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    Default Atlanta Braves

    With all of the football talk going on it may have gotten lost in the shuffle but it looks like the Braves are going to lose a majority of their international signings from 2016 and 2017. Their GM has already resigned and now they lose out on a majority of their studs in their farm league. This is going to sting for a little while.
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    Gutpile will be upset.

    Time for him to become a Riverdogs fan anyway.
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    Maitan is the big name that Atlanta is said to be losing...17 year old kid flashing major talent, that's gonna hurt. Braves also happen to have #1 prospect in baseball in Ronald Acuna. I think they should be good on keeping him. I don't think this will be as big of a deal long term as others do. The Braves' farm system is pretty damn deep.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ziggy View Post
    Maitan is the big name that Atlanta is said to be losing...17 year old kid flashing major talent, that's gonna hurt. Braves also happen to have #1 prospect in baseball in Ronald Acuna. I think they should be good on keeping him. I don't think this will be as big of a deal long term as others do. The Braves' farm system is pretty damn deep.
    Yeah, Acuna should be safe since he was signed in 2014. The loss of Maitan is going to hurt, especially since he keeps the signing bonus and can be signed by another team.
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    So what happened exactly?

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    They got caught giving farm players off the book bonuses.

    https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-hammers...201314625.html

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    mlb didnt get their kickbacks from signing all these international players and dropped the hammer on the braves. meanwhile, a card's exec hacked into the astros scouting system a couple years back and the cardinals got a slap on the wrist. padres forged injury records and nothing happened from mlb. braves will go from a top 2 or 3 system to a top 5 farm system. they'll be alright if their new gm doesn't deal off all their minor league talent for old mlb players like he did in toronto.
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    Quote Originally Posted by uga_dawg View Post
    They got caught giving farm players off the book bonuses.

    https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-hammers...201314625.html
    I saw too where they exceeded their signing bonus allotment. They were allotted $4.5 mil for international free agents and they ended up spending $15.1.
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    Who gives a fuck? They're the Braves. They suck. Always have, always will
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    Coppollela banned for life from Baseball.. that's a pretty stiff penalty indeed.
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    Yeah sounds like other organizations we're doing the same thing. But the braves got caught and we're one of the more egreious offenders so they made an example out of them. The prospects are the ones that win. They get to keep the money and sign again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FEETDOWN View Post
    Who gives a fuck? They're the Braves. They suck. Always have, always will
    I hope Updyke pays your sod farms a visit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FEETDOWN View Post
    Who gives a fuck? They're the Braves. They suck. Always have, always will
    Seems like you do since you took the time to post in here.
    :FYT:

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    Fuck the braves.

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