One other question/comment here I had while listening to the pod. I thought it was helpful and informative to look at the trade deadline dollars the way you did but if you expand that out to “in season ads” the waiver claims etc etc do the dollars for the past few seasons get substantially larger or mostly stay the same?
Yeah, they need JT but with the tax penalty (he'd be subject to a 110% tax because of where their payroll is, per Rosenthal), they might try to go cheap there. I don't think Atlanta ends up signing an actual catcher.
Because I’m a sucker for the story… I’d love to have Yadi suit up for a month with a 1000 ops before pulling something and then transitioning back into coaching. lol
One other question/comment here I had while listening to the pod. I thought it was helpful and informative to look at the trade deadline dollars the way you did but if you expand that out to “in season ads” the waiver claims etc etc do the dollars for the past few seasons get substantially larger or mostly stay the same?
I need to go back and look but outside of last year, when they grabbed multiple starters, you're usually not paying much for a waiver claim midseason.
Caratini started as a Brave. I believe he's a switch hitter. Still young. I think. Surprised to hear he's a Free Agent.
I’d seen something from the Athletic (?) maybe that the Phillies were interested in him since JT is still in limbo.
Yeah, they need JT but with the tax penalty (he'd be subject to a 110% tax because of where their payroll is, per Rosenthal), they might try to go cheap there. I don't think Atlanta ends up signing an actual catcher.
Because I’m a sucker for the story… I’d love to have Yadi suit up for a month with a 1000 ops before pulling something and then transitioning back into coaching. lol
There is speculation that this is why they hired Maldonado to work as a consultant to baseball ops