Riley gets monster extension

Hudson2 said:
Yeah didn’t see this coming. 21 average AAV is a big time bargain. Riley seems like a good dude that isn’t out for the most money and this proves it. Super pumped about this. Lock up Fried next
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We can thank Freddie’s debacle for this I imagine. Stoked that he’s a Brave for life now though.
 
jsebe10 said:
Love those kind of guys…few hours from the house…Loves the culture…
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He is taking some risk given he'd probably get more in free agency but cant fault a guy for taking guaranteed money while it's in front of you. He can just play ball for the rest of his career knowing he's signed for the rest of his career.
 
I know what he’s doing now probably isn’t sustainable, and there’s always risk when your giving up this much money and years but i think this will be a great deal for the Braves.
Now Lock up Max.
 
Heyward said:
I'd hope we re-do Albies deal at some point, he's making pennies compares to others. What kind of deal would you give Max if you could, pitcher contracts are tricky though.
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It's tough, because Fried's already 28. However, he has the repertoire, and has shown the adaptability already, to seem like a better bet than most starters to remain productive. Would Fried take something 6/$110, with an option, to buy out two arb years and four FA years? If you value him as a ~4war pitcher next year, and bake in decline, he's probably worth $55-65m over the next two years, then another $70-80m over the four subsequent seasons; that's $125–145m of value, making $110m a slight to moderate discount that hedges against pitcher durability. Just depends on how much Fried would want to stick around, and how much he'd like to secure guaranteed compensation now, versus going into FA as a 30-year-old.
 
jpx7 said:
It's tough, because Fried's already 28. However, he has the repertoire, and has shown the adaptability already, to seem like a better bet than most starters to remain productive. Would Fried take something 6/$110, with an option, to buy out two arb years and four FA years? If you value him as a ~4war pitcher next year, and bake in decline, he's probably worth $55-65m over the next two years, then another $70-80m over the four subsequent seasons; that's $125–145m of value, making $110m a slight to moderate discount that hedges against pitcher durability. Just depends on how much Fried would want to stick around, and how much he'd like to secure guaranteed compensation now, versus going into FA as a 30-year-old.
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Berrios got 7 years/131 million at the same age as Max. It's tricky if he wants to hit FA and see if anyone would overpay for him or get the financial security locked in now.
 
Heyward said:
Berrios got 7 years/131 million at the same age as Max. It's tricky if he wants to hit FA and see if anyone would overpay for him or get the financial security locked in now.
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That's a good comp—and right around the ~$18m AAV I was envisioning. Maybe 6/$110 with a $20m option at the end.
 
jpx7 said:
That's a good comp—and right around the ~$18m AAV I was envisioning. Maybe 6/$110 with a $20m option at the end.
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With Alex' preference to avoid long-term deals for Pitchers, I'd expect it would have to look more like the Musgrove deal.
 
I was ok with letting Riley play out his arb years and letting him walk. But this is pretty sweet.
 
Besides that, the contract is extremely tradable if for some reason the Braves need to part ways.

But, I love Riley and happy we got this done!
 
Bowman tweeted the Braves believe they could be a Top 5 payroll team soon.

Hello Fried AND Dansby extensions.

Time to get Grissom an outfielder's glove.
 
UNCBlue012 said:
The Atlanta #Braves have signed 3B Austin Riley to a 10-year contract worth $212 million. Holy cow!
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Interesting timing.

Enscheff said:
A Riley extension starts with about $45M to buy out his 3 remaining arb years, and then as many $25M seasons as he wants to give up.

I imagine it’s either 3/45 with a single option year at $25M, or some massive contract through the most of his 30s like 9/200. A deal like this ties up 1B and DH with Olson and Riley until the next rebuild.
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It has me excitedly nervous. The Braves have his entire prime, and only a small portion of his probable decline. Potentially an excellent deal, assuming Riley isn't Dan Uggla.
 
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clvclv said:
Bowman tweeted the Braves believe they could be a Top 5 payroll team soon.

Hello Fried AND Dansby extensions.

Time to get Grissom an outfielder's glove.
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I saw that tweet. It’s unreal how differently this team operates since we broke up the 2013 core. Corporate ownership isn’t too bad when you are raking in money hand over fist.
 
clvclv said:
Bowman tweeted the Braves believe they could be a Top 5 payroll team soon.

Hello Fried AND Dansby extensions.

Time to get Grissom an outfielder's glove.
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Fried or sign Correa/Turner.
 
clvclv said:
Bowman tweeted the Braves believe they could be a Top 5 payroll team soon.

Hello Fried AND Dansby extensions.

Time to get Grissom an outfielder's glove.
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Rather let Bae walk. Get an extra pick in the process. I don't trust her can repeat this year, and I don't want to pay pre-2022 Dansby 15+ million for 7 years or more.
 
clvclv said:
Bowman tweeted the Braves believe they could be a Top 5 payroll team soon.

Hello Fried AND Dansby extensions.

Time to get Grissom an outfielder's glove.
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With possibly Morton and Will Smith off the books, it'll be interesting what AA does this winter. He'll have the funds supposedly to operate.
 
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