not sure the validity of this, but there's a rumor going around that the braves could be cutting payroll this offseason. i'm not sure though, because i would think that we would have a big push since 2008 looks to be our last chance for a while, so i'm expecting cuts after next season, but to fold it in already? just what we need, another time warner.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rumors/post/Br...l?urn=mlb,46138

BYE BYE Andrew Jones

BYE BYE Andrew Jones

 

we know that, and some braves fans are looking forward to seeing andruw off the team with his performance this season.

they can lose Jones which will cut salary and still be competitive , i really hope the braves follow the loria economic model of how to make money in baseball though

looks like the rumors are false, per braves.com.

 

Notes: Payroll slash in 2008 unlikely

Team chairman and president says reports are false

By Mark Bowman / MLB.com

 

PHILADELPHIA -- There appears to be no credence to the recent reports that have indicated Liberty Media plans to slash the Braves' payroll next season. In fact, Braves chairman and president Terry McGuirk continues to provide indication that the organization is in a growing phase.

 

Before Tuesday's series opener against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, McGuirk was informed of these reports by a reporter. It's safe to say he reacted with genuine astonishment and surprise.

 

"It's one of those non sequiturs," said McGuirk, using the Latin term for "it does not follow." "I've never heard it. I don't know where it came from, and it couldn't be more completely wrong."

 

When Commissioner Bud Selig allowed Liberty Media to acquire the Braves from Time Warner in May, he did so with the edict that the club's management would stay in place and that the payroll wouldn't be reduced.

 

Thus when newspapers such as The Philadelphia Daily News indicated this past weekend that the Braves would be slashing their payroll, they were certainly providing information that McGuirk simply calls erroneous.

 

"There is no basis for it, and the fact that I haven't even heard it before is even better," McGuirk said.

 

After Sunday afternoon's Turner Field finale, the Braves announced they'd drawn 2,745,207 fans this year. It was a seven percent increase in comparison to last year's attendance total and their best mark since the 2001 season.

 

"We're trying to build value and build a franchise," McGuirk said. "The fact that we increased attendance by seven percent this year as a result of what we built the year before makes me very enthusiastic to do it again."

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...rtnered=rss_atl

THANK. GOD.

 

Phew