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They didn’t ask any pressing follow up questions.

General Intro: - Bullpen will be a priority. - No way to look at last season other than a disappointment. - Reinforcing pitching as a whole, better controlling the running game, improving on defense are things they identified as far back as the summer. - Signing a TOR isn’t out of the possibility, it’s the “Holy Grail” - we’d be foolish not to at least check it out. - “We’re still evaluating all of our options with Craig Kimbrel.” About TLR: - Most surprising thing is that “he walked in the door without wresting on his past accomplishments and was starting at zero to earn trust and respect.” - Didn’t mandate his way, sought to earn staff trust in a similar way. Rodon: - I’d caution against saying he’s moving on. I’ve already talked with Boras and Rodon. We know we won’t have him back for 1 at 18. It made a little more sense to shoot for a longer deal with him or someone else. His days as a White Sox might not be over. “We saw what he can do when he’s 100% healthy” Second Base / Right Field: - I think we’re probably closer to having internal answers in Right Field with Vaughn and Sheets. - At second we have Mendick and Romey who are options that are less established and seem more as super utility types. - We’re going to vet the market for both positions via free agents and trades. Kopech: - Will be treated as a every 5 days kind of guy but to stretch him out and rest him in the summer we may have to skip a start and have him throw an inning or two out of the pen instead. Shifting: - We’re going to have to be better defensively instead. Don’t look just at the shift, look at outs converted via the shift or not. We we’re 9th in the league with that statistic. Still we need to look at ways to improve defense and align pitch selection for the effectiveness of defensive alignment. DH: - Wait to see how offseason plays out. If we go to sign a RF then it will be the kids Vaughn and Sheets. If we sign a true DH we’ll be looking at that pair in right. CBA: - I think for the next month we’re continuing on as business is normal and will hope that the league and player association will continue working together positively as they have since the mid 90’s. Braves: - Leading up to the deadline I talked with Alex and to his credit he believed in the underlying talent of that staff and they decided to add to it and got hot at the right time. They exemplified it’s important to get hot at the right time, to get into the playoffs, and for the front office to feed the talent on the field with supplements when it is possible.

Wonderful… just turned it on to hear “thanks for your time hope there’s no labor stoppage.” Cool - I figured out on Twitch you can rewind.

What are you talking about? Read the tea leaves… it obviously means we’re signing Scherzer.

I just like listening to him speak… his voice is so soothing and is more effective than high blood pressure medication.

Yes.

Can I have a million dollars, please?

I’m certainly not advocating a Kimbrel for Wheeler deal as possible. ?

I wonder what it would take to get Wheeler.

Strong language, Bob.

So stupid.

Opt into Kimbrel and don’t offer a QO to Rodon. They’re already screwing up the off-season.

Nah - they’ll bring him back with a bunch of incentive based items.

Can Kimbrel play second? ?

Can Avi play second? ?

Wonder if they’ve been negotiating on a longer contract offer.

It’s really an anagram.

Oops.

They can take a can of tuna I’ve had at the back of my pantry for the last 8 years. Kimbrel can do things around the house for me all year.

Found it… “The deadline for teams to tender a qualifying offer -- a one-year deal for 2022 worth $18.4 million -- to their eligible free agents is Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.” Seems like you’re correct.

What’s the deadline today on extending qualifying offers - 3pm EST is my guess?

It’s officially the off-season.

I just threw up in my mouth a little

Yea this is probably a reasonable guess… wonder what @ptatc thinks is a good target.

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