What about Hoffman?

by scottyboy10 on Dec 3, 2008 9:42 PM EST

I don't know how much he would cost, but he would be a nice addiction to our pen. I understand that we have a very talented bullpen when they are all healthy, but they have problems staying healthy. Yes, Mike Gonzalez finished last season great as the closer, but Hoffman is still the best ever. I think he would be a nice addition. But it is unlikely we even go after him.

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Even if the Braves did go after him which they won’t they wouldn’t offer him top dollar or the chance to be the everyday closer. My estimate is that he will get around $6-8 mil. for a one year contract. The Braves might go $4 mil. on him but that would be it. If they did sign him then they run into the problem of to many people in the bullpen. With Soriano, Gonzalez, and Smoltz plus Hoffman you wouldn’t be able to keep them all happy. You could trade one of the younger guys mid-season but then at the end of the year when Hoffman and Smoltz both retire what do you do.

by jack dein on Dec 3, 2008 10:17 PM EST reply actions

He’s probably a 1 win reliever. I’d pay him $5 million + incentives on a one year deal without hesitation.

by 17843 on Dec 3, 2008 10:20 PM EST reply actions

do we have to start a new thread for every free agent that theres a slight chance we may have the smallest bit of interest in?

Following the Braves...one long hard drink at a time.

by bigjoe on Dec 3, 2008 10:53 PM EST reply actions

do you have to bitch about everything

by jack dein on Dec 3, 2008 11:26 PM EST up reply actions

Come on, you’ve been around here a while, you know he does. Anyway, he’s got a great point on this one.

by cbwilk on Dec 4, 2008 2:01 AM EST up reply actions

Yes. get used to it.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Dec 4, 2008 9:03 AM EST up reply actions

AMEN!

"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."

by FrankyWren on Dec 4, 2008 1:37 PM EST up reply actions

YOU ACT LIKE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A POSTSEASON RUN OR SOMETHING

Last time I checked, the season is over. Speculating about FAs is pretty much the only worthwhile discussion at this point. If you don’t like it … go get your online reading/perusing done elsewhere.

"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."

by FrankyWren on Dec 4, 2008 1:39 PM EST up reply actions

My thoughts exactly

by jack dein on Dec 4, 2008 1:50 PM EST up reply actions

Amen to that!!!! Hoffman would not be a good sign we already have to closers with Gonzo and Soriano. Also smoltz is on the way back to the pen. The braves focus shouldn’t be the pen.

by Tradechipper on Dec 3, 2008 11:43 PM EST reply actions

If anything we should use our Pen

as trade bait for Maggs. Or whoever Wren has his radar on.

by Charmin519 on Dec 3, 2008 11:49 PM EST reply actions

this is just a bad idea period

by heap16 on Dec 4, 2008 1:22 PM EST reply actions

it's not that bad of an idea

What happened to our pen last year? They all were hurt for pretty much the whole year. What if that happens again? You want more Tavarez? Or more rookies who aren’t ready for the bigs yet?

by scottyboy10 on Dec 4, 2008 6:47 PM EST reply actions

You don't understand the problem

We had a good bullpen last year. Everyone will yell and scream, but it wasn’t Boyer’s fault he sucked. When you have no starting pitcher who can make 200 innings a season the bullpen gets overworked. And when an overworked bullpen loses its closer and primary setup man, that high workload gets spread over just a handful of guys (Bennett, Boyer, Ohman). Don’t expect the same results this year.

by someguy917 on Dec 4, 2008 11:14 PM EST up reply actions