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Old 01-13-2020, 04:45 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by RchW View Post
One person, the Atlanta GM at the time. Atlanta paid out $16.4 million in bonuses to players who were made FA.
And they lost 13 prospects. That bit of stupidity probably set back the franchise a year or two even though they won the division this past season.

I would have to go back and read but I also think they got less money to use in the international prospect FA pool for a few years which further set them back.
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