Braves extend Sale

[Dipre]

The Braves and left-hander Chris Sale have agreed to a new deal, which will pay him $38MM over the next two years. There’s also an $18MM club option for 2026. Sale was already under contract via an extension he previously signed with the Red Sox but this will overwrite that.

 

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[moonslav59]

So, in effect, after subtracting the $17M we are paying, they get Sale for $21/2, or $10.5M x 2, actual cost.

 

That looks better than our Kluber and Richards deals.

[Bellhorn04]

So, in effect, after subtracting the $17M we are paying, they get Sale for $21/2, or $10.5M x 2, actual cost.

 

That looks better than our Kluber and Richards deals.

 

Regardless, the Red Sox won the trade because of Grissom, according to BTV.

[moonslav59]

Regardless, the Red Sox won the trade because of Grissom, according to BTV.

 

I'm liking the trade more and more, as I read about Grissom, and remember the recent years of calling Chris freakin' Sale, Freakin' Chris Sale.

[dgalehouse]

It is Bizarro World when trading Chris Sale plus 17 million bucks for a little known prospect is considered a win. But who am I to doubt the expert geeks who go by the name BTV ?

[moonslav59]

It is Bizarro World when trading Chris Sale plus 17 million bucks for a little known prospect is considered a win. But who am I to doubt the expert geeks who go by the name BTV ?

 

Grissom is not "little known" among those who pay attention to the top ranked prospects in baseball. I heard of him long before I checked his BTV numbers.

 

The trade may backfire, spectacularly in two ways (or both):

 

Sale could do great with ATL.

 

Grissom may be the next Downs.

[notin]

It is Bizarro World when trading Chris Sale plus 17 million bucks for a little known prospect is considered a win. But who am I to doubt the expert geeks who go by the name BTV ?

 

Maybe someone who could look at Sale’s (complete lack of a) track record since 2019…

Edited January 4, 2024 by notin

[Bellhorn04]

It is Bizarro World when trading Chris Sale plus 17 million bucks for a little known prospect is considered a win. But who am I to doubt the expert geeks who go by the name BTV ?

 

Just think of BTV as Big Tony Vincenzo. Tony's job is much like that of the guys who set the NFL point spreads.

[Old Red]

It is Bizarro World when trading Chris Sale plus 17 million bucks for a little known prospect is considered a win. But who am I to doubt the expert geeks who go by the name BTV ?

 

👍👍👍.

[notin]

Just think of BTV as Big Tony Vincenzo. Tony's job is much like that of the guys who set the NFL point spreads.

 

Does Tony have a degree in mathematics from MIT like Jeff Sagarin does?