The Atlanta Braves - Hello darkness my old friend

[CagleMtnVol]

Some of you are bringing in "negavol" vibes into the Braves thread. We won the division last year and added Donaldson.

I've watched baseball for close to 40 years and seen the big free agent contracts not pan out countless times. The player never produces like he did with his original team

That's fine but you can't ignore what every other team in your Division has done and most think they have now grown even or surpassed you with their additions.

Everyone is acting like Harper is now on the backside of his career and that isn't right. He may just be closing in on his peak.

 

[Blake25p]

At least we still have Rondre 3000.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[Florida Stanley]

I forgot about how much y’all love some OPS+ lol sheesh

 

[Florida Stanley]

At least we still have Rondre 3000.

Gonna be a b itch when he signs a 15/350 with the Phils tho

 

[zjcvols]

This absolutely great. From the article

“I would note that 2018 included several big positives that benefited our results on the baseball side,” Maffei said. “That included a very favorable home game schedule, a competitive team with meaningful games into the last month of the season (and) non-game-day special events in the ballpark that trended up.

“Great team performance brought us postseason revenue, which we certainly hope will continue in 2019. But we don’t necessarily budget for it.”

 

[Florida Stanley]

This absolutely great. From the article

“I would note that 2018 included several big positives that benefited our results on the baseball side,” Maffei said. “That included a very favorable home game schedule, a competitive team with meaningful games into the last month of the season (and) non-game-day special events in the ballpark that trended up.

“Great team performance brought us postseason revenue, which we certainly hope will continue in 2019. But we don’t necessarily budget for it.”

My lord what a cuck

 

[Florida Stanley]

That’s sounds like someone who would call an ump a referee

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

This absolutely great. From the article

“I would note that 2018 included several big positives that benefited our results on the baseball side,” Maffei said. “That included a very favorable home game schedule, a competitive team with meaningful games into the last month of the season (and) non-game-day special events in the ballpark that trended up.

“Great team performance brought us postseason revenue, which we certainly hope will continue in 2019. But we don’t necessarily budget for it.”

This guy knows nothing about baseball. Doesn't care about winning.

 

[Florida Stanley]

This absolutely great. From the article

“I would note that 2018 included several big positives that benefited our results on the baseball side,” Maffei said. “That included a very favorable home game schedule, a competitive team with meaningful games into the last month of the season (and) non-game-day special events in the ballpark that trended up.

“Great team performance brought us postseason revenue, which we certainly hope will continue in 2019. But we don’t necessarily budget for it.”

HOORAY GO TEAM

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

HOORAY GO TEAM

There's no way that this guy watched a single game last year. Not a chance.

 

[volsarelife1]

This absolutely great. From the article

“I would note that 2018 included several big positives that benefited our results on the baseball side,” Maffei said. “That included a very favorable home game schedule, a competitive team with meaningful games into the last month of the season (and) non-game-day special events in the ballpark that trended up.

“Great team performance brought us postseason revenue, which we certainly hope will continue in 2019. But we don’t necessarily budget for it.”

That's a guy who would be for universal DH. If he knew what DH was.

 

[Florida Stanley]

Realmuto gonna be batting clean for the Phils while we running Markadick in the 4 hole. Shooweee. Jesus take the wheel.

 

[Wickman]

Realmuto gonna be batting clean for the Phils while we running Markadick in the 4 hole. Shooweee. Jesus take the wheel.

Rondre
Oz
Free
JD
Mark
Catcher
Dans
Pitcher
Ender

Not hard

Edit: not at you, at Snit

 

[Vercingetorix]

Some of you are bringing in "negavol" vibes into the Braves thread. We won the division last year and added Donaldson.

I've watched baseball for close to 40 years and seen the big free agent contracts not pan out countless times. The player almost never produces like they did with their original team

The problem isn't that we didn't sign Harper or Machado to decade-long megadeals; obviously none of us thought that would happen. The problem is that the team is allergic to even relatively short-term free agent contracts, which means that there will always be holes that they can't plug. I don't care how good your farm system is, you're not going to be able to draft and develop everything you need yourself, much less to have enough surplus prospects to deal away to cover the gaps. Which is where free agency comes in. In a league where salary is unconstrained, a player that "only" costs money is effectively free, in that it doesn't cost any of your limited assets like prospects and draft picks. You don't need to spend like George Steinbrenner; you just need to be willing to say, "Hey, let me write a check and solve this hole in the outfield for a couple of years." Or "let me sign this veteran pitcher which makes me more free to flip this other prospect for a good catcher." Refusing to do even that because you'd rather spend the money paying off debt early is malpractice.

 

[zjcvols]

The problem isn't that we didn't sign Harper or Machado to decade-long megadeals; obviously none of us thought that would happen. The problem is that the team is allergic to even relatively short-term free agent contracts, which means that there will always be holes that they can't plug. I don't care how good your farm system is, you're not going to be able to draft and develop everything you need yourself, much less to have enough surplus prospects to deal away to cover the gaps. Which is where free agency comes in. In a league where salary is unconstrained, a player that "only" costs money is effectively free, in that it doesn't cost any of your limited assets like prospects and draft picks. You don't need to spend like George Steinbrenner; you just need to be willing to say, "Hey, let me write a check and solve this hole in the outfield for a couple of years." Or "let me sign this veteran pitcher which makes me more free to flip this other prospect for a good catcher." Refusing to do even that because you'd rather spend the money paying off debt early is malpractice.

Or spending $23M on a position you really didnt need an upgrade and then taking deals that were “bargains” for older plays that are regressing and getting worse at other positions.

 

[Florida Stanley]

The problem isn't that we didn't sign Harper or Machado to decade-long megadeals; obviously none of us thought that would happen. The problem is that the team is allergic to even relatively short-term free agent contracts, which means that there will always be holes that they can't plug. I don't care how good your farm system is, you're not going to be able to draft and develop everything you need yourself, much less to have enough surplus prospects to deal away to cover the gaps. Which is where free agency comes in. In a league where salary is unconstrained, a player that "only" costs money is effectively free, in that it doesn't cost any of your limited assets like prospects and draft picks. You don't need to spend like George Steinbrenner; you just need to be willing to say, "Hey, let me write a check and solve this hole in the outfield for a couple of years." Or "let me sign this veteran pitcher which makes me more free to flip this other prospect for a good catcher." Refusing to do even that because you'd rather spend the money paying off debt early is malpractice.

The real kick in the nards is they gave us the impression that we would be in the market, or would be making moves. Or increasing the payroll (lol)

 

[Kingston Vol]

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

The real kick in the nards is they gave us the impression that we would be in the market, or would be making moves. Or increasing the payroll (lol)

That's really the big problem for me. They told us they were going to spend money, shop in any aisle, "few teams will have as much to spend in the marketplace" blah, blah, blah, and then they went out and spent 29 million. They lied.

 

[Kingston Vol]

 

[YankeeVol]

He's stupid for not taking that IMO (Although $330 mil guaranteed is hard to turn down). Just shows he has no confidence in himself

 

[TBrown]

Lmao he wouldn’t turn down $150MM = he has no confidence in himself

 

[vols 30]

The problem isn't that we didn't sign Harper or Machado to decade-long megadeals; obviously none of us thought that would happen. The problem is that the team is allergic to even relatively short-term free agent contracts, which means that there will always be holes that they can't plug. I don't care how good your farm system is, you're not going to be able to draft and develop everything you need yourself, much less to have enough surplus prospects to deal away to cover the gaps. Which is where free agency comes in. In a league where salary is unconstrained, a player that "only" costs money is effectively free, in that it doesn't cost any of your limited assets like prospects and draft picks. You don't need to spend like George Steinbrenner; you just need to be willing to say, "Hey, let me write a check and solve this hole in the outfield for a couple of years." Or "let me sign this veteran pitcher which makes me more free to flip this other prospect for a good catcher." Refusing to do even that because you'd rather spend the money paying off debt early is malpractice.

I agree with you on the short term deals. Really could've used a catcher and outfielder.

I just don't like the 8 to 10 year contracts

 

[Kingston Vol]

I am crying

 

[volsandpirates]

He's stupid for not taking that IMO (Although $330 mil guaranteed is hard to turn down). Just shows he has no confidence in himself

Yeah, because anybody can be completely confident in the fact that they won't be hit in the face by a foul ball or any other freak or regularly occurring career ending/hampering injuries. $330 million is a lot of guaranteed money and everything out there is that Harper wanted to go somehwere, move his wife there, and start a family there.