**Atlanta Braves offseason thread

[jtown1010]

How big could his salary get with arbitration? I think at 10-12 Million with him playing for a contract could be great value or a huge bust. I thought this year he would have put up some big numbers, at least I was hopefull after his last couple years.

I guess offering arbitration is going to be high variance, at least the Braves draft well so if he bolts there is some decent expectation for the compensation.


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Mike Gonzalez is supposed to be out untill around mid-season. I think he can be a great contributor to the bullpen if he can get healthy. Soriano, Moylan, and Gonzalez is pretty solid, hopefully one of the younger guys can step up in his absense.

[Jack of Arcades]

Andruw Jones isn't even a Type A FA.

[RacersEdge]

I wouldn't mind going to arb with Andruw. Can't see him getting much after the year he had. I'd probably offer 10 million and take my chances.

[rja87]

He's still worth more than 10mil, he had a terrible year, but that terrible year still consisted of 26 HRs and 94 rbis...not bad for an awful season. Plus he is still very good defensively, I think they will be lucky to get another year of him this cheap because he should definitely be better next year.

[rwperu34]

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How big could his salary get with arbitration?

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I'd guess $15-$17MM via arbitration.

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Andruw Jones isn't even a Type A FA.



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Doesn't type B still get a supplemental pick after the first round. If so, that's pick #31-45ish and still has good value.

[Borgland]

If they were going to arbitrate I think they already would have, so Andruw is not coming back. And dont teams like the Braves usually avoid arbitration since the player usually wins? I could be wrong but it seems that's what happens.

[Borgland]

The Braves may just have traded for Druw's replacement.

So the batting order could be:

1.Anderson
2.Escobar
3.Jones
4.Tex
5.McCann
6.Francouer
7.Diaz
8.Johnson

[rwperu34]

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The Braves may just have traded for Druw's replacement.

So the batting order could be:

1.Anderson
2.Escobar
3.Jones
4.Tex
5.McCann
6.Francouer
7.Diaz
8.Johnson

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They already have an in house option (Blanco) that is basically the same player as Anderson. This looks like more of a move to get rid of the $1.5MM or so they'd have to pay Villareal via arbitration.

[Vyse]

Wow, fans of teams are so uninformed it's sad. lmao @ Anderson being Andruw's replacement.lmao @ selfish Chipper. lmao @ a lot of things.

If Jones accepts arbitration, Braves look like the favorite in the NL East, and prolly the National League as a whole. gogogo

[Benholio]

Hey, look everybody! Vyse came into a thread and called everyone stupid.

STFU