In three years the Atlanta Braves spring training field at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex's contract will expire.
So the Braves will be considering other options outside of Orlando, Florida where their spring training-home is located.
"We find ourselves now in a circumstance where teams in the central Florida area have begun migrating out," John Schuerholz said Tuesday in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "It would be problematic if we found ourselves in three years with no one in close proximity to play except the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland."
Just wanting to do it would be the last reason why the Braves would discuss make a decision like this says Schuerholz. They want to make sure that their players are in the best environment possible for them.
"We are doing it not because we desire to do it but because we have to tend to our business," he said. "A critical part of our business is finding a place to train our players. It might very well be (at Disney), but it might not. I don’t have the answer to that right now.
To make sure that the best decision is made for his team, Schuerholz will make sure that every alternative will be talked about multiple times and looked at thoroughly.
"I don’t want to leave our organization in a circumstance that I don’t do what I need to do to provide alternatives, to determine if there are alternatives out there," he said."
If the Braves move their spring home, it would remain in Florida, Schuerholz said. "We wouldn’t be an Arizona team," he said.
So the Braves will be considering other options outside of Orlando, Florida where their spring training-home is located.
"We find ourselves now in a circumstance where teams in the central Florida area have begun migrating out," John Schuerholz said Tuesday in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "It would be problematic if we found ourselves in three years with no one in close proximity to play except the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland."
Just wanting to do it would be the last reason why the Braves would discuss make a decision like this says Schuerholz. They want to make sure that their players are in the best environment possible for them.
"We are doing it not because we desire to do it but because we have to tend to our business," he said. "A critical part of our business is finding a place to train our players. It might very well be (at Disney), but it might not. I don’t have the answer to that right now.
To make sure that the best decision is made for his team, Schuerholz will make sure that every alternative will be talked about multiple times and looked at thoroughly.
"I don’t want to leave our organization in a circumstance that I don’t do what I need to do to provide alternatives, to determine if there are alternatives out there," he said."
If the Braves move their spring home, it would remain in Florida, Schuerholz said. "We wouldn’t be an Arizona team," he said.