Astros & Braves

Submitted by: NickNash

January 16, 2024

Astros

Name	Age	Level	P1	Availability	Years	AFV	Salary	Surplus	Low	Median	High
Max Fried	30	Majors	SP	Medium	1	37	14.4	22.6	18.1	22.6	27.1
AJ Minter	30	Majors	RP	Low	1	11.9	6.5	5.4	4.3	5.4	6.5
Cash										20

Total Value:

Braves

Name	Age	Level	P1	P2	Availability	Years	AFV	Salary	Surplus	Low	Median	High
Framber Valdez	30	Majors	SP		Medium	2	79.6	30.3	49.4	39.5	49.4	59.3

Total Value:

49.4

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Comments

NickNash

January 16, 2024 at 11:11 PM

Houston gets Fried to replace in the rotation and Minter to replace Graveman in the Bullpen. And the Braves pay the salaries saving Houston money. Braves get Valdez for 2 years and it does not look like they care about the luxury tax until next year

MacDaddy

January 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM

I think the Braves are accounting for the lux tax in 2024. It's the implications of the Chris Sale trade that give me reason to think this is the case. As I understand it, they're under the 3rd threshold, but not by much. I see that as articulated. All said, I'd rather my favorite team, the Braves, keep the money, not go over that luxury tax amount and ride on in 2024 with Minter and Fried. I like Framber Valdez a ton. Maybe next year or at the deadline.

NickNash

January 17, 2024 at 2:18 AM

yes the 12M that Valdez is getting for 2024 would put the Braves over the 277M tax threshold by about 3M. But Atlanta would only be at ~200M in 2025 so staying under the luxury tax would not be that hard with a rotation of Valdez, Strider, and Sale already on the books.