Simmons signed to 7 year extension

thethe said:
C: Bench
1B: Hernandez
2B: ??
SS: Simmons
3B: Robinson (maybe machado one day)
LF: ?
RF: Clemente
CF: Druw

Who are the question marks?
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Robbie Alomar was by far the best I'd ever seen at 2B. Highlight reel every game, much like Simmons.
 
PawPawMaxwell said:
And most of the same writers have said it will be extremely hard to keep Heyward and even more so with todays signing. I would guess we would have to include Upton as being difficult as well.
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Yes, Heyward will be the most difficult to sign.

They can probably only keep one of JUp or Heyward though.
 
Wow, I am floored with the money we have spent over the past two weeks, to the tune of over $280MM. We've given out more in extensions in the past few days than we have in the past 10-20 years. Cobb County has saved the day. For so many years we've been penny pinchers, and now this. Just wow.
 
Heyward said:
Yes, Heyward will be the most difficult to sign.

They can probably only keep one of JUp or Heyward though.
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That would depend on what kind of years he puts up in 2014/2015. It's not totally outside of the realm of possibility that they revisit a deal with Jason this season, now that the core is coming together cohesively.

They could give the two, combined, somewhere in the neighborhood of $35-40MM annually -- but not much more, and with some creative language likely inserted.
 
Didn't someone mention that the Braves are not allowed to re-negotiate with Jason until after this season?
 
Heyward said:
They can now but i would guess they re-do talks next winter or after the season.
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It would be nice if Heyward saw all this activity and said eff it, sign me up, please. Doubtful but you never know. Just the other day (Sunday) I read on here that Simmons and the Braves were far apart in figures to sign long term. Then 4 days later and they've reached a long term deal.
 
thethe said:
First time in over 10 years I felt like the team had money AND was willing to spend it.
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Mainly because of how cheap these contracts are below market value. If they weren't, we aren't going to spend on these guys at market value.
 
We MUST be turning a lot of players' heads and becoming quite attractive to potential future free agents.
 
I see Heyward as kind of arrogant and probably wants more than he's worth. You can't always pay a player based on what he's capable of but what he's accomplished. I like Heyward and wish he would stay but if he snubs us one more time I'd give the money to Upton.
 
KeithLockhart said:
Mainly because of how cheap these contracts are below market value. If they weren't, we aren't going to spend on these guys at market value.
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It think Freemans deal was pretty much market value and then the chips started to fall after that.
 
From what i read the two year deal was the result of negotiations for a long term deal. They agreed to the two year deal and plan to negotiate next offseason for a longer extension. That means there was a big gap between the braves and Heyward. The braves want to see Heyward play a full season with no DL trips and Heyward probably thinks he will have a breakout year with the bat.

Overall I think its a positive sign. I think the fact that his deal got done first is proof that he was the number 1 priority.
 
cajunrevenge said:
From what i read the two year deal was the result of negotiations for a long term deal. They agreed to the two year deal and plan to negotiate next offseason for a longer extension. That means there was a big gap between the braves and Heyward. The braves want to see Heyward play a full season with no DL trips and Heyward probably thinks he will have a breakout year with the bat.
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The Braves never offered Jason anything long-term, according to Wren.
 
cajunrevenge said:
From what i read the two year deal was the result of negotiations for a long term deal. They agreed to the two year deal and plan to negotiate next offseason for a longer extension. That means there was a big gap between the braves and Heyward. The braves want to see Heyward play a full season with no DL trips and Heyward probably thinks he will have a breakout year with the bat.

Overall I think its a positive sign. I think the fact that his deal got done first is proof that he was the number 1 priority.
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I agree. Heyward would be "selling low" on himself if he signed a longterm deal right now. None of the current guys that signed an extension are in the same boat.
 
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