I don’t think anyone from the org has stated Paulino will be a reliever. It made sense to use him out of the pen in Sept since he missed almost the entire season to that point. I’d expect him to start next year unless his health forces him to be a reliever.
Martin is going to be traded with cash eaten up as well (most likely).
Surprised Rogers is okay with this. I guess it's mostly sunk cost anyway, and in Martin's case they should save a little bit.
Last two off seasons it seemed like no one was getting paid. I'm liking the bigger money being thrown around now. Players deserve it and it is good for the game.
Trade Sanchez to the Braves for Gohara. AA had a man crush on Sanchez, and Gohara's stock has dropped a bit while Atlanta has a billion other pitching prospects.
Tim Beckham was non tendered. He was bad in 2018 but there is a whole laundry list of players I’d rather see as a utility infielder rather than Urena so he seems intriguing for that reason.
Shatkins has been targeting ready or near ready prospects lately. I’d guess maybe a C+/B- prospect who another team has no room for that can be a realistic call up in 2019. Maybe a fringe five guy.
I could see the Astros trading for Stroman. Fits their timeline and with their cheating....I mean player development ways Stro would likely take a huge step forward.
But yeah I'd hold on to Stro at this rate if teams view him as a buy low option.
Low key shot by JD there.
Clearly there was no way Shatkins was going to give him the QO if there was even a tiny chance he'd come back. I think they just wanted to move on entirely.
If JD was given the QO, there's no guarantee the Braves would have signed him with the value of a lost pick involved.
Then again it's AA who doesn't even sign most of his first round picks, so who knows. He may not have even cared about the pick.
Looks like he knew no team was going to give him more than a year so he jumped on the highest one year offer. Worked out pretty well for him. Gets the same salary as last season despite missing most of the year. Problem for him is that even if he has a great 2019, he will hit next year's market at age 34. His chances of making big money long term is probably gone.
I don't anymore. I stopped shortly after Shatkins took over since my head was exploding too often.
I'm just warning everyone else who might catch some of those comments. It will be really bad.