I’m sure you are already cooking it up for tomorrow’s pod or newsletter but is it reasonable to see AA reshuffle the deck on Kim’s contract? Instead of a 16 million dollar player option for next year make it a 12 million dollar extension and give him 4 million for this year? Figured with the prorated Profar contract and the lack of deadline activity we have some extra room under that tax threshold. Spotrac has it looking like 5.7MM
Yep, it was today's newsletter. I don't see him renegotiating unless it's a multi-year deal, given the leverage of the player option, but giving him a 2025 signing bonus would be the way to go if they do it. Good call by you.
Your assessment is spot on: once again we see that the opposition's bullpen has much more quality depth than the Braves'. Once again, we have AA to thank for this with his ignorant, foolhardy assessment back in January that losing Minter and Jimenez did not require replacing them with one or two quality pieces. I agree with Nick Halden's column a few days ago, that the downward spiral for the Braves actually began with the great run of '21 where, without Acuna, AA signs retreads Rosario, Pederson, and Soler and catches lightning in a bottle with some truly remarkable moments from these guys. With delusions of grandeur, AA apparently thinks he is so brilliant that he can simply turn to DFA'd options again and work another miracle. The revolving door with the DFA'd folks has now been spinning for four months with nothing but losses to show for it.
I’m sure you are already cooking it up for tomorrow’s pod or newsletter but is it reasonable to see AA reshuffle the deck on Kim’s contract? Instead of a 16 million dollar player option for next year make it a 12 million dollar extension and give him 4 million for this year? Figured with the prorated Profar contract and the lack of deadline activity we have some extra room under that tax threshold. Spotrac has it looking like 5.7MM
Yep, it was today's newsletter. I don't see him renegotiating unless it's a multi-year deal, given the leverage of the player option, but giving him a 2025 signing bonus would be the way to go if they do it. Good call by you.
Your assessment is spot on: once again we see that the opposition's bullpen has much more quality depth than the Braves'. Once again, we have AA to thank for this with his ignorant, foolhardy assessment back in January that losing Minter and Jimenez did not require replacing them with one or two quality pieces. I agree with Nick Halden's column a few days ago, that the downward spiral for the Braves actually began with the great run of '21 where, without Acuna, AA signs retreads Rosario, Pederson, and Soler and catches lightning in a bottle with some truly remarkable moments from these guys. With delusions of grandeur, AA apparently thinks he is so brilliant that he can simply turn to DFA'd options again and work another miracle. The revolving door with the DFA'd folks has now been spinning for four months with nothing but losses to show for it.