2019 Trade Deadline

[weams]

49 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Just as a point of information, the total comp owed to O’Day that the Braves took on was $15 mm, not $9 mm.

- $3 mm last two months of 2018

- $8 mm for 2019 (excluding $1 mm deferred)

- $4 mm deferred comp payable 2020-23.   

 

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/11/atlanta-braves-payroll.html

I think people are naive if they think that kind of money is unimportant to teams in the market position of the Orioles.   You can do a lot for the future of the team with $15 mm.

It's extremely important to a team in a rebuild. Extremely. 

[RVAOsFan]

 

[RVAOsFan]

 

[weams]

 

[Roll Tide]

15 minutes ago, RVAOsFan said:

 

why anyone would want Smoak over Mancini is beyond me.

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

why anyone would want Smoak over Mancini is beyond me.

He's a rental.

[LTO's]

6 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

why anyone would want Smoak over Mancini is beyond me.

The league is filled with weak willed GMs who are afraid to take risks but need to seem like they're doing something.

[Roll Tide]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

He's a rental.

And cheap.... give him away to dump what's left of his salary ....Worse than Villar.

 

[Lucky_13]

3 minutes ago, LTO's said:

The league is filled with weak willed GMs who are afraid to take risks but need to seem like they're doing something.

I'm actually starting to agree with this a bit. There are a bunch of teams (Dodgers, Yankees, Astros even Twins) who have a legit WS cores and refuse to really go for it. 

 

[weams]

 

[AceKing]

1 minute ago, weams said:

 

Wonder if “now more than ever” is because of his little tantrum the other day?

[Lucky_13]

No Givens in the 9th

[weams]

Armstrong looking fine. 

[LTO's]

2 minutes ago, Lucky_13 said:

No Givens in the 9th

Or Fry......

[Just Regular]

1 hour ago, Lucky_13 said:

I'm actually starting to agree with this a bit. There are a bunch of teams (Dodgers, Yankees, Astros even Twins) who have a legit WS cores and refuse to really go for it. 

 

I imagine the calculus is preserving 90%+ postseason probability over the long haul yields more championships than pushing one season's probability from 18% to 24%.