The Braves have won their arbitration case against shortstop Dansby Swanson, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports. Swanson will earn $6MM, not the $6.7MM he requested, according to Heyman.
The 2021 campaign will be the penultimate season of arbitration control for Swanson, whom the Braves acquired from the Diamondbacks in a December 2015 blockbuster. Swanson was the first overall pick in the draft during the previous summer, but he never played for the D-backs. Since debuting with Atlanta in 2016, Swanson has put together a .249/.321/.396 line with 50 home runs and 31 stolen bases in 2,038 plate appearances. The 27-year-old has been a mixed bag at short, where he has totaled 18 Defensive Runs Saved and recorded a minus-4.4 Ultimate Zone Rating.
Last season was likely the best yet for Swanson, who batted .274/.345/.464 with 10 homers and five steals in 264 PA. He complemented his above-average offensive performance with 10 DRS and a 0.2 UZR.
Lord, pay the guy. Roughly a top 10 SS in baseball, pay him him like he is one smh….
He is a meh SS. Decent not like other top shortstops. 15/30 range
I hate this arbitration crap in general, especially over what amounts to nothing in terms of sports contracts. Just meet in the middle and go about your day.
Yeah, how dare player and team settle their differences via objective arbitration like they agreed to do. They should just ‘meet in the middle’, which totally wouldn’t devolve into players asking for $100 million/year and the owners offering $0. Makes complete sense.
Horrible straw man, try again
Horrible strawman for an even worse argument…seems fair to me.
I’m personally happy to have Dansby at SS. There’s plenty worse options. Dansby has been the primary SS for 3 NL East championships in a row.
He was not the shortstop for the 2019 WS championships tho.
My goodness, get over yourself. Y’all fell off a cliff in 2020. Grow up
He says from the cellar.
Dansby is not a great defender or hitter, below league average in both. Poor all-around baseball player.
That’s what I’d say too if I didn’t know what I was talking about.
Didn’t he have the highest WAR for SS in the league last year?
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If you follow the Braves, you know what he has meant in ways that can’t be measured. Haters gonna hate.
What does even mean? I appreciate his marketability (hometown kid with good looks and great attitude), but sometimes that’s smoke-and-mirrors. He took over the position from one of the best defensive players ever (Simba) and next offseason will be the free agent offseason for SS ever (Lindor, Correa, Story, Seager, Baez). It’ll be interesting to see how much ATL values Swanson’s “ways that can’t be measured”.
I can find a highlight reel on Nich Castellanos making great looking plays with the bat as well as the glove. That doesn’t mean much.
Everytime someone wants a particular player valuated higher than their stats, they point to intangibles. I’m fully aware that intangibles exist but it’s become this knee jerk reaction to someone’s favorite, overrated player.
Great example of when arbitration goes wrong. No way he gets that on the open market. Even losing his case he’s still over paid.
Actually, he’s very underpaid based on the WAR market value that everyone seems to use these days. Yey again, another poster who has know idea what they’re talking about. That’s the real pandemic.
So people should throw out all the statistical data for your opinion driven scouting report? The fact is he is an average ss defender and a below average hitter. He is certainly young enough to improve but he’s likely destined for a position switch sooner rather than later with a less than desirable bat. He could easily be a bench bat/platoon player in 2 year.
WAR cannot be proven so it means nothing. There are too many variables that can’t be taken into account. But if we’re going by that, which all of you seem to want to do, it’s roughly 7 mil for 1 WAR. His war was 2.4 last yr I believe so he should get about 17.2 mil or so. You guys just proved yourself wrong with your own stat so…
He’s paid as a starter not an all star. If his war was 5+ that means more money.
You’re evaluating SS on OPS — that’s the real shame. One of the only positions where offense is extra credit. Though Simba has been 3x better than the guy replacing him, but keep evaluating SS on their power. Are you going to next evaluate catchers on their ability to lay down a sac bunt? Can’t wait!
With those methods Omar Vizquel was no good LOL
Where did I say OPS was all I evaluated on? As far as offense goes, it provides the best overall insight to a player’s numbers. It’s not the only thing I look at which is another reason why I hate WAR. It doesn’t factor in the little things players do on the field. Swanson has a lot of long at-bats, which increases pitch count of the opposition. He’s a really good base runner. His hustle and leadership are huge for that team. He has a high baseball IQ. That’s how I value a player. Stats don’t tell the entire story. He’s a good baseball player that hasn’t yet reached his potential.
You got a man crush on Simba
Get over it he is gone & to tell you the truth other than the glove he really isn’t that good
I mean the Braves passed him along with Dansby replacing him & the Angels let him go for Iglesias
So his greatness is on his 3rd team & it’s a 1 yr contract at that
I have no idea what I’m talking about yet you quote WAR for deciding a player’s salary on the open market? Maybe you should learn the difference between value and salary. Come back when you’re done, also come back when you can prove GM’s look at a player’s WAR having any factor in deciding their salary. Jose Iglesias just put 1.9 WAR and is getting 3.5 Million. There is no direct correlation to a player’s salary and the WAR they put up the previous season. Clowns like you always clowning around this place now.
ILB, I’m just using the info that’s out there. I never claimed to know what a GM uses to determine value. And when we’re talking about the amount of money someone makes, that’s salary, which is what we’re talking about here. As for Iglesias, everyone knows his last season was a fluke with the bat and he’s not a major player on a winning team. His salary is reasonable for what he can do.
My favorite comment of the day: “…another poster who has know [sic] idea what they’re talking about.” I don’t know which is richer, the awesome grammar good in the middle of a sentence calling someone else stupid or the ironic use of the word “know” when you were claiming that the poster didn’t have any actual knowledge. You seem grumpy today, DTD. Hope it’s nothing we posters did.
I never called anyone stupid. You are stupid though if you think ignorant and stupid mean the same thing. Also, you ever typed something and then went back to change it and forgot to change some words? Yeah, it happens. Thanks for your useless post that didn’t have any purpose.
I was mainly trying to get you to take a deep breath. If you want to split hairs between “doesn’t know anything” and stupid, have at it. I’m here a good bit and your posts are usually more constructive than this. Take my comments for what they’re worth or barrel on down your current highway—your call. I’ll leave you be.
Unprovable nerd stats??? Hilarious! This comment section never disappoints. If you want to read the most uneducated homer fan posts, this is the place to be.
Nah. He’s paid properly. He’d probably that on the open market. Just not more than that.
Swanson was paid $6.5 MILLION before he even had one MINOR league AB. Yeah, the system is unfair.
He’s not even worth 6. Alex Bregman turned out to be soooo much better than Swanson, even though he was picked after him in the draft. Swanson won’t be remembered in 10 years. Bregman on the other hand will be in the Hall when he’s eligible!
The Braves split their two decisions this year. They lost to Mike Soroka and won over Dansby Swanson. Both hearings involved a difference of $700,000. So, they broke even on their overall team salary structure. The Braves are now 18 wins and 11 losses against their players all-time, a pretty active hearings team compared to all others. The arbitration panel for Swanson was Richard Bloch, Walt De Treaux, and Robert Herman. According to my research, Richard Bloch’s career panels decision are 12 team wins and 3 player wins. As an individual arbitrator he was 12-5 in favor of teams dating back to 1982. So, overall, he stands at 24 team wins and 8 player wins. De Treaux’s panel decisions are 4-3 in favor of teams. Robert Herman is 1-1 as an arbitrator panel member.
Dansby Swanson’s statcast page: baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/dansby-swanso…
TL;DR: Decent offense, varying defensive prowess. IMO not all-star callibar, but is certainly capable of holding the reigns at SS as the everyday starter.
Jeff Blauser 2.0
Poor franchise.
The Padres would never argue over $700k!
Lol
I will say AJ Preller never gets to arbitration.
They always come to an agreement.
Don’t think we’ve had a hearing in at least 4 years.