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breckdog
I expect the braves to non tender minor. They may treat him like others in recent years and try to sign him to a short incentive laden deal below what he could have gotten in arbitration. I think the lowest they could have offered in arbitration is 75 or 80 percent of his last arbitration salary so letting him hit the market then trying to resign him in this way makes sense for them.
Backatitagain
If Minor will not take 2 years and 6 million with incentives for innings then he should be non tendered. Good riddance. That would be 12 million for three years where he may not pitch at all. Talk about selfish! Minor leaving may be just the needed catalyst. Minor tear in the shoulder labrum is nothing. He should have been pitching all along. He doesn’t want to try. Say goodbye to it all Mike.
aff10
Wow. What a bizarre rant. Why would he take 3 million a year from Atlanta when he’s guaranteed almost 5 million from them if tendered a contract?
R.D.
Well, restructured contracts do happen. The Braves have a low payroll and Minor has done little to ensure faith lately.
jonathanh1020
Who has more upside medlin minor or beachy
Jon429
Minor has a lot more upside if he can prove he’s healthy. After all he was the 7th overall pick in the 2009 draft.
nccubsfan 2
While I do believe Minor can succeed if he gets healthy, Matt Hobgood was the 5th overall pick. Not exactly a good argument.
Jon429
Yeah sure you never measure success on the order in the draft. Lots of top picks never reach their assumed potential. However I believe the question was about upside, and I would assume that a guy taken 7th overall in his draft year has more upside than a 10th rounder and an undrafted free agent, wouldn’t you agree?
tdmorgan
He was picked 7th because of his proximity to the majors. He wasn’t a high upside arm.
R.D.
I would want Medlen of the three. Probably has the worst stuff but has a serious pitcher’s mindset. Minor is a crafty lefty but I doubt he’ll ever be more than a passable #2 at best.
OPACY
I still think Minor has some good years in him. Would love to see Baltimore give him a chance but with how they seem to take a flyer on players with injury reports, physicals, etc…..I would say picking him up in Oriole land would be a long shot.
Jordan R.
This was expected. Minor showed some flashes of success in Atlanta but never really put it all together.
Niekro
I don’t see the problem with taking a risk when the Braves have already called it quits on 2016, Minor, Griffin, Alvarez types should be on a non competitive team like the Braves. That money could have turned into prospects.
Mike Query
Theres only so many spots on a roster, you cant just fill the roster with a bunch of injured guys that arent going to be ready to play come April
Niekro
35 year old Rich Hill just got 6 million dollars from Oakland of all places. I would put my money on Minor having more innings than Hill in 2016.
Mike Query
Rich Hill isnt coming off a major shoulder surgery where he suffered numerous setbacks…
jchiaratti
I’ll take that bet…
jkunkle
Yeah, this would have made very little sense on the Braves part. He would have been making more than Teheran or Miller. I felt they should have done this last year to be honest. Never was a huge fan of MM. Good luck to him though
McGlynn
I think I minor will be signed by a rebuilding team like the Phillies or brewers, he’s got mlb experience , and plenty of upside if he can prove to be healthy
Bob Smiley
remember when Minor was supposed to be good? he is worth 900k at best. The Phillies could grab him up.