More good news for Braves fans. After acquiring Chris
sale, they were able to extend the veteran left
hander two years, 38 million great fan base,
beautiful ballpark. Um You know, a lot of
, a lot of things that were very appetizing,
obviously to make this, make this thing come true
. This is why Alex Anthopoulos is one of the
best G MS in any sport. 16 million this
year, 22 million guaranteed in 2025 that previously had
been an option on his old Red Sox contract.
Atlanta is really paying Chris sale 21 million over two
years. Uh It actually kind of caught me by
surprise. Um You know, I wasn't really expecting
anything was, was just kind of excited to have
a normal off season for the first time in a
while. Uh you know, just enjoying kind of
the baseball aspect of it. Um And then just
kinda out of the blue, got a phone call
and uh as you guys know, everything kinda happened
pretty quick. So, um you know, here
we are, I've heard nothing but great things about
the Braves, um you know, organization, the
, the guys on the team. Um, you
know, I'm from the south so Atlanta had a
, you know, a big part of, you
know, being, you know, fan growing up
. Um, it also allows me to feel a
little bit more comfortable. Right. Like I'm gonna
be here for a couple of years so I can
kinda, you know, get settled in and,
and, uh, you know, not really bounce
around. I got, you know, I'm married
, I have 33 sons. So, um,
you know, one and dones aren't really too good
for us. The New York Mets are win now
mode. Maybe they're not, but they gave a
one year deal to Harrison bader, the center fielder
,$10.5 million he's got pop. He's a Bronxville
New York native. He went to the University of
Florida, which a certain polar bear also attended,
played college baseball with him. There's the evidence,
as you see, these doros are back, baby
. Welcome back to the or blue. We,
and what he was able to do in the playoffs
just a few years ago with the Yankees was special
. He has that it factor, but for me
it's availability. He has to find a way to
be on the field when he's on the field.
I think he can have an impact and I think
a fresh start on the other side of town would
be great for him. Like you said, he's
a New York kid. I think he wants to
stay home clearly and this is a great deal for
him. I think it's hard for him to go
get a deal like that in a lot of places
. So it makes sense for him as well.
League sources say that two time Cy Young award winner
Blake Snell has privately expressed an interest in playing for
the Yankees though. He has plenty of other suitors
at the moment. I agree that they will make
the starting pitching acquisition, uh, between now and
spring training. Whether it's Snell remains to be seen
. He's open to pitching on either coast. I
know there's been some talk about him, uh,
referring to West Coast. He's obviously from Seattle.
He's pitched out in San Diego, you know,
recently, uh I think it's gonna come down to
which is going to pay him what he wants to
pay what he wants to get paid, I should
say. And right now those offers haven't been there
yet. Snell's 102 Cy Young, he is certainly
the best starting pitcher available on the market right now
. And I think the Yankees are a team that
has interest, but the question is to what level
and to what price, I think he's open to
the idea of going back to New York. But
remember they did trade him and when they traded him
, the thing that was coming out was they didn't
think he was going to be good enough to be
in their postseason rotation Well, he obviously showed this
October, uh, he's good enough to be in
any postseason rotation around the majors. Uh, but
there's a lot of talk about the Rangers potentially wanting
to bring him back. I think there's a comfort
factor there on both sides. He just won a
World Series in Texas. Uh, and if Texas
is willing to give him the kind of deal he's
looking for, uh, it's obviously a very good
fit for him and for them, uh given that
they just did win, the World Series is Shonda
Imana, a hotter free agent in terms of swirl
right now than the previous two left handers we were
talking about. Yes. And with one very simple
reason, he's got to sign up within a week
, his posting date ends on January 11th. So
he's got one week left before he can sign uh
before he's, we have to sign by then or
else he can't pitch in the majors this year.
So he will be signed by a big league team
in the next seven days. He's also expected to
command less money than Snell and Montgomery. So for
teams that are looking at him and saying, you
know, we think this guy could be a solid
number three, maybe even a number two and you
don't have to pay him what you're going to have
to pay Montgomery or Snell. He certainly is getting
a lot of interest, the Red Sox, the
Giants, the Cubs the Mets, just some of
the teams that are in on him. His market
is certainly heating up because it has to, there's
actually a deadline on this one. This is not
one that can go into late Janan or early February
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