff run, even if this was his last move.

This roster is very very good.
 
Hudson2 said:
This isn’t the last move AA is gonna make. Adding a top 3 at his position player is always a good thing. Contreras doesn’t really have a position outside of DH here so AA cashed a chip in.
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But with the shedding of at least marginally interesting prospects in the Murphy deal, his only real tool is money. Nice tool to have, but outside of Grissom, we don't really have any minor league prospects that are remotely alluring.
 
Enscheff said:
In a vacuum we would love Contreras+Pina+filler for Murphy. I will definitely agree with that.

But the Brewers must be over the moon excited....Contreras plus filler for free.
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I'm still trying to figure out how they got Contreras for free basically, but it is what it is. Curious to see what AA's next move is whenever that is.
 
Enscheff said:
In a vacuum we would love Contreras+Pina+filler for Murphy. I will definitely agree with that.

But the Brewers must be over the moon excited....Contreras plus filler for free.
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We got him for that though, so it shouldn't matter to us what the brewers got imo
 
50PoundHead said:
But with the shedding of at least marginally interesting prospects in the Murphy deal, his only real tool is money. Nice tool to have, but outside of Grissom, we don't really have any minor league prospects that are remotely alluring.
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True. I don’t see Reynolds moved before the deadline anyways. But Grissom and Anderson would be a good start.
 
Hudson2 said:
True. I don’t see Reynolds moved before the deadline anyways. But Grissom and Anderson would be a good start.
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We dont have enough for Reynolds. They want a HAUL, like a Soto level deal. We dont have that. If AA knew we couldnt get Reynolds, cashing in on Contreras i guess wasnt the worst plan.
 
Who were the teams in on Wilson Contreras?

Could the braves potentially sign Vasquez and trade TDA?

I probably have way too vivid an imagination
 
Murphy hit 272/.345/.467/.815 on the road this year. That’s elite from a catcher. Getting out of Oakland for 81 and into Truist should do him well.
 
Heyward said:
We dont have enough for Reynolds. They want a HAUL, like a Soto level deal. We dont have that. If AA knew we couldnt get Reynolds, cashing in on Contreras i guess wasnt the worst plan.
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Then they’ll be very disappointed when Reynolds leaves and they get one draft pick out of it. Unless San Diego goes wild again with whatever is left in their system.
 
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