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Dansby got QO, which he will almost certainly turn down
Signed nick Anderson
Signed Jesse Chavez
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Dansby got QO, which he will almost certainly turn down
Signed nick Anderson
Signed Jesse Chavez
Harris just named ROY!
DeGrom? Ultimately, too expensive, unless he'll backload it away from 2023. 30% chance only if Dansby walks.
Surprised they traded Odorizzi for $2M net. For that much I'd have kept him around to compete for 5th spot/swing man. Must be another vet that doesn't gel with the coaching, like Grossman.
So, gonna need a SP. Don't want to count on 2 of Elder/Muller/Soroka. One can be the 5th SP.
I can't predict Dansby. Between Albies and the new 2B (forget the name), they don't have to have a SS, either of them can play it average. So it's hard to justify breaking the bank. I think he gets the Freddie treatment. Time will tell if he takes a discount.
Need a good LF, but have to figure out Ozuna and Rosario. I'm guessing they sign/trade for the LF they want, then keep those guys around as bench players, hoping they figure it out enough to get a half decent trade. By end of May, cut bait.
Also need another back of the bullpen piece.
Cubs cut Jason Hayward. Do they bring him back?
I saw a blurb that said Dansby will be a Seattle Mariner.
I love Acuna but he slacks off sometimes and can’t stay healthy.
Does Duvall get brought back another year?
Can they get rid of Ozuna?
Glad for Michael. Got to meet him and his dad when they played Biloxi. Great kid. BTW if ypu ever get to go to Minor league games please go and take the kids. The players are very approachable and with the exception of Pache, will sign anything.
The reason why Astros players are so loved by our fans… it is a MANDATE in Astros organization in the minors to be at field 30 mins before batting practice to be out on the field readily available for fan interaction. There was an article in SI about it saying that Astros farm system guys spend on AVERAGE 7 hours a week on fan experience every week.
Traded Justyn Henry Malloy and Jake Higginbotham for Joe Jimenez
Passan:
Full trade, per ESPN sources:
Atlanta gets: C Sean Murphy
Oakland gets: LHP Kyle Muller, UT Esteury Ruiz, RHP Freddy Tarnok, RHP Royber Salinas, C Manny Pi?a
Milwaukee gets: C William Contreras, RHP Justin Yeager, RHP Joel Payamps
Love getting Murphy. Hopefully jiminez has a repeat of last year when he was dominant.
I fully expect Swanson to get a mega deal from another team, but would love to be surprised.
My prediction: braves sign conforto or benintendi. Grissom is our starting ss. Ozuna and Rosario platoon at DH for at least first month
I would imagine Braves get whoever the Astros don’t in CF between Conforto or ben Nintendo, and yes that name was on purpose.
I really like getting Murphy.
I hate that the price is too much for Dansby but I wouldn't pay as much as his market will go to either.
I think this may be how it will work out. But, I'm holding out hope for Dansby to stay. I know his family, and they want him to stay. He just got married - which may impact things. His grandfather just died too - and that may impact things.
Or - it all goes out the window for a big check.
I'm glad that Contreras got sent to the Brewers. He will be getting more playing time.
AA is running this team like I ran things on EA sports in my college dorm. Go grab the next best thing and not worry about leadership or the clubhouse. Letting Freddie walk was one thing but I don’t understand not at least making a competitive offer to dansby. I wouldn’t go 25+ but I’d guarantee you he’d take 22 mil at 7-8 yrs if offered. And I’m not a gigantic dansby fan but it’s obvious what he brings to the team on so many levels. Let’s face it albies and acuna are not team leaders…Olsen is too new…Harris and riley prolly will take over that role but it will be unnatural because they’re so young.
Not to mention taking dansby off short really hurts the pitching staff. I like Murphy and am ok trading WC but he needs to make a legit push for Swanson.
TDA is probably the biggest leader of positional guys. Morton on the pitching side. Both are back.
And albies is a leader on the team.
Swanson at 8 years is a mistake imo. The braves offered 6 years 140 million supposedly. That's more than fair. Just bc the padres, Phillies, and giants lost their minds, it doesn't mean the braves should
I love Dansby and is a great SS but I have trouble with players best offensive numbers occurring during their free agent season. Do we want to be paying a 37-38 year old SS over $20 MIL per season? I don't think we can and try to sign Fried to an extension. I also think we don't really want to go over on the luxury tax. I do worry about the clubhouse though.
Cohen really rage spent and is still trying to throw more money around.
This is gonna blow up spectacularly for us. Again.
7 years $177 Mil full no trade for Dansby from the Cubs.
Still need to move Ozuna.
Roll with Grissom/Arcia at SS.
Go get a LF
That would be great if Ozzie can handle it. He seems to have a weak arm and long motion though.
Jose iglesias is another decent option.
I wish we could swing a trade for Ahmed Rosario with one of Shuster/Ian/elder. Only 1 year of control left for Rosario, so it would take more than Rosario
I would think he would handle it fine, he was expected to be at SS and Swanson at 2B when they were coming up. It was a surprise when they switched it, reportedly due to concerns that the occasional lazy throw from Albies was outweighing his otherwise superior range and arm compared to Dansby.
Andrelton Simmons is a FA. Only 33, but man he hit bad last year. I'm still fine with it on a one year deal. Gives time for VG in AAA, then reevaluate.
Braves won’t be winning the east this yr. And prolly not in the postseason. Had a chance to reel of a 2 outta 5, 3 outta 7 type run but AA or higher ups wonts allow it to happen. The way Freddie and dansby were handled sheds a negative light on the front office IMO.
It appears they are looking at money and analytics more than locker room value. Which is unfortunate because with the way snit manages the locker room aspect plays a bigger role. I’ll gladly be wrong about this but I don’t have high hopes. At least they did get one championship outta the deal.
Why lock up albies, acuna, Harris with affordable deals to then NOT turn that into dansby or Freddie long term? Not to mention losing fried after this yr.
I don't know, I think they have done a pretty good job outside of the Ozuna deal. That's what hurt us trying to keep Freddie or Dansby. Even if that was off the books we couldn't have kept both and stayed below the luxury tax. Which means more to the Braves for the international pool that effected us for a long while.
ETA. We also locked up Riley and Olson long term.
Freddie and Swanson are 2 different cases. Freddie screwed Freddie by having the wrong agent - who he subsequently fired after he found out he basically withheld the Braves offer.
I say this with all due respect to Dansby - he's one of my favorites, he went to the same high school I went to and his grandmother was my kindergarten teacher - he is an imminently replaceable player statistically. It took him until age 27 before he really had what I would call an impact season. And, at 29, a 7 year contract at that $177m looks to me like a risk for a guy who's career profile looks like Ian Desmond. I also don't know that he has been a clubhouse leader. Everything I have read says that Freddie was the guy, and in his void, Travis D'Arnaud actually took some reigns last season.
AA has made some great moves and put the Braves on a sustainable winning path. He has earned my trust for now.