The Atlanta Braves

[Florida Stanley]

Just stupid. Good luck with that.

Yup. Goodness gracious.

 

[Kingston Vol]

Suddenly I feel a whole lot better about our management. Philly totally felt the heat from their fans and made a bad decision.

 

[Vercingetorix]

But that’s why we have these pitching prospects. Now I’m assuming nobody has major injuries and bowman said the Braves aren’t worried about any of them. I’d rather save the money for a hitter and let the young guys work

Hahahaha, good one

 

[zjcvols]

Full NTC and no opt outs holy ****. 13 years, I can’t believe it.

 

[zjcvols]

Hahahaha, good one

I mean they are giving Donaldson $23M this year despite being one year.

 

[TBrown]

Would be awesome if the Braves stomped on the news by signing Kuechel and Kimbrell in 10 minutes.

Wouldn’t move the needle relatively speaking

 

[TBrown]

Just stupid. Good luck with that.

$25 AAV? How is that stupid

 

[Kingston Vol]

Wouldn’t move the needle relatively speaking

No, Bryce is the bigger deal for sure.

Would just be a “you played your hand, now we show our cards” type of thing.

 

[TBrown]

Wait til Mike Trout waltzes in the door in a couple years

 

[zjcvols]

Apparently front loaded deal. But still probably best player deal in sports history.

 

[TBrown]

F me

 

[zjcvols]

Wait til Mike Trout waltzes in the door in a couple years

What would Trout have done in the open market last year (which was when he would have been a FA before his $144M deal)? 15/$400M? Maybe $450M???

 

[TBrown]

LMAO at Aaron Nola’s contract


F

 

[TBrown]

I need a drink

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Braves set on there rear end all off season and let a division rival grab Realmuto & Bryce Harper and rumors are they are still interested in Kimbrel as well.

 

[TBrown]

Nobody care about Kimbrel goodness

 

[GAVol]

$25 AAV? How is that stupid

It's not bad initially money-wise, but you just wonder what that's going to look like in 7 or 8 years with no way out.

 

[zjcvols]

LMAO at Aaron Nola’s contract


F

BTW, Arrieta’s $25M comes off the books after 2020. They could still sign Trout and be under the luxury tax. This effing sucks

 

[zjcvols]

It's not bad initially money-wise, but you just wonder what that's going to look like in 7 or 8 years.

Won’t be too bad with universal DH after 2021

 

[Vercingetorix]

Just stupid. Good luck with that.

I don’t know anything about the billionaire who owns the Phillies, but in a league with no salary cap it’s only stupid if you let yourself be constrained by it down the road. Maybe he’s willing to eat the back half of it if necessary.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Can we get Kimbrel and Keuchel now please?

 

[TBrown]

The day Bryce Harper receives his last check from the Phillies, the mets will still be paying Bobby Bonilla for four more years

 

[TBrown]

It's not bad initially money-wise, but you just wonder what that's going to look like in 7 or 8 years with no way out.

It’s going to look like a rounding error on their $2,000,000,000 TV deal

 

[Florida Stanley]

The phillie fan/Harper marriage is going to be delicious

 

[zjcvols]

Still think Nationals are the favorites but Phillies ahead of us now. They added the best catcher in baseball, a top 10 SS, and a guy with a career 139 OPS+...I have little hope for this year now.