hmmm I wonder what that trade structure is and who the ask is in our minor league system holding it up
Rosenthal.. It was more than two years ago that baseball penalized the Braves for infractions in the international market and domestic draft. The Braves now operate under a new front office, but in a sense, they are still paying the price. Case in point: The team’s reluctance to sign a free agent who would require the loss of a compensation pick. Outfielder A.J. Pollock, in particular, is of interest to the Braves, and the team likely would jump on him at a dollar figure it deemed acceptable. But the pick – which for the Braves would be their second overall choice, likely in the mid-60s – would be part of the acquisition cost. And the Braves, because of all the young players the penalties cost them and all those they will lose in the future – value the selection more than most clubs. Baseball stripped the Braves of their third-round pick in 2018 as well as 13 international signees, including infielder Kevin Maitan, who went on to join the Angels as a free agent and become their seventh-ranked prospect, according to MLBPipeline.com. In addition, the Braves cannot sign a player in the 2019-20 class for more than $10,000 and will have their 2020-21 budget reduced by 50 percent. Which is not to say the Braves are out on Pollock, who would replace free agent Nick Markakis, joining former Diamondbacks teammate Ender Inciarte and National League Rookie of the Year Ronald Acuña in the Atlanta outfield. Other teams, though, might be more willing to sacrifice the pick. The Dodgers, for example, would be an obvious landing spot for Pollock, considering Kiké Hernandez currently is their only right-handed hitting option in the outfield. The Phillies and White Sox, two teams involved in the pursuit of free agent Bryce Harper, also might be potential fits.
Just met with the manager of the MS Braves again. He said AA got rid of the old scouting people because they didn’t understand metrics very well and AA is trying to bring in younger people in the scouting department that have a better grasp on it. Also reiterated that no one in the organization knows what AA is thinking regarding trades and FA. That’s all I got. He’s tired of me asking for money from him.
In the process of getting a bat signed by all the major league Atlanta players donated for a silent auction for my organization.
COLUMBIA-asked restaraunt host "God, you see that scott coleman tweet" Host: "No" Me: "Here. Look" Thought he would cry
Clown Baby will you and your fellow shareholders formally censure peter for reckless statements like this?
Seems like a lot of talk about the braves not being willing to sign a free agent attached to a qualifying offer because they don’t want to lose the draft pick. Wouldn’t a trade for madbum make sense? It would thin out their AAA pitching prospect pool while at the same time strengthening the mlb rotation AND(hopefully) put the braves in position to offer madbum a qualifying offer at the end of 2019. If he and josh Donaldson left after 1 season, the braves would at least be able to restock the farm. Kiley McDaniel: Decent thought there. Could also get a stopgap RF (even Markakis) and mix with Riley and if its not working, then trade for someone in-season or even throw Camargo out there if he’s hitting. There’s still a lot of options outside of Harper/Pollock Does Kyle Wright or Ian Anderson have the stuff of a number one in the making? Kiley McDaniel: We don’t see every #1 starter coming in advance, like Cliff Lee and maybe Jacob deGrom, but we see most of them coming (i.e. they were deemed to have ace upside before they did ace things). So, very unlikely for Wright/Anderson. Both have a chance to be a #2 but I would say #3 is what you’re realistically hoping for, which is a perennial 3 WAR player
it is but this was his baseball america scouting report after four minor league seasons: "Kluber doesn’t have high upside, but he has good feel for pitching and could be a back-of-the-rotation starter."
Ok. But that wasn't the post I responded to. I think taking what he said about minor league pitchers and extrapolating it to someone draft position doesn't make any sense.
I get what he’s saying but if you’re gonna go down that road don’t act like the third and fifth overall draft picks haven’t been mentioned as having ace potential. Kluber was an add on in a trade, Lincecum was drafted twice in the 40th round, and Scherzer, though a first rounder, was dealt after a disappointing start to his career.
As an ace evaluator of talent myself I can tell you that we in the industry do always see it coming even if we don’t say it out loud. Sometimes opinions are just too strong and people aren’t ready to accept them.
i am able to tell if a kid is gonna be an ace simply off of his name. allows me to project aces from the moment their parents name them
That doesn't mean we can sign every guy on the market. Maybe wait until you can give a complete assessment.
how many times in here have I given the "lets wait until spring training starts to evaluate AA's offseason? Im not panicking, and I think you know this. That being said, we are still 30 million from last years payroll and he even said multiple times that it will increase. Very interested in seeing where this leads