Offseason Hot Stove 2024-25 Thread

AA loves high leverage BP guys so I could see him getting Tanner Scott and bringing back Charlie for 1 year. Pierce Johnson and Iglesias are both FA after this year so he will be needed.
 
That’s not fair. Sale’s injury history made him nothing close to an obvious win. Lopez transitioning to SP was also nowhere close to an obvious win. Kelenic was another gamble, and that one didn’t pay off. None of AA’s 3 big moves were clear cut wins at the time they were made.
 
Enscheff said:
That’s not fair. Sale’s injury history made him nothing close to an obvious win. Lopez transitioning to SP was also nowhere close to an obvious win. Kelenic was another gamble, and that one didn’t pay off. None of AA’s 3 big moves were clear cut wins at the time they were made.
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none were a guarantee that is for sure.. but none really came at great risk either.. Sale was for a light hitting middle infielder with no arm... easy decision.. Lopez was 3/30 so even if he flopped as a starter, that is a great contract for a dominate reliever... Kelenic was just weird and really only cost him a crap ton of money f or '24... again.. no risk at all really.

All three were easy wins because the risk/reward was skewed so heavily in the Braves favor.
 
Wow being a GM is easy, every move AA made was obvious and easy, so weird that no other GM made those particular easy moves. AA just getting lucky.
 
Super said:
Wow being a GM is easy, every move AA made was obvious and easy, so weird that no other GM made those particular easy moves. AA just getting lucky.
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AA is a good GM, but he was basically starting on 3b with all the talent on this team. The question is will he be able to keep it up.
 
Super said:
Wow being a GM is easy, every move AA made was obvious and easy, so weird that no other GM made those particular easy moves. AA just getting lucky.
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wow.. did you stretch before you made that jump?

Last years moves were great moves for the team.. but they were moves that didn't come with great risk.. if you want to argue that point, then do that.. otherwise you are just looking dumb like you did when you ensured all of us that Murphy was by far the best player in that trade..
 
bravesfanMatt said:
wow.. did you stretch before you made that jump?

Last years moves were great moves for the team.. but they were moves that didn't come with great risk.. if you want to argue that point, then do that.. otherwise you are just looking dumb like you did when you ensured all of us that Murphy was by far the best player in that trade..
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Damn! Shots fired 😂😂😂

Loving it!
 
bravesfanMatt said:
none were a guarantee that is for sure.. but none really came at great risk either.. Sale was for a light hitting middle infielder with no arm... easy decision.. Lopez was 3/30 so even if he flopped as a starter, that is a great contract for a dominate reliever... Kelenic was just weird and really only cost him a crap ton of money f or '24... again.. no risk at all really.

All three were easy wins because the risk/reward was skewed so heavily in the Braves favor.
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While the long term financial risk and overall acquisition cost might have been mitigated, the risk was plenty high for the 2024 season in general. Our rotation going into the season featured Strider, Fried, and a 40 year old Charlie Morton as the only steady options in the rotation. There was a fairly sizeable risk that Sale would get injured (like he was for most of the last 5 years) and Lopez would either get injured transitioning into a starter role or he simply wouldn't work out as a starter. Our fallback options were Elder, AJSS, and Waldrep, along with Winans and Dodd.

Suffice to say, we were a couple major injuries/regressions away from being in serious trouble. And as luck would have it, we did struggle with starting pitching health during the season. But on the flipside, we were fortunate that we found another foundational piece no one saw coming in Schwelly.
 
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Carp said:
While the long term financial risk and overall acquisition cost might have been mitigated, the risk was plenty high for the 2024 season in general. Our rotation going into the season featured Strider, Fried, and a 40 year old Charlie Morton as the only steady options in the rotation. There was a fairly sizeable risk that Sale would get injured (like he was for most of the last 5 years) and Lopez would either get injured transitioning into a starter role or he simply wouldn't work out as a starter. Our fallback options were Elder, AJSS, and Waldrep, along with Winans and Dodd.

Suffice to say, we were a couple major injuries/regressions away from being in serious trouble. And as luck would have it, we did struggle with starting pitching health during the season. But on the flipside, we were fortunate that we found another foundational piece no one saw coming in Schwelly.
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I think we are talking about two types of risk. I am referring to acquisition risk. Grissom was never going to be anything for the Braves.. he couldn't play SS and he wasn't going to replace Ozzie. So while Sale had risk of having another injury plagued season, what the Braves gave up for him mitigated that risk significantly imo. I mean is Fried at 200+ million more risky than Sale at 2/30 (after boston sent 17) and Grissom. I personally think Sale is the easy call.

I think AA is trying to do the same with Nacho and no one is biting like Boston did last year. And he can't find the Lopez player at the price he wants this year either.
 
bravesnumberone said:
For what it's worth this guy has someone on the inside and is hinting at something. He hinted very strongly at the Sale trade not long before it was announced. Also had the scoop on Riley's fractured hand.

https://x.com/baldheaded1der
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Ryan is a good dude. He's ran that Braves blog for years and has strong connections, but they're normally on the medical side of things. I'd take anything with a grain of salt, but he's not a bad source at all.
 
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