What’s the point of huge bases? I legit thought that was a joke
Looks like the Dodgers are the leaders for Freddie Freeman. He has a house in Hermosa Beach. If that’s the case, I absolutely see why we let Seager walk.
Joe Kelly to the White Sox.
I’ve expected him to leave the Braves for a while now. His wife is looking for the glitz and the glamour of the big time markets. Her face is basically plastic now and as soon as the strike ended, she posted on twitter about some line she’s selling now. Oh well, better to lose him now than go through what the angels went through with pujols. Maybe braves can go out and get Matt Olson as the cupboard at 1b is pretty bare.
Only 1 good prospect according to Wolfman21 doe
He is a really good GM, that's for sure, and now you can look at the trade and the extension as the combined cost.
I don't know, this is a tough one. The bonus that tips it (to me) is that they managed to get younger around Albies and Acuña.
This is a really dislikeable franchise over the last decade, though. They built up their farm illegally and the former GM is banned from baseball. The Albies and Acuña extensions were criminal and would have been voided by even a moderately competent WBL commissioner. Then they luck into Anthopolous somehow.
I'm split on hyper cutthroat moves like this, because I do think Face of Franchise players deliver above the stat line sometimes when it comes to team chemistry in the backend of contracts. That's super anecdotal, though, Zimmerman being the last example that I really tracked closely.
Edit: Also, Olson is from the Atlanta area and was obviously pretty eager to sign. So that offsets a lot of the Freeman Face of Franchise effect.
As for Acuna and Albies contracts......I dont know why they signed them. However if Acuna rips his knee apart last season and comes back this season and is a shell of his former self.....it will look pretty damn smart on his part, no?