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how can you expect the White Sox to financially compete in the backwoods hamlet of Chicago??
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euphronius posted:Can he stick at SS? According to savant he went from the worst fielding AL SS in 2022 to the best in 2023. He passed the eye test too as someone who watched about 20 Royals games last year He probably should have won the GG if the voters didn't throw Volpe a bone.
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That's a really good deal for Witt. Not saying it's bad for the Royals, just comparing it to all the other young players getting locked up for less money.
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Popete posted:That's a really good deal for Witt. Not saying it's bad for the Royals, just comparing it to all the other young players getting locked up for less money. He can opt out after 7 years (and almost certainly will barring his body turning to glass like Mondesi) but even locking him up for 7 years is a huge turn from the usual pattern of trading away talent when it gets expensive. I'm so stoked! Looking forward to maybe finishing third this year!
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Imagine spending that much money on Witt when the true KC superstar is going to be Nelson Velasquez.
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Can anyone imaging a scenario where he picks up those player option years and then the club exercises it’s option ?
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someone fax this deal to every player in the Braves org
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AndrewP posted:someone fax this deal to every player in the Braves org If I was Ozzie Albie's I would have a hard time not feeling very upset with the Braves FO
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Kevin Pillar took a minor league deal with the White Sox (worth $3m if he makes the team, which he should.)
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Popete posted:If I was Ozzie Albie's I would have a hard time not feeling very upset with the Braves FO They owe him an aquarium, and also a big extension. Edit: I did not realize it was 7 yrs with club options. I get taking the money, but I really hope the Braves five him some megabucks x2 also
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https://twitter.com/DannyVietti/status/1754568549077856735 Yeah but we also said this about Mike Trout
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Hit Man posted:What are the cubs doing Waiting for the Boras clients like everyone else.
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Kevin Pillar took a minor league deal with the White Sox (worth $3m if he makes the team, which he should.) What happened to Pillar? He was fun as hell to watch in Toronto. Just age and his reckless playstyle catching up with him?
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I hope Witt turns into the beast that OOTP always projects him to be.
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Furnaceface posted:What happened to Pillar? He was fun as hell to watch in Toronto. His value has always been the glove and at that age it's in decline too
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Hit Man posted:What are the cubs doing Thinking bout that 83 win season.
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Popete posted:If I was Ozzie Albie's I would have a hard time not feeling very upset with the Braves FO I know holdouts aren't a thing in baseball but Acuna Jr making 17 million a year for his 26-31 year old seasons is going to cause some sort of situation with that team.
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Hit Man posted:What are the cubs doing Trying to "intelligently spend" which in practice means not going after star FA's they desperately need and insisting that this will be the year that the farm delivers sustainable high impact talent, no for realsies this time! No real 1B? It's fine we'll trade for Michael Busch because he's cheap and can probably hit. Maybe. No real 3B? It's fine Shaw's not gonna hit a single wall in AA/AAA and lock down 3B long term by mid-season after being drafted... last summer. No real CF? It's fine PCA's gonna be ready for opening day, ignore the very obvious ares of needed development that got exposed last year. And hey I'm sure TAUCHMANIA will repeat itself in a pinch. Stroman is gone? Don't worry an extreme flyball pitcher who gave up too many HR's *in Japan* will surely be the savior (fwiw I actually like Imanaga quite a bit on paper, but also lmao) The entire pen is built on hopes and dreams? Just gotta add a cheap, crust vet coming off a fluky good season who'll surely repeat and rev up the ~pitch lab~ to fill in the rest of the gaps! Sorry, what was that you just said? Cody Bellinger? Matt Chapman? Sorry Tom Ricketts doesn't know what a "Jordan Montgomery" is but it sounds expensive, and Trump's Super PAC isn't gonna fund itself this year!
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Furnaceface posted:What happened to Pillar? He was fun as hell to watch in Toronto. The shame of being a bigot caught up to him
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mcmagic posted:I know holdouts aren't a thing in baseball but Acuna Jr making 17 million a year for his 26-31 year old seasons is going to cause some sort of situation with that team. It feels like they took advantage of Acuna and Albies and as more and more young guys are signing long term extensions like Witt for more money I have to imagine it irks them. Acuna Jr just won MVP and Albies is gonna make 7 million this year which is almost criminal. I almost feel like the Braves should give Albies in particular a bunch of incentives that will likelly payout just as a form of "we're sorry for low balling you so badly".
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Popete posted:I almost feel like the Braves should give Albies in particular a bunch of incentives that will likelly payout just as a form of "we're sorry for low balling you so badly". They don't need to though. They have Albies locked up through age 30 and it's not like them having taken him for a ride has impacted the Braves' ability to get other extensions done. From the FO's perspective it's just business. Sure maybe Albies holds a grudge and isn't interested in coming back but that's not a problem until the 2027 offseason.
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The Braves will do none of that, more likely both Acuña and Albies walk at the end of their deals and Atlanta fans trash them both as "ungrateful" or whatever, mocking whatever teams sign them for an "idiotic overpay" etc
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Sydin posted:They don't need to though. They have Albies locked up through age 30 and it's not like them having taken him for a ride has impacted the Braves' ability to get other extensions done. From the FO's perspective it's just business. Sure maybe Albies holds a grudge and isn't interested in coming back but that's not a problem until the 2027 offseason. Disgruntled employees, especially if they're critical, high performing employees, are a major problem in any and every work environment. Sports are no different. I know here in 2024 we're supposed to believe that sports and especially baseball are played by stat-generating robots who perform the same no matter how miserable an experience their workplace is every day, but e: But don't get me wrong, Man Oh Day would the other 29 owners flip the gently caress out if the Braves just gave Albies a big raise just because he's vastly overperforming his salary and they want to keep him happy. e2: AndrewP posted:so anyway this is why people hire Scott Boras Yes, this Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Feb 6, 2024 |
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so anyway this is why people hire Scott Boras
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Eric the Mauve posted:
didn't the Royals kinda do this with Salvy Perez?
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bawfuls posted:The Braves will do none of that, more likely both Acuña and Albies walk at the end of their deals and Atlanta fans trash them both as "ungrateful" or whatever, mocking whatever teams sign them for an "idiotic overpay" etc shut the gently caress up bawfuls
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Eric the Mauve posted:Disgruntled employees, especially if they're critical, high performing employees, are a major problem in any and every work environment. Sports are no different. I know here in 2024 we're supposed to believe that sports and especially baseball are played by stat-generating robots who perform the same no matter how miserable an experience their workplace is every day, but If Albies is disgruntled it is certainly not showing in his performance, nor is he dissuading any of his peers from inking extensions.  Like yeah I agree that a vocally disgruntled and dispirited voice can kill the clubhouse, but that just doesn't seem to be happening as of right now even though Albies objectively got hosed.
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mcmagic posted:They finished 19 games out of first last year. One guy might make that up but I doubt it. What about one guy plus Joe Maddon?
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Do fans still get mad at players for leaving for a ton of money? Feels like fans know when their teams are being cheap these days.
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There was an Angels fan on twitter in December mad at Ohtani for leaving. There will always be some subset of fans drinking ownership kool-aid.
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Ohtani'll get a standing ovation when he actually returns to Angels Stadium.
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live with fruit posted:Ohtani'll get a standing ovation when he actually returns to Angels Stadium. because the 3000-person crowd will be 90% dodger fans
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oh more than 3000 Dodgers fans will show up down there
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bawfuls posted:oh more than 3000 Dodgers fans will show up down there the standing o will be in the first inning, silly.
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Of the Braves’ extensions, Albies is really the only one that was a gross underpay at the time Obviously Acuna’s looks like a steal too, but that’s only in retrospect. He had a lot less of a track record at the time, and signing him long-term was more of a risk. He ultimately would have made more going year-to-year and rushing FA, but he signed for $100k out of Venezuela, so I can’t blame him for getting a guaranteed payday instead of betting on his health To a lesser degree, the same is true of Harris II. He wasn’t a particularly high draft pick and his service time could be measured in weeks, not years. A lot of time for things to go wrong for him before he cashed in Olson, Riley, Strider, and Murphy are basically market value given their service time. People talk like the Braves got one over on these guys, but really, it’s only Ozzie who should have a chat with his agent
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Mr. Fix It posted:the standing o will be in the first inning, silly. lmao
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