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Braves arbitration/free agent stuff
Posted on 1/24/14 at 10:54 am
Posted on 1/24/14 at 10:54 am
Quick run down
Kimbrel wants $9 mill we offered $6.55 (31.5% diff)
Jhey wants $5.5 we offered $5.2 (5.61% diff)
Freddie wants $5.75 we offered $4.5 (24.39% diff)
I do not expect us to keep Kimbrel past next season. It really sucks, but he is a reliever who we have very little chance of resigning when the time comes.
It becomes even less likely that we will be able to keep him when you consider the everyday positional players that we will have to pay.
Freddie is phenomenal with his glove and his contact rate. He does leave much to be desired from a power stand point, but the dude is a ball player plain and simple.
Jhey: The fact that we are going to arbitration over 300k scares the shite out of me regarding his future with the club.
2016 Free agents: Jhey, Medlen, Justin Upton
2017 Free agents: Freeman, Kimbrel
Medlen was able to avoid arbitration this year, but IMO he is not in the long term plans for the team due to his diminished velocity and injury risk.
I honestly have no idea how we are going to be able to afford both Upton and Jhey moving forward.
Also note that Gonzales and Wren are both in the last years of their contracts.
One positive is that Uggla is finally off the books in 2015
Kimbrel wants $9 mill we offered $6.55 (31.5% diff)
Jhey wants $5.5 we offered $5.2 (5.61% diff)
Freddie wants $5.75 we offered $4.5 (24.39% diff)
I do not expect us to keep Kimbrel past next season. It really sucks, but he is a reliever who we have very little chance of resigning when the time comes.
It becomes even less likely that we will be able to keep him when you consider the everyday positional players that we will have to pay.
Freddie is phenomenal with his glove and his contact rate. He does leave much to be desired from a power stand point, but the dude is a ball player plain and simple.
Jhey: The fact that we are going to arbitration over 300k scares the shite out of me regarding his future with the club.
2016 Free agents: Jhey, Medlen, Justin Upton
2017 Free agents: Freeman, Kimbrel
Medlen was able to avoid arbitration this year, but IMO he is not in the long term plans for the team due to his diminished velocity and injury risk.
I honestly have no idea how we are going to be able to afford both Upton and Jhey moving forward.
Also note that Gonzales and Wren are both in the last years of their contracts.
One positive is that Uggla is finally off the books in 2015
Posted on 1/24/14 at 10:57 am to Cherokee Chinstrap
It will be a very bad mistake if the braves end up not paying Kimbrel and letting him go next year.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 11:01 am to Cherokee Chinstrap
Kimbrel will be traded to the highest bidder if he wants 9M in arb#1
Posted on 1/24/14 at 11:08 am to Cherokee Chinstrap
Meanwhile they're making it rain in New York and LA...
Posted on 1/24/14 at 12:05 pm to Cherokee Chinstrap
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It becomes even less likely that we will be able to keep him when you consider the everyday positional players that we will have to pay.
I wish Liberty Media would just fricking sell the Braves to an owner that is willing to invest enough.
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One positive is that Uggla is finally off the books in 2015
Posted on 1/24/14 at 3:38 pm to Cherokee Chinstrap
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I do not expect us to keep Kimbrel past next season. It really sucks,
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