2K24: Atlanta Braves

[rhd]

What player has the most XBH this season?
Aaron Judge? Nope.
Yordan Alvarez? Wrong again.
Kyle Schwarber? Not even close.

It's...Austin Riley! He has 62 XBH, 2 more than Judge. He has 29 HR, only 4 less than the 33 he had last year, w more than 1/3 of the season left to play. He's on pace to have 6.9 fWAR which would shatter the 4.7 fWAR he had last year in which he was #7 in MVP voting. He's proving not only that last year wasnt a fluke, he's just getting started.

[Pauly]

Ian Anderson demoted for Huascar Ynoa.

[revo]

Vaughn Grissom, just promoted from AA, smacked a 2-run HR over the Green Monster as his first MLB hit.

[rhd]

Vaughn Grissom, just promoted from AA, smacked a 2-run HR over the Green Monster as his first MLB hit.

Also stole his 1st MLB base. Intriguing. Albies is back in Sept. Grissom may be worth a flyer - at least for August.

[revo]

The Braves lock up another budding superstar, agreeing to an 8-yr deal with Michael Harris.

[Sharky]

Is it just me, or is the Harris deal another incredibly team-friendly deal? There must be a way for players to remove injury risk without giving up huge payday, even for a guy who is light years from free agency.

[Ken]

Is it just me, or is the Harris deal another incredibly team-friendly deal? There must be a way for players to remove injury risk without giving up huge payday, even for a guy who is light years from free agency.

My first reaction was that it was very low yes.

[Ken]

Which would you rather have for $426.5m:

Mike Trout through 2030

or

Austin Riley through 2033
Michael Harris through 2032
Ronald Acuna through 2028,
Ozzie Albies through 2027
$7.5 million

[Pauly]

Is it just me, or is the Harris deal another incredibly team-friendly deal? There must be a way for players to remove injury risk without giving up huge payday, even for a guy who is light years from free agency.

If the Braves are gonna keep uncovering talent and getting them to play for a decade for minimum wage, and the Mets are gonna spend like Elon Musk...man it is gonna be rough on Marlins fans. What else is new?

[harmon]

If the Braves are gonna keep uncovering talent and getting them to play for a decade for minimum wage, and the Mets are gonna spend like Elon Musk...man it is gonna be rough on Marlins fans. What else is new?

Keep the faith, always a chance to be Orioles 2022.

[virgonomic]

Which would you rather have for $426.5m:

Mike Trout through 2030

or

Austin Riley through 2033
Michael Harris through 2032
Ronald Acuna through 2028,
Ozzie Albies through 2027
$7.5 million

Depends on whether I want to make money or have a winning baseball team.

[The Feral Slasher]

Depends on whether I want to make money or have a winning baseball team.

Also depends on finding, acquiring, developing and signing amazing young talent

[Ken]

Depends on whether I want to make money or have a winning baseball team.

I think you'd want the Braves group in both cases, no?

[revo]

Which would you rather have for $426.5m:

Mike Trout through 2030

or

Austin Riley through 2033
Michael Harris through 2032
Ronald Acuna through 2028,
Ozzie Albies through 2027
$7.5 million

Better question is, why don't small market teams adopt this strategy of signing their young, homegrown stars to long-term deals, so they don't flee at first opportunity?

[Ken]

Keep the faith, always a chance to be Orioles 2022.

... and just when it looks like you have a chance, trade away a couple of your best players for mediocre prospects?