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TBH this worries me more than any of the signings from their winter. This is a lost season, and it really doesn't matter what the active roster looks like outside of rushing kids. But if you get a bad rep, it will hurt you once the team is good.

Fair.

How bad must the Braves be if they are signing White Sox cast offs... oh wait.

Gaming the roster slotting here is a pretty important deal if you want to keep these guys around.

These guys are all going to be awful. Most of them are just placeholders until the talent eventually gets here.

I read to the end. You changed your argument at the beginning from something about who we didn't claim because of Pillar, which isn't remotely true, and went to something else when you learned MiLB deals aren't guaranteed or rostered. But cool. Grrr.

Well done.

And this signing didn't stop them from claiming him, because he wasn'ton the roster all winter. But why be accurate?

Nice move of the goalposts.

MiLB free agents on non guaranteed contracts cost nothing until exercised and occupy no roster spot. A team could make 50 deals like this over the winter and it wouldn't matter to the 40 or the payroll. I know you want to be mad, but at least be accurate.

Mendick isn't on the 40, so this saves a dfa.

Because it wasn't promised and they could cut him. And they did. And the signed him for less.

He took a payout on a nonguarenteed contract.

Would guess this means a trip to Charlotte

And with Ceases health, he is probably looking at a ton of years too.

I mean if you are going to catch feelings over Pillar, you should expect that to also generate discussion.

Or stop going to games. Or stop watching the team. Or stop following the team and spazzing out over every non-move. I gotta say I didn't think that the release of Pillar would hurt feelings outside of the Pillar household, but here we are.

Forget it, he’s rolling.

This should be the takeaway.

That was my favorite part... ranting about someone who had already been released.

He committed a federal crime with his wire in that case.