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raw dog said:
It’s almost to the point where superstars only have a 3 or 4 “market” suitors who will then bid against each other to make the market even more outlandish. The problem is there is no nuance, Ohtani is cultural smash and once in a century dual talent. That contract should be an outlier. But it’s not.

Also, gotta do something about the insane deferrals ha
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Yeah you gotta pay it during the life of contract lol forget these deferral loopholes
 
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AV_12 said:
Yeah you gotta pay it during the life of contract lol forget these deferral loopholes
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I think deferrals (which were actually used to help small market teams originally!) will be outlawed or a cap on it.
 
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GAVol said:
It’s 100% ownership. This is a corporate philosophy; not a GM afraid of his shadow.
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Corporate ownership has drawbacks and benefits. When Liberty sits on their hands it is easy to wish you had an individual owner (or a small corporate group) who ran the team more like a fan and was obviously trying to win championships, but that has its drawbacks too.
 
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We swapped out Wild Bill and Dansby for Kelenic, arcia and Sean Murphy’s insurance premiums

What a time to be alive

Fault ownership for the FA, but AA has been a blundering mess for SOME TIME now
 
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GAVol said:
It’s 100% ownership. This is a corporate philosophy; not a GM afraid of his shadow.
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I’m not buying it. They had Hoffman and it looks like Verlander on the hook at some point, never pivoted and this is his mess he created, Let alone the bad trades/ 1v1 decisions he’s Made since the WS
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
I wish we kept Soler.

Id trade the defense for the bat at the moment.
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Do you realize what an absolute disaster he was in the OF last year?

I hate they traded him for absolutely zero but unless they declined Ozuna's option they had no spot for him.

They shouldn't have traded for him last year anyways.
 
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Profar is actually what they needed. He works counts, (points to Peter) he gets on base, he can go oppo. But the big dummy got popped for PED's.
 
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Also, not discussed, but Baldwin staying up can’t be a ringing endorsement for the Sean Murphy debacle
 
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AV_12 said:
Also, not discussed, but Baldwin staying up can’t be a ringing endorsement for the Sean Murphy debacle
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I was surprised by the move. I think the hope is that Baldwin/Murphy can do the DH/C every other day thing next year, but if Murphy doesn't hit like he did in 2023 it's not going to work.

Also, if you were willing to play Jorge Soler in the OF in 2024...not sure why we can't try to play Marcell Ozuna in the OF in 2025!
 
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If Baldwin is going to be up and continues to look like he has at the plate, with Acuna not even starting rehab yet and Profar out till July, they need to give Ozuna a shot in LF. They need to free up the DH spot for Ronnie to get some starts there anyways. Playing Murphy every 2/3 games and Baldwin 1/3 is detrimental for everyone.
 
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zjcvols said:
AA not being able to project the market and not even attempting to go after a guy like Harper in 2019 makes me physically ill.
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1. No one could project the top of the market would more than double in 6 years time. Do you expect contracts to approaching 1.5 billion by 2032? Come on now.

2. Make no mistake, nearly all of these contracts are gonna look hilariously bad in 3-4 years time. The Xander Bogaerts contract might just be the worst contract in baseball history. He's getting paid 25 million per season for another 8 years after this, and he's already a below average player.

3. Harper is a tool. And I would be willing to pay him to NOT play in Atlanta.
 
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AV_12 said:
Also, not discussed, but Baldwin staying up can’t be a ringing endorsement for the Sean Murphy debacle
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I think that has more to do with Tromp being utter dogshit with the bat. Granted, Murphy wasn't much better last year, but Tromp isn't staying on anyone's 26 man roster very long.
 
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Carp said:
1. No one could project the top of the market would more than double in 6 years time. Do you expect contracts to approaching 1.5 billion by 2032? Come on now.

2. Make no mistake, nearly all of these contracts are gonna look hilariously bad in 3-4 years time. The Xander Bogaerts contract might just be the worst contract in baseball history. He's getting paid 25 million per season for another 8 years after this, and he's already a below average player.

3. Harper is a tool. And I would be willing to pay him to NOT play in Atlanta.
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Ever spent much time with a professional baseball player? Most are tools. Who cares.

He seems like a pretty good teammate and asset to me. He is exactly what we need.
 
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