Partnered with the USA TODAY Sports Media Group|Powered by, Signed a 6 year $75 million contract extension with Atlanta (ATL), including a club option for 2029, Signed a 1 year $710,000 contract with Atlanta (ATL), Drafted by Atlanta (ATL): Round 4 (#126 overall), Drafted by Cleveland (CLE): Round 35 (#1062 overall), Drafted by Atlanta (ATL): Round 4 (#126overall), Drafted by Cleveland (CLE): Round 35 (#1062overall). I also would like to see how Strider does next year before extending him. Jansen and Duvall are gone after this yr. Morton, Odorizzi, Yates, and Rosario are gone after next yr. Ozuna will be gone after 2024. His arbitration would have been in line with the highest ever. He wasnt going any where for at least five years. 11h. Edwin Diaz, NYM. Thats the point but take it personal. Lets say you are going to a MLB game at your local stadium and for-the-sake-of-argument lets say there are only 4 seat choices: bleachers $15, nose-bleeds (2nd & 3rd deck) $40, between 1st and 3rd base behind the dugouts for $100, and a seat in a suite for $150. However, there is also a non-zero chance he gets it between 25 and 29 years old, which makes it more like 50-75% likelihood he could need TJ surgery, again removing the benefit of a long-term deal. If hes just a flash in the pan, this contract will hurt the Braves badly from 2026 to 2028. Spencer Strider Position: Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right 6-0 , 195lb (183cm, 88kg) Team: Atlanta Braves (majors) More bio, uniform, draft, salary info 65 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. $1M (2024) Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Then you wont be signing him. Agreed, but they hadnt locked up any pitching long-term. I would imagine the MLBPA, other pitchers around the league, and the agents that represent those pitchers are all thrilled to see this contract. Braves manager Brian Snitker wasnt ready to say whether Strider might be used as an opener, a reliever or possibly fill both roles during the best-of-five series against the Phillies. Strider will be Super Two because he will be top 2 in ROY voting and that earns him and extra year of service time in the new CBA. Baez/Story trending down, Swanson up. Kris Bryant and Cody Bellinger were Super Twos, for instance, being arb eligible four times as opposed to the usual three. Story 16.2 WAR ~$31M (Arb4). Btw.you put that Mets collapse in the books yet? Career 89 OPS+ the prior five seasons. Union before player, always. Not the other way around. Hes going to get over paid by somebody. Balance has been restored, and that means everyone taking part in a Head-to-Head points salary cap draft may actually want to do his own thing again. Prior to this deal, the five-year, $35MM contract Madison Bumgarner signed with the Giants more than a decade ago stood as the record extension for a pitcher with between one and two years of service time. Howd that one play out? Your login session has expired. Im doing the same at the end of October. I agree, Dorothy. Strider becomes the fourth young Braves star to be extended this season alone, joining first baseman Matt Olson (eight years, $168MM), center fielder Michael Harris II (eight years, $72MM) and star third baseman Austin Riley (ten years, $212MM). Sorry for the confusion. To be totally honest, its not the least bit justifiable in any light. Baez has been one of three most over rated players. I know its a business, but much like the Cardinals, the Braves seem to focus more than other clubs on the relational side with their players, thereby giving the Braves an edge over other teams during the respective players FA, if the Braves should choose to being said player back. He sought treatment through medication, but wasn't seeing the improvement he wanted. Because Strider spent the whole season in the majors anyway it has no effect on him. The contention window is wide open for years now. In the past couple of years, they built a brand new stadium and spring training facility. Think hell get significantly longer offers than 3 years Sid. This. Shewmake is about ready though and they could sign a veteran cheap to platoon with him or just keep Dansby and use Shewmake as trade bait. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2021/11/super-two-status-set-at-2-116-years-of-service.html. Sure there is a chance that the Braves might save $20 million plus if Strider becomes an ace, but they are far more likely to waste $20 million plus if he doesnt. If youre going to belittle someone while claiming to have knowledge of their inferior educational level, you should probably try spelling your insults correctly. And Fried is the one you need to worry about locking up. Lets keep the core together. As long as the rain holds off on the east coast, we have a nine-game slate in MLB DFS beginning at 4:05 p.m. EDT on DraftKings. You are going in with an assumption that he will absolutely get it. Thats worrisome! Nonetheless, as weve seen with young position players in recent years, the market for these types of extensions can still advance rapidly. I mean this in total sincerity, if you love this deal, you should never manage a real team, let alone budget your own finances personally. Im sure a non-GM telling someone they dont have what it takes to be a GM, carries a lot of weight! Theyll probably lose even more money on those years than they gain with the discount on the one or two free agent years, which probably would only be worth $30M max per season even if everything goes mostly right for him. If Swanson signs a $110-115MM extension, hes probably leaving at least $40MM on the table. I see it as a risk vs. 2023 Pre Arb year $1 million (yes, MLB minimum is $700k) The average Plug and Play Tech Center hourly pay ranges from approximately $22 per hour for an Intern - Hourly to $69 per hour for a Partner Success Manager. Now the baseball world is looking forward to what he could do while serving as a starter over an entire season. Its Swanson or bust for them. Swanson has not been nearly as good as Baez was prior to signing with the Tigers. The Gerrit Cole contract ($36M/year) is looking to become an albatross on the backend and we have to remember the cost to live in New York is crazy high, so even a parallel deal in most cities would be 10-20% cheaper. Strider earned his first and only win of the season on the final day of the season while pitching in relief for the Mets. Players dont sign team friendly contacts because they enjoy where they are. Not a smart bet. Thats not the point Banjo Billy, If hes not willing to extend again in a year, well awww shucks! You could risk buying the ticket at the ball game, but it comes with a 10% day-of-purchase fee. These deals also help lower the luxury tax hit down the road. Sure, they have control of Fried/Wright (even via arb), but Strider is the first long-term arm. Meanwhile, those games arent even broadcast on local cable, since you again just have to watch on Apple TV instead. Its not close. What does a 29 year old with 1 year of control have to do with a 23 year old with 5 years of control left? These guys are used to winning together, and I would expect that to continue. Braves will be WS contenders for the next 5 years at least with this core. You are making a lot of wild assumptions. However, he already has slightly more than a full year of service time. What would 2 years of Cole cost, instead of 9/324m? The Braves said Tuesday they would push back Strider's next start in the hopes of avoiding a trip to the IL. $22M (2027) PLAYER. So say he has an impingement, needs surgery, and turns into a 4 ERA SP who goes 120 innings a yearabout the worst case for a dominant 23 year old. His FA years would go up from than final season of arbitration eligibility. The Braves arent getting a $100 ticket and hoping for either behind the dugouts or in the suite. The rotation is so strong that 39-year-old Morton, who re-signed for one year and $20 million, could possibly. With that being said, I agree with Atlantas approach here overall but there is still a fair amount of risk involved when extending young players so early in their careers. Good deal for both sides. The annoying part is we are charged a fee as part of our cable packages to get YES, but more games this year have been splintered off to Prime, Apple and Peacock. Five years from now, a 28-year-old top-of-the-rotation pitcher in free agency will probably be getting $40MM+ per year. Here's how WBC offenses stack up with MLB's best. The Marlins simply smell. Thats the salary of players in year 2 and 3. I hope Bloom is watching the Braves and learning. He would have been Arb 1 eligible after 2024. This seems like something the MLBPA would endorse. For those that missed it, Strider will be Super Two BECAUSE he will be top 2 in ROY and that means he gets an extra year of service time in the new CBA. In 2023, Strider will earn a base salary of $1,000,000, while carrying a total salary of $1,000,000. Otherwise, smart to stash the stache. Adding that extra year of service time will make him eligible. The league-average, for reference, is 29 percent. That is why teams are willing to pay huge dollars for seasons they know will not offer the same performance as the earlier years. They have his first two free-agent years one locked in and the other as a club option. Absolutely bham. @mets. No Gavin Lux -- big problem. The Braves need to go all-in now when the NL East is weak. This is going to be the Kevin Brown deal that literally changed the market in a day. Weve seen PLENTY of great rookie seasons by SP and most of the time they dont last 3 more years of that elite level. Luis Guanipa, OF 12. Dansby is gone. This is the first season that he has looked really good and stayed healthy. Apply it to all of the offensive players theyve done the same with. Being healthy doesnt make you as good. You? Thank god, the contract was signed today based on his performance this year. Look at them now. Why pay him more than the ML minimum hes going to get next season (if he even makes the ML roster)? Some thoughtful Dodgers guys on here too. Same. year in year out its the same and those dudes post and produce. For someone like me who can only watch my team on national broadcasts due to the unavailability of my teams cable channel at a decent price, getting to watch them on TV (instead of settling for the radio like usual) a few extra times a season thanks to the Apple deal is great. If not for an extension, Strider would have made the league minimum in 2023 and 2024, been Arb 1 eligible in 2025, Arb 2 eligible in 2026, Arb 3 eligible in 2027 and a free agent after 2027. It will leave many teams overpaying for pitching and when those arms get injured, most teams will selloff because they wont be able to go to the well and sign another $30M free agent to replace their ace who is gone for 18 months while recovering from surgery. You just need to have an Apple account and either a computer or smartphone to access the verification code. And And. The sum he agreed to when being selected by MLB teams has not been made public. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique . While Ive never done a comparison, I do believe they probably are the least fan-friendly. Just need to sign Vaughn, Fried, and Wright to extensions. Worry about your own team of aging stars and average players. Spencer Strider has a net worth of $1,167,934. 6/120 is light, based on his defensive floor. This is a big market spending club unfortunately, And Clayton Kershaw was going to sign with the Rangers cuz hes a local guy. The Braves have always gotten the day slots. Unless youre LA, NY or Boston, you play early. That means his annual salary isnt even going to be justifiable when factoring in the cost of living! Swanson 11.2 WAR. Isnt that the first requirement necessary to qualify for the extra service time youre referencing above? I finally cut the cord and were saving thousands every year. If they dont re-sign Swanson, theyre making a serious mistake. Past that, I think all these extensions are based on the character of the player as much as talent. If the Braves can reposition themselves as Americas Team once again, all that peach juice will come flowing back. Strider played collegiate summer baseball for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2018. They were 6.5 games ahead of the Braves on August 7. You dont need to extend Grissom. But most importantly it sets bad precedent for the rest of the league for one team to save a few million dollars. He only throws 100 MPH? While Steve offers a hypothesis of free agent years costing $40M or more annually, the reality is Scherzer may be the best pitcher of his generation, Kershaw and Verlander included and his $40M was clearly an overpay, evem on a short deal. The Marlins are one new owner away from being elite. Sure, but yeah, lets compare his hit totals today which rewards the Rob Deers of the world versus Ty Cobbs and George Sislers era where whole teams hit 15-25 homeruns in a season. By comparison the Mariners sign Castillo at roughly $22M/year with a $5M option if he needs TJ surgery in the last 3 years with 80% of the contract covering FA years and coming with a similar option year. I am a Yankees fan and they could learn a thing or two from 2 things: Rich teams have figured this out. They still unquestionably saved on Striders first two free-agent years, provided he remains healthy. The Clemson product cracked the Braves Opening Day roster in 2022, initially working multi-inning stints out of the bullpen before ascending to the starting staff, where he not only found success but emerged as a bona fide front-of-the-rotation arm. It happens, occasionally. $12.5 million a year is nothing in 2022 MLB. Estimate 2023 Retained Salaries Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options. And because they extended him it wont matter even if they DO send him down. Yeah, then every utility bench player with a heart of gold should make $10-15M a year.