Shouldn't Nacho get reps at 2B in AAA? Albies gets hurt a lot. Our last great SS conversion.
As for free agent pitchers and "market" pricing/contracts, I hope the Braves will remain conscientious objectors! It will be expensive enough replacing Iglesias next year when Strider's pay jumps from $4m to $20m. Sale's deal ends in 2027. Farm system breakthroughs and extensions are the most feasible way to compete barring more brilliant, dollar-wise conversions like Lopez.
With the Dodgers essentially buying a second pitching staff and the Mets at long last marrying a hedge fund, the whole thing has gotten out of hand. My opinion: the legal community needs to strike the term collusion from baseball's lexicon and allow team owners to cap salaries at roughly $22.5 million AAV (the Braves seeming cap: hold that line!) Perhaps MLB should also ban future contracts and payouts beyond three years, and insist on team salary caps of say $200-250 million without annual escalators at the next labor showdown. And count Ohtani's marketing deals against the Dodgers' team cap! It's not really collusion, it's common sense and most fans, especially female fans not married to ballplayers, would agree.
Hey Jim! For development reasons, I think it's probably pretty important to play shortstop as much as possible so we can get this answer. You're not wrong that his most likely position in the bigs is at second because of Ozzie's injury issues, but players I've talked to say that transition isn't that tough and he could pick it up on the fly if needed.
Shouldn't Nacho get reps at 2B in AAA? Albies gets hurt a lot. Our last great SS conversion.
As for free agent pitchers and "market" pricing/contracts, I hope the Braves will remain conscientious objectors! It will be expensive enough replacing Iglesias next year when Strider's pay jumps from $4m to $20m. Sale's deal ends in 2027. Farm system breakthroughs and extensions are the most feasible way to compete barring more brilliant, dollar-wise conversions like Lopez.
With the Dodgers essentially buying a second pitching staff and the Mets at long last marrying a hedge fund, the whole thing has gotten out of hand. My opinion: the legal community needs to strike the term collusion from baseball's lexicon and allow team owners to cap salaries at roughly $22.5 million AAV (the Braves seeming cap: hold that line!) Perhaps MLB should also ban future contracts and payouts beyond three years, and insist on team salary caps of say $200-250 million without annual escalators at the next labor showdown. And count Ohtani's marketing deals against the Dodgers' team cap! It's not really collusion, it's common sense and most fans, especially female fans not married to ballplayers, would agree.
Hey Jim! For development reasons, I think it's probably pretty important to play shortstop as much as possible so we can get this answer. You're not wrong that his most likely position in the bigs is at second because of Ozzie's injury issues, but players I've talked to say that transition isn't that tough and he could pick it up on the fly if needed.