The Braves are facing the prospect of their ace lefty walking in free agency, but what's a fair price for his services on the open market and does he get it from Atlanta?
Consistent performer who chokes during the postseason? The Dodgers are salivating right now.
Jokes aside, I’d love to keep him in the rotation, especially with Charlie Morton about to age out. Plus, as excited as I am about these guys we’ve got like the two Spencers and Reynaldo Lopez, Lopez is struggling to stay healthy and Strider isn’t guaranteed to be 100% for a while. The sad part is that even if we stretch our budget past the $22 mil, someone else is certain to pay more.
It seems strange how many kick on Fried's postseason era. I understand it isn't good but the heat spewed at Fried has this strange warp to it. Fried has struggled in the post season, but the team has failed to score or make so many post season games competitive scoring runs wise. There is plenty of blame and heat to spew around. But yes he has had some real turn your nose up performances when it matters most. Fried also has been brilliant. I wish the Braves could keep him. I will be sad when he is gone. I only hope the 'waves of pitching' is on its way to make missing him easier. There are many close to the majors pitching prospects on the way but how many will turn out to be as valuable as Fried over the next 5/6 years? Hopefully at least 3 prospects arrive in the next two years to combine to cover what Fried does the next 6. My belief is in Burkhalter, JR Richie, and Holton cover a few years till Murphy, Caminiti, and Fuentes take over as the foundation for the next 6 years till the next 'wave.'.
The frustrating thing for Fried is that the three most recent postseason clunkers are all innjury-influenced - the flu and 15 pounds lost in 2022, coming off the IL with the blister that wasn't fully healed in 2023, and then the comebacker this year.
Prior to that, he was actually pretty decent in the postseason. We broke it down on the pod and I probably should update this article with that (or a link, at least)
Consistent performer who chokes during the postseason? The Dodgers are salivating right now.
Jokes aside, I’d love to keep him in the rotation, especially with Charlie Morton about to age out. Plus, as excited as I am about these guys we’ve got like the two Spencers and Reynaldo Lopez, Lopez is struggling to stay healthy and Strider isn’t guaranteed to be 100% for a while. The sad part is that even if we stretch our budget past the $22 mil, someone else is certain to pay more.
It seems strange how many kick on Fried's postseason era. I understand it isn't good but the heat spewed at Fried has this strange warp to it. Fried has struggled in the post season, but the team has failed to score or make so many post season games competitive scoring runs wise. There is plenty of blame and heat to spew around. But yes he has had some real turn your nose up performances when it matters most. Fried also has been brilliant. I wish the Braves could keep him. I will be sad when he is gone. I only hope the 'waves of pitching' is on its way to make missing him easier. There are many close to the majors pitching prospects on the way but how many will turn out to be as valuable as Fried over the next 5/6 years? Hopefully at least 3 prospects arrive in the next two years to combine to cover what Fried does the next 6. My belief is in Burkhalter, JR Richie, and Holton cover a few years till Murphy, Caminiti, and Fuentes take over as the foundation for the next 6 years till the next 'wave.'.
The frustrating thing for Fried is that the three most recent postseason clunkers are all innjury-influenced - the flu and 15 pounds lost in 2022, coming off the IL with the blister that wasn't fully healed in 2023, and then the comebacker this year.
Prior to that, he was actually pretty decent in the postseason. We broke it down on the pod and I probably should update this article with that (or a link, at least)
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