{"id":6413,"date":"2014-02-16T14:54:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T19:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=6413"},"modified":"2014-02-16T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T19:55:00","slug":"braves-hoping-to-sign-andrelton-simmons-to-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/02\/16\/braves-hoping-to-sign-andrelton-simmons-to-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves hoping to sign Andrelton Simmons to extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/andreltonsimmonssept.jpg\" alt=\"andreltonsimmonssept\" width=\"594\" height=\"376\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/andreltonsimmonssept.jpg 594w, https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2013\/09\/andreltonsimmonssept-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Atlanta Braves may have signed Freddie Freeman, Craig Kimbrel and Jason Heyward to extensions this offseason but that did not stop them from approaching shortstop Andrelton Simmons about a new contract<\/p>\n<p>Simmons will become eligible for arbitration for the first time next winter but the two sides have already had discussions about a long term extension.<\/p>\n<p>According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post the sticking point between the Braves and Simmons is his offensive upside. Already Simmons has proven to be a gold glove in the field but his offensive output has been questionable at times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Hear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Braves&amp;src=hash\">#Braves<\/a> want to sign Simmons long term but sides differ on offensive value now\/future. Hitting pays huge, defense doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joelsherman1\/statuses\/435118794890297344\">February 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Simmons finished with a .248\/.296\/.396 line but mashed 17 home runs, 27 doubles and six triples. Those numbers were an improvement over his small sample from the previous year. How much Simmons improves on his numbers will go a long way in determining his future salaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves may have signed Freddie Freeman, Craig Kimbrel and Jason Heyward to extensions this offseason but that did not stop them from approaching shortstop Andrelton Simmons about a new contract Simmons will become eligible for arbitration for the first time next winter but the two sides have already had discussions about a long [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[421,28,501],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-6413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-andrelton-simmons","9":"tag-atlanta-braves","10":"tag-mlb"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6413"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}