Braves Offseason

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Just saw, per Fangraphs, that the Braves have 3 of their top 10 candidates: Sale (1), Lopez (7), and Fried (10).

That’s Cy Young candidates, BTW. Doh.

 

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Braves exercise option on Ozuna. He will make $16M in 2025. Probably a good move.

 

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So the Braves are reportedly interested in FA pitcher, Nate Eovaldi. He is 34 years old and just declined a $20M QO from the Rangers.

That puts him into the likely range of Fried (mid-20’s). Eovaldi will no doubt want a 3-5 year contract at an AAS near $25M. However, unless Fried just goes full-on Dansby Swanson, that is where he will likely land, albeit for 5-6 years.

Hmm. IMPO, this doesn’t have to be this hard every time the Braves have a major player over 30 becoming a FA.

 

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So the Braves are reportedly interested in FA pitcher, Nate Eovaldi. He is 34 years old and just declined a $20M QO from the Rangers.

That puts him into the likely range of Fried (mid-20’s). Eovaldi will no doubt want a 3-5 year contract at an AAS near $25M. However, unless Fried just goes full-on Dansby Swanson, that is where he will likely land, albeit for 5-6 years.

Hmm. IMPO, this doesn’t have to be this hard every time the Braves have a major player over 30 becoming a FA.

You lost me here. You thinking that's the contract he'll likely land or are you saying he'll likely land in TX replacing Eovaldi?

 

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And as expected, the Braves just extended a QO to Fried for $21.5M.

Sorry, poorly worded. "That is where he will likely land" refers to that price range - $25M or so.