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MLB 2015 Regular Season |OT| Pickin' Up the Pace of Play
- Thread starter Corran Horn
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Frozenprince
Banned
CheDominik
Member
Makes sense for both teams. Upton may profit from a chage of scenery and the Braves got back some value in Wisler and the 41st pick. The Braves will be terrible with or without Kimbrel, having an elite closer on a terrible team is just a waste. I mean the Royals could have gotten a king's ransom for Soria but decided to hang to him and lost him for basically nothing.
edit: I am not that high on Wisler, so if you think he really is a top 50ish prospect the Braves won the deal.
edit: I am not that high on Wisler, so if you think he really is a top 50ish prospect the Braves won the deal.
the_firewithin
Member
wtf. whose left to enjoy now. just freeman?
Part of the reason why it made no sense to deal every pitcher on this Red Sox team last season, but protect Koji.
Cody Ross is COMING!
Cody Ross is COMING!
Frozenprince
Banned
CheDominik
Member
Well it's not like Maybin and the corpse of Carlos Quentin are great playes. So it's basically just a swap of bad contracts.
Who cares though, opening night is just 90 minutes away. Too bad I dislike both teams....
You didn't like the Gattis trade?
CheDominik
Member
Andrelton Simmons when he doesn't swing a bat?
I killed myself back in November, so I've only come up for water now.
Baseball was dead to me from November-April.
ME GUSTA
CheDominik
Member
Maybin and Quentin are owed nearly $30 million if you include the buyouts, so not a big deal imo.
edit: Starting the season with my annual MLB the Show fantasy draft. The question is who should I draft? Stanton or Trout? Leaning towards Stanton because dingers...
BFIB
Member
Win for the Braves then. And they get the Pads best prospect?
Little Green Yoda
Member
All 3 are projected to be below average players, a smidge above replacement level. But Upton is owed a lot more money than Maybin and Quentin combined. Doesn't sound like cash is involved.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
The opening day salaries needs to be updated!
Frozenprince
Banned
Where the hell is Upton even gonna play?
mightynine
Member
We got rid of Melvin's contract? Love the deal.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
move him to shortstop
Mr. Enigma
Member
The Padres are taking on Upton's entirely salary. Worth losing Kimbrel for.
Matt Kemp and his glass hips will probably be going out pretty soon anyways
The Braves will be free of Quentin after 2015 (he is owed 8 mil, plus 3 mil buyout). Maybin is owed 7 mil for 2015, and 8 mil for 2016.
BJMelvin is owed like 46.5 mil or something
Kimbrel is owed 33 mil
Braves will save around 53.5 million over the next 3 seasons with this deal. And they got SD's best pitching prospect and a toolsy system top20 OFer.
This trade rules. Thank you idiot SD GM for existing!
BJMelvin is owed like 46.5 mil or something
Kimbrel is owed 33 mil
Braves will save around 53.5 million over the next 3 seasons with this deal. And they got SD's best pitching prospect and a toolsy system top20 OFer.
This trade rules. Thank you idiot SD GM for existing!
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Wisler's a middle of the rotation kind of prospect.
They have Ian Kennedy as their sole rotation guy that's leaving through free agency, and honestly, they can afford to resign him. I think Preller thinks its easy to lure pitchers to Petco (and he's probably right).
He's gonna back up his brother, I guess. Weird deal, as a Padres fan I'm not sure I entirely understand it. Benoit was a very servicable closer...
Maybe the Yankees!
All I see this as is a desperate attempt for the Padres to snag a postseason birth with solidifying the closer position.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
So you're celebrating having cheap ownership.
Just because they cut payroll doesn't mean they're going to spend it.
It is a big deal when the Padres are taking on about 79 million from the braves in salary.
Carlos Quentin lf
3 years/$27M (2013-15), plus 2016 option
3 years/$27M (2013-15), plus 2016 mutual option
signed extension with San Diego 7/22/12
13:$9.5M, 14:$9.5M, 15:$8M, 16:$10M mutual option ($3M buyout with 320 games played in 2013-15)
no-trade protection, beginning 7/22/12
1 year/$7.025M (2012)
acquired by San Diego in trade from Chicago White Sox 12/31/11
signed by San Diego 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration)
1 year/$5.05M (2011)
re-signed by White Sox 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration)
1 year/$3.2M (2010)
re-signed by White Sox 1/16/10 (avoided arbitration)
1 year/$0.55M (2009)
re-signed by White Sox 2/24/09
1 year/$0.4M (2008)
acquired by White Sox in trade from Arizona 12/3/07
signed by White Sox 2/27/08
1 year/$0.381M (2007)
re-signed 2/07
1 year (2006)
contract purchased 7/06
drafted by Arizona 2003 (1-29) (Stanford)
$1.1M signing bonus
agent: CAA Sports (Brodie Van Wagenen)
ML service: 8.065
Cameron Maybin cf
5 years/$25M (2012-16), plus 2017 option
5 years/$25M (2012-16), plus 2017 club option
signed extension with San Diego 3/3/12
$0.5M signing bonus
12:$0.5M, 13:$3M, 14:$5M, 15:$7M, 16:$8M, 17:$9M club option ($1M buyout)
placed on restricted list 7/23/14 (positive amphetamine test)
1 year/$0.4291M (2011)
acquired by San Diego in trade from Florida 11/13/10
signed by San Diego 2/11
1 year/$0.405M (2010)
re-signed by Florida 3/2/10
1 year/$0.4M (2009)
renewed by Florida 3/09
1 year/$0.39M (2008)
acquired by Florida in trade from Detroit 12/4/07
renewed by Florida 3/2/08
1 year (2007)
contract purchased by Detroit 8/17/07
drafted 2005 (1-10)
signed 9/05, $2.65M signing bonus
agent: Brian Goldberg
ML service: 5.073
3 years/$27M (2013-15), plus 2016 option
3 years/$27M (2013-15), plus 2016 mutual option
signed extension with San Diego 7/22/12
13:$9.5M, 14:$9.5M, 15:$8M, 16:$10M mutual option ($3M buyout with 320 games played in 2013-15)
no-trade protection, beginning 7/22/12
1 year/$7.025M (2012)
acquired by San Diego in trade from Chicago White Sox 12/31/11
signed by San Diego 1/17/12 (avoided arbitration)
1 year/$5.05M (2011)
re-signed by White Sox 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration)
1 year/$3.2M (2010)
re-signed by White Sox 1/16/10 (avoided arbitration)
1 year/$0.55M (2009)
re-signed by White Sox 2/24/09
1 year/$0.4M (2008)
acquired by White Sox in trade from Arizona 12/3/07
signed by White Sox 2/27/08
1 year/$0.381M (2007)
re-signed 2/07
1 year (2006)
contract purchased 7/06
drafted by Arizona 2003 (1-29) (Stanford)
$1.1M signing bonus
agent: CAA Sports (Brodie Van Wagenen)
ML service: 8.065
Cameron Maybin cf
5 years/$25M (2012-16), plus 2017 option
5 years/$25M (2012-16), plus 2017 club option
signed extension with San Diego 3/3/12
$0.5M signing bonus
12:$0.5M, 13:$3M, 14:$5M, 15:$7M, 16:$8M, 17:$9M club option ($1M buyout)
placed on restricted list 7/23/14 (positive amphetamine test)
1 year/$0.4291M (2011)
acquired by San Diego in trade from Florida 11/13/10
signed by San Diego 2/11
1 year/$0.405M (2010)
re-signed by Florida 3/2/10
1 year/$0.4M (2009)
renewed by Florida 3/09
1 year/$0.39M (2008)
acquired by Florida in trade from Detroit 12/4/07
renewed by Florida 3/2/08
1 year (2007)
contract purchased by Detroit 8/17/07
drafted 2005 (1-10)
signed 9/05, $2.65M signing bonus
agent: Brian Goldberg
ML service: 5.073
Having that money in hand is a FUCKTON better than having it on the field in the form of a closer and Melvin fucking Upton.
mightynine
Member
But now they at least have freed up money we can complain about when they don't spend it.
Damn but that's a megaton. A very weird megaton with the whole "trade each other's shit back and forth" aspect, but still very interesting. I'm not sure how much more value Kimbrel provides over Benoit but it's gonna be something. And the fact that the whole SD rebuild only cost only one cream of the crop prospect is something as well.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean, from a major league only, 2015-only perspective, its nothing but upside in adding Kimbrel and nothing else.
But they also don't have Dodger-like infinite money and are basically running out of chips to fuel these short-term trades in the future.
Hello darkness, my old friend.
the_firewithin
Member
i hate to see kimbrel go but pretty much this. fuck BJ upton (melvin lol)
Frozenprince
Banned
I mean he's a fringe top-50 guy. Not exactly trading away Addison Russel or something.
slightconfuse
Banned
Padres going all in. Damn
Sir Alemeth
Member
Yay the Duffman made the team!