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Originally posted by Ken View PostI think you'd want the Braves group in both cases, no?---------------------------------------------
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Originally posted by revo View PostThat they do. Maybe Baltimore, Miami, Detroit, KC & Oakland should follow suit.
And also ownership has to trust baseball operations / internal scouting. You don't give those contracts to everyone - you need to correctly identify the players who you should lock up and the ones you should not. Even Scott Kingery's $24m contract was a mistake because he wasn't the player the Phillies thought he was.
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Originally posted by Ken View PostI wonder if risk aversion is a significant part of it. Jon Singleton is the nightmare of that scenario right? If you can't stomach eating a Jon Singleton mistake, then maybe you are less likely to give out the long term contract to a young player.
And also ownership has to trust baseball operations / internal scouting. You don't give those contracts to everyone - you need to correctly identify the players who you should lock up and the ones you should not. Even Scott Kingery's $24m contract was a mistake because he wasn't the player the Phillies thought he was.
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Originally posted by revo View PostAll true. And true that the hallmark of these small market franchises are the albatrosses they can’t afford to have. But while Singleton was a mistake, it was just $10m. Kingery was a mistake, but just $24m. Wouldn’t you take $35m in mistakes to lock up a superstar for 8 years? I would.
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Originally posted by Ken View PostShould have already been over.“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
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Originally posted by madducks View PostThe Braves still have to pay Ozuna $18/18/1 (buyout) million over the next 3 years. If not for that, Ozuna probably would have been DFA. Maybe they can trade him to the Cubs for Heyward lol.
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Originally posted by pitbull View PostOzuna arrested on DUI charge. His career could be over. The Braves likely will suspend him or waive him.“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein
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