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NYBravosFan10
As soon as someone reports that the Braves aren’t going after someone that immediately makes me think that they are
bravesdude
Wren’s deals are generally quiet ones unless the other teams involved leak out the info . I still don’t see us making a play for Cepedes though .
Lunchbox45
he seems too flashy of a player/personality to be a brave..
bobby cox would come out of retirement to yell at him
Jeff 31
I’d rather re-sign Bourn.
Chris
and why not? Don’t we need a corner OF who hits RH in any trade we make for JJ? Perhaps we’ll trade JJ for a GOOD young SS and sign Cespedes. It makes sense.
rundmc1981
You remember the last time we gave an international free agent $20M+/multiyear deal without them ever having played ball on American soil before? C’mon down, Kenshin Kawakami.
MattCMoore
You should do a poll on who Cespedes will sign with.
cards2WS
Just once I’d like to see the Cardinals linked to an International Free Agent… just once…
Steven Lourie
I haven’t been paying attention to baseball outside of my sox managerial search, who is this cespedes guy and why does everyone want him?
rsanchez1
He is a Cuban with great stuff, the outfielder version of Aroldis Chapman.
MattCMoore
Ive never heard “great stuff” used to describe a pos. Player before…
Steven Lourie
but chapman isnt even good…
ugh, i’ve had enough of those “can’t miss” foreigners since dice-k. once they’re here and actually producing, i’ll be excited, but i’m not buying the hype with any of these players before that.
philliesfan136
He’s said to be a 20-30 HR guy with solid defense in CF and some comparisons to Sammy Sosa.
rsanchez1
Reyes and Wilson would definitely be nice additions. However, I’d prefer the Fish go after Buehrle first and then try to get Reyes.
mookie_1
“It’d be no surprise to me if they opened [their] new stadium with Jose Reyes, C.J. Wilson and a new good closer.”
That NL exec must be on crack. Or Sherman once again is imagining things in his head. Reyes, Wilson & Bell would increase the Marlins payroll by roughly $45 million. That’s on top of all the arb increases they have coming. Let’s say the arb increases cost them $8 million extra (a conservative number), then that’s a total payroll increase of roughly $53 million. Won’t happen.
jjs91
There payroll would still be under 100 million no?
$6042963
Hey, I don’t have the exact numbers but arbitration is a crapshoot and it wouldn’t be surprising if their payroll rose by 10-15 million due to arb increases alone. They have a lot of players who are arb-eligible including Annibel Sanchez who should get a nice raise.
If they were to sign those 3, I doubt they would be able to keep their payroll under $100 million unless they traded some salary away (Hanley??)
Brent Schuber
lol
BrandonP
If im not mistaken its the signing bonus that has a cap right?
jjs91
I think your right
Ryan
Bob Brookover is TERRIBLE!! He wrote an article a few weeks back that the Phillies should resign Ibanez for “something in the $4M range”, despite the age, non-existent defense, and sub .300 OBP. He rationalizes it by using the phrase “it says here…” The article is riot, but go to google for it, philly.com has already removed it from their main site, probably after realizing the absurdity of it.