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It’s funny, dudes are on such friendly team deals that it almost handcuffs us from signing someone to a (stupid) massive deal like Correa’s.
 
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Wickman said:
It’s funny, dudes are on such friendly team deals that it almost handcuffs us from signing someone to a (stupid) massive deal like Correa’s.
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These guys all knew they were trading FA years for getting paid sooner. In RAJ's case, I'm not even sure the deal is lopsided yet given all the games that he's missed.
 
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GAVol said:
These guys all knew they were trading FA years for getting paid sooner. In RAJ's case, I'm not even sure the deal is lopsided yet given all the games that he's missed.
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Sooner and guaranteed.

No one mentions that when talking about the Braves extensions for some reason. HUGE difference in being under team control and being a free agent.
 
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TBrown said:
Sooner and guaranteed.

No one mentions that when talking about the Braves extensions for some reason. HUGE difference in being under team control and being a free agent.
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Exactly… people act like the Braves are fleecing a bunch of stupid kids. Meanwhile, instead of following the MLB model of making them play for peanuts, they’re making these guys rich before they even get arbitration eligible.
 
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Pretty important recruit announcing today. Arion Carter.

Down to us and Bama and Bama has gone all out for him, so this would be a huge win.
 
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GAVol said:
Exactly… people act like the Braves are fleecing a bunch of stupid kids. Meanwhile, instead of following the MLB model of making them play for peanuts, they’re making these guys rich before they even get arbitration eligible.
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Yep. It's like fans forget that career trajectories like Cody Bellinger's exist.

If they signed Bellinger to an Acuna-like deal after 2017 or 2018, everybody would have talked about how LA fleeced him. But as it turns out he would have fleeced LA.
 
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05_never_again said:
Yep. It's like fans forget that career trajectories like Cody Bellinger's exist.

If they signed Bellinger to an Acuna-like deal after 2017 or 2018, everybody would have talked about how LA fleeced him. But as it turns out he would have fleeced LA.
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Cody B just signed for 17.5M

That’s more than Ronald will make in any season under his current contract.
 
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TBrown said:
Cody B just signed for 17.5M

That’s more than Ronald will make in any season under his current contract.
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Yeah, but for one year, and he's 27 now. He in theory could have gotten an RAJ-like deal after his rookie season or second season, and everybody would have said he got fleeced. He wouldn't have been fleeced.

My point is that it is presumptuous for people to say that the Braves are fleecing these players; what if they fall off like Bellinger? People are acting like it is guaranteed all these guys continue to produce at this level, or get better.
 
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I wonder if AA might try to trade for Brandon Crawford from the Giants to fill the shortstop void if Swanson does not resign.

I would trade Anderson or Elder for Crawford.
 
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