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MLB Franchise Notes: Braves Plan To Increase Payroll Next Season

Braves Exec VP & GM Alex Anthopoulos said that the team will have an "increased payroll" in '19, and will be "advantageous in exploring avenues to maximize that flexibility." Anthopoulous said the payroll will "go up for the current year," but the team does not "have a payroll number set for next year yet." In Atlanta, Gabriel Burns noted the team will not "spend to its ceiling," as the Braves will likely look to "hold some leeway for possible in-season moves" (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 10/17).

NO TANK IN SIGHT: Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak said that he does not think the team would ever consider a full rebuild like the Cubs and Astros have done recently, given that they "won 88 games" this season. Mozeliak said, "It wasn't exactly like we just got 70 and feel like we have no hope. We're pretty excited about what we have. And so the strategy of tearing down, maybe the question for you should be how good of a model is that? I think there are two teams that jump out and it has worked. A lot of teams have tried it and it hasn't" (THEATHLETIC.com, 10/16).

MEET THE METS: On Long Island, Tim Healey reports the Mets' new Triple-A Int'l League affiliate in Syracuse (formerly the Chiefs) is "adopting the major-league team's name." The Syracuse Mets will also get $25.6M of public funding to "upgrade their ballpark, NBT Bank Stadium, as part of a 25-year lease" agreed to by the Mets, the state of New York, Onondaga County and the city of Syracuse. The Syracuse Mets also got a "new orange-and-blue color scheme and logo/uniform set fitting their new name" (NEWSDAY, 10/17).

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