loubias industries presented by the tegg foundation is coming dangerously close to instituting a poster approval vetting process
It'd be ok even if it was. My disinterest in your opinion of me is also not personal. Though, I do not wish it to be negative.
its all personal on this end, fuckos that's how you get to the top of corporate america like myself....holding "dumb" and "meaningless" grudges
Snit’s mask usage was always incredible. Between him and Jeremy Pruitt they might have come close to covering a full head with their combined masks.
only posters that can produce a valid death threat made against snit and AA for a meaningless pitching change against the phillies in may will be receiving championship rings
I assume you have us not picking up Ozuna's option if he's still on the team. But do you think Riley will have signed to an extension by then, or will we let him get to his final year of arbitration without one?
While I enjoyed being present for Game 4 of the World Series, I think that my highlight of the season was melting down with the [REDACTED] boys ITT on Wednesday, August 18, when Tomlin nearly blew an 11-3 lead in the bottom of the 9th.
best part of that was shitty ajax hit one 500 feet that was foul by like 5 feet that woulda walked it off
with the way climate change is going, the world may have ended in 6 years who cares just give it to him
It will be interesting to see for how long that 6th year issue goes. If we don’t sign Fred, the best move is to trade for Olson from the A’s. He is a Parkview kid, and could slide into the lineup as a lefty bat pretty well. And we have the trade pieces. The question is will he still be available if things drag out with Fred and then we don’t sign him. If not those two, I guess Rizzo would work well for slightly cheaper and slightly shorter length than Fred. Basically, I think we are in the same market as the Yankees for 1b.
Imagine the yankee fan reactions when Fred is being buddy buddy with the other team at 1b when he’s hitting 200 in may and they’re struggling
Not until he feels comfortable speaking English in public, but once he does he'll be the face of MLB.
My best friend was creative director of the marketing campaign for The Show 21 and he explicitly told me the only reason Tatis Jr was chosen was because his English made for better promotional material. I told him they were dumb as fuck.
I wish we could find the Smoltzy thread before this one. I'd love to reminisce over some ancient posts and hot takes from over a decade ago. I would have some embarrassing and stupid takes. I remember specifically trying to do some write up on how Teheran, Vizcaino, and Delgado were going to be the next three great Atlanta starting pitchers
You were right on one of the three. If that was possible you’d find that all my prediction came true. I remember the day we traded Kimbrel and I correctly predicted we’d win the WS in 2021 with Soler, Rosario and baby Max.
Sixth Year Still A Sticking Point In Talks Between Freddie Freeman, Braves Spoiler By James Hicks | November 16, 2021 at 5:12pm CDT Though the consensus around the game remains that a reunion between Freddie Freeman and the Braves is something of a fait accompli, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports that the two sides are still hung up on the length of the deal. USA Today’s Bob Nightengale had previously reported that the 2020 NL MVP had already rejected the Braves’ best offer ($135MM over five years), though it’s unclear if that’s the same offer the club had made when Heyman reported a “gap” between the two sides in September. Freeman, who has played the entirety of his twelve-year big-league career in Atlanta, is reportedly looking for a deal that would pay him something closer to $200MM over six years. Whether or not the Braves have bumped up their dollar offer is unclear, but the first baseman, who cemented his place in the annals of Braves history during the club’s 2021 World Series run, appears set on receiving a deal that would take him through at least his age-37 season. It’s quite clear that a carbon-copy of the five-year, $130MM deal Paul Goldschmidt signed with the Cardinals ahead of the 2019 season won’t get it done. MLBTR projects that Freeman will ultimately sign for six years and $180MM. Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos has already confirmed the club will run a higher payroll in 2022. To keep Freeman around, they’ll have to; following yesterday’s signing of Manny Piña, Cot’s Baseball Contracts estimates (including arbitration salary projections) that the Braves have already committed just shy of $133MM to their 2022 roster. This figure could decrease with a suspension of Marcell Ozuna (who’s slated to earn $16MM next year) or if the club chooses to non-tender a few of its arbitration-eligible players (Johan Camargo, Sean Newcomb, and Orlando Arcia are all non-tender candidates), but not by enough to accommodate the roughly $30MM Freeman will command on an annual basis without a significant payroll bump. Beyond Freeman’s importance as the face of the franchise (a role he inherited from Chipper Jones), his career numbers justify a significant investment. Since debuting as a September call-up in 2010, Freeman has put together the numbers of a likely future Hall 0f Famer, compiling a .295/.384/.509 career slash-line while mashing 271 homers. His best year came in the abbreviated 2020 season, when he put together a monstrous .341/.462/.640 line across 60 games and won his first career MVP. A pillar of consistency, Freeman hasn’t posted an OPS+ below 132 since 2012 (his age-22 season) and has played in at least 147 games in all but two of his eleven full seasons. He’s not yet shown any signs of regression, as he followed up his MVP year with a .300/.393/.503 line (basically identical to his career marks) and an OPS north of 1.000 in the playoffs. Among the many interesting wrinkles in the surprisingly drawn-out process of a reigning World Champion attempting to hold on to its best player is the Braves’ ownership structure. Because Liberty Media, the club’s owner since a complicated stock swap deal with Time Warner in 2007, is a publicly traded company, it must disclose a detailed account of its earnings on a quarterly basis, giving fans and followers of the industry a unique look into the team’s internal financial workings. Maury Brown of Forbes reports that the club posted baseball-related revenues of $222MM in the third quarter of 2021 (roughly the second half of the season) alone. Heyman reported yesterday that the Yankees, who beat the Braves in both the ’96 and ’99 Fall Classics, have at least kicked the tires on Freeman — a development likely to send shivers down the spines of Braves fans. Though hardly surprising — every team with money and a need at first base is likely to at least check in — the news will only put further pressure on Anthopoulos to re-sign his team’s most consistent and recognizable player. Travis d’Arnaud, Ozzie Albies, and Atlanta-area native Dansby Swanson (an infant when the Braves last won a title) have already joined the chorus of fans demanding a speedy deal, calling on club management to “re-sign Freddie” during their speeches at Truist Park following the team’s championship parade. Even if the Braves do wrap up a deal to keep Freeman in Atlanta into his elder years, Anthopoulos’ offseason business is unlikely to be done. Three of the four outfielders the club acquired in July (Joc Pederson, NLCS MVP Eddie Rosario, and World Series MVP Jorge Soler) are also free agents, and the fourth (Adam Duvall) is arbitration-eligible after turning down his half of a $7MM mutual option. With Ozuna’s future in Atlanta uncertain, Ronald Acuña Jr. still recovering from a major knee injury, and top prospect Cristian Pache a major question mark with the bat, the reigning champ’s outfield situation remains up in the air. They may also wish to add a veteran starter to a mix that includes Max Fried, Ian Anderson, Charlie Morton, and a stable of promising-but-unproven arms (including Huascar Ynoa, Kyle Wright, Tucker Davidson, Kyle Muller, and Touki Toussaint) with mixed records in the big leagues.
Arguing over one year with a guy who has been here this long performing at a high level is just dumb. Assuming it is accurate.
Meet him in the middle and make it 6/180 with the last year a team option with a big buyout like $10MM and call it a day.