Offseason Hot Stove 2024-25 Thread

I still think the Braves and Twins match up well, especially with the Twins ostensibly wanting/needing to unload salary. The tough spot is figuring out how to accommodate the ~$55m owed to the combination of Correa and Lopez next year—but both could really help the Braves over the next three years.

David Fletcher heading to Minnesota would help, but that still leaves ~$15m in 2025 salary to cut to duck into that ~$33m remaining to spend. But maybe the Twins would be willing to throw in some 2025 money in exchange for a better prospect return. And then Iglesias and Ozuna are gone in 2026, opening up more wiggle room.
 
The Chosen One said:
Who else would even be a suitor for Alonso?
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I'm honestly surprised Cohen and the Mets are moving on.

You spend $750 million or whatever it was for Soto, you'd think you'd want as strong a team around him as possible.

Hard to get excited as a Mets fan if you see what the Dodgers are doing and that the Braves and Phillies haven't gone anywhere.
 
SJ24 said:
You spend $750 million or whatever it was for Soto, you'd think you'd want as strong a team around him as possible.
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I’d have to think they believe (probably correctly) that letting Alonso go is actually part and parcel of achieving that goal.
 
The numbers of the Profar deal obviously matter, but assuming it's a 2-3 year deal for something like $12M per year, it's much preferable to the Santander contract.

The upside for Profar is the EV improvements stick and AA just got a 3-4 WAR LFer which might be the steal of the offseason.

The downside for Profar is the EV regresses and he's an overpaid mediocre player for the next couple years.

So unless AA severely overpaid, I think he got the best realistic option for LF.
 
I think Profar is going to cost more than we think, but it’s still the best move to make. We’ve gone quantity over quality with the other needs hoping the law of averages play in our favor but that wasn’t an option with the OF.
 
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