How do the Braves afford Glavine, but not Damon?

If they are paying Glavine 7 figures, I’m going to go outside, flap my arms and fly away.

Probably in the low 6-figure range. They’re throwing him a bone, not asking him to run the team.

Damon a power hitter? I think not. Damon is probably going to cost 5 million +. While Tommy maybe around 500,000 or less.

The point is that the Braves have money to spend. They are choosing not to spend it on players in the field. I’m not saying we don’t want Glavine. We do. Can’t imagine Tommy working for a “bone.” Has the front office released Glavine’s salary? We also want some power and speed to score some runs. Not saying Damon’s the answer (though I’d like to see him as a Brave). But the Braves did make him an offer, so they must see something there. Glavine won’t help us on the field. Hope I’m wrong, but this team doesn’t have enough punch to give the Phillies a run for the division.

Blogging is great. You get to banter useless information about actions you have no control over whatsoever. Yes, I know that front office payroll is different than player payroll, or equipment expense, like the (relatively) new scoreboard. These are all accounting classifications. They are all expenses. Revenue comes from one source…the fans…either directly through ticket and concession sales, or indirectly through radio, TV and MLB payments. How the Braves use that money is decided by the bean counters. Organizations can get top heavy. What was the team goal for the off season? Get a right handed power hitter. Traded Vasquez for right handed power hitter Melky Cabrera? Don’t think so. Troy Glaus may be the deal of the century if he returns to form. But we didn’t even fain an attempt at a big name. Maybe I’m just longing for the days of deep pockets Ted Turner. We don’t have the dollars to compete with the Yankees, but it seems there should be some creative accounting that would flow more cash to the playing field and less to the front office. Since I don’t know, and none of us do, how much Glavine or anyone else in the front office is being paid, this is probably all meaningless dribble in the end. The team we’ve got now, is the team we’ve got for the rest of the season. Are they good enough to bring some excitement back to Atlanta and make a run at the post season. I hope so. The Braves leadership has brought some great baseball to the city over most of the past 2 decades. The last 3 years haven’t lived up to that tradition. Hope October proves me wrong. Go Braves!

Hey, this is just a blog. Since neither of us get any money from the Braves, there’s no sense in getting worked up about it. To clear the record, I did say the Glaus could very well be the deal of century (and hope he will be). The “front office” versus “player payroll” is different only in the accounting sense. Leadership sets the budget and can chose to move revenue around to where its needed most. Without having any inside knowledge of that budget, I’d sort of like to think that player payroll would be a higher priority since the players are the ones who bring in the revenue dollars from the fans. You are absolutely right about Bay and Holliday, they were asking too much. Sorry my post got you worked up, but I don’t recall cussing anyone out and would expect that courtesy from others. Anyway, let’s keep it civil and keep pushing for the team. I’m sure JS and FW are listening to us.