Atlanta Braves Player Contract Status

We are probably due a strike before then so $20m might be a good deal even if he is bad

Possibly. I don't know. I don't really care. I am a longtime Braves fans and am only worried about that team's contracts

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Do you think any other Major League team would ever entertain taking on these contracts?

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Probably not, unless the Braves were sweeting the deal by including some good young prospects in exchange for another team taking on a bad contract.

They can and should trade Murphy either in July or this winter. Might have to kick in a little money and probably won’t get much but it would clear up some payroll and let Baldwin get more regular time behind the plate

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Michael Harris II is under contract with the Atlanta Braves for eight years, worth $72 million, through the 2030 season. The contract includes two club options, one for 2031 and another for 2032, which could extend the deal to a total of 10 years.

Another one Braves fans have to tolerate. Best case scenario he turns it around

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Or maybe you guys can shore up that pitching rotation by snagging a 3 4 or 5th day starter and an up and coming minor leaguer. That's a bad contract in a few years.

Move acuna jr to center
Fairchild starts in right

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I'm calling for a full and total investigation into the 2023 Braves until we realize what the hell was going on.

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They built a lineup full of mashers and the balls were juiced in 2023. Last year and early this year, they were still hitting the ball really hard but the slightly deadened baseballs killed a lot of fly balls at the warning track. Now they're trying to adjust to the deadened balls by doing things they aren't good at doing, and we're seeing the results.

Additionally, they have never recovered from arguably the most epic choke job in franchise history (2023 NLDS), which says a lot considering all of the choking in the 90s. The Phillies took their manhood in that series and they cowered like little bitches.

It's a roster full of mental midgets. Austin Riley is 15 miles deep in his own head and has been for more than a year.

I thought there was evidence that they were all sitting on certain pitches and the Phillies figured it out and it’s been downhill since

The Harris contract is atrocious. They should have waited another year to see if he could sustain for longer than one season, lol. He's still young and has time to figure it out.

Riley has bad slumps for extended periods of time. I'm confident he will come out of it and get back to being a top 5-7 3B in the Show.

And while I don't particularly like Murphy, $12mm a year for a catcher that is top 5 in OPS and homers in the league while only playing about half the games in the season is pretty strong. He's never been a high average hitter and the Braves knew that before trading for him. It hurt last year when two of the guys the braves gave up (Contreras and Langeliers) had significantly better seasons while Murphy was atrocious. Those two have come back to earth this year and are performing in line with Murphy's current output. You need two catchers in the MLB and having a guy like this on a $12MM AAV deal isn't necessarily going to hamstring the payroll.

The bigger issues for the Braves this year in my opinion has been Profar screwing up and forcing the team to play no name guys like Fairchild, White, and Verdugo. White and Verdugo have been serviceable, but should not be every day players on a roster that is supposed to contend in the playoffs. Albies has been dreadful at the plate and probably won't be seeing another contract from the Braves. Acuna missing the first few months of the season. Lopez blowing his elbow out in the first month. Not having a closer anymore. And doing nothing to shore up the SS position in the offseason....