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oldbrave
February 23rd, 2009
4:34 pm
Pizzaro too bad youll be crying in your beer this year looking up at the braves againafter our brief 3 year absents, just like you did for 14 straight years lol
RC
February 23rd, 2009
4:36 pm
Frank Wren,
I agree with you that these “around the horn” ratings don’t tell you anything about the makeup of a ballclub. But if you want to get a rating of GMs, I’d go Frank Wren over Omar Minaya easily. Edgar for Jurrjiens and Hernandez was a robbing, and what’s being lost in the story about how many failed negotiations the Braves have had this offseason is that they ALWAYS had a plan B. As soon as Peavy didn’t happen, they moved on to Burnett. As soon as Burnett was gone, they moved on to Lowe. Having a contingency plan is a sign of good management. I can’t think of any great moves that Minaya has made, aside from spending a lot of money on top tier talent….which is a fine way to operate, but it’s nothing special. Anyone can give Santana the biggest contract in the majors….finding a hidden gem is the sign of a GM doing a great job.
Anders
February 23rd, 2009
4:38 pm
Gary- Arguing that Santana is only slightly better than Lowe and Gonzales is on par with K-Rod just makes you look lost. No one in baseball would defend either one of those points – no one.
If Lowe is so good why was he the Braves 3rd choice? Are you saying Burnett is as good or better than Santana? Come on.
As for Church never being as good as Frenchy, you do realize that in 280 less at bats last year he had 1 more HR and only 21 less RBI’s than Frenchy? Prorated over the same number of at bats Church would have 11 more HR’s and 22 more RBI’s than Frenchy had. I think saying never might be a bit of an overstament knowing what we do at this point is all I’m saying. Neither one is a lock.Both have potential to boom or bust imo.
Gary
February 23rd, 2009
4:39 pm
RC…fair enough, I can definitely see your point and of course Gonzo wasn’t winning any pennants for the Pirates, but closing is closing in my opinion. Either you can do it or you can’t. As far as Wright’s power vs Chipper’s…..Chipper has proven he can still go deep. The health is a big thing, but the fielding is still Chipper’s by a wide margin. Wright has won two Gold Gloves, but he deserved neither of them. He makes more errors than most infields do and plays out of position at times. He will get better just as Chipper did, but right now I still give the advantage to Chipper. I guess we can agree to disagree on this one. At least you aren’t calling me a homer and backing it up with homer projections of your own (JMar). lol!
DWW
February 23rd, 2009
4:40 pm
RC
I agree about Wren. People are acting like Schuerholtz left the organization. He is still there advising Wren, who is doing buisness the same way John always did. We had a good off season and the farm is stronger than ever, what else can you ask for.
oldbrave
February 23rd, 2009
4:42 pm
Anderson, Escobar,Chipper,Anderson,McCann,Frenchy, Johnson, Kotchman not a bad lineup and look at our bench outstanding Prado,Infanate, Daiz, Ross,and our pinching Hitting machine Norton
BlawgDawg
February 23rd, 2009
4:43 pm
Pizzaro So the Mutts have a .563 winning pct the last three years huh? Answer me this one, what’s their winning pct the last three years in September? LOL, not quite .563 now is it. How bout their winning pct in the post season those three years? You can’t blame anyone other than your CHOKING CLUBHOUSE for the Mets being viewed as they are now….CHOKERS
oldbrave
February 23rd, 2009
4:44 pm
very deep starting pitching and even deeper bullpen and young studs waiting in the wings
oldbrave
February 23rd, 2009
4:45 pm
I dont think we as Brave fans have anything to be concerned about and we have always had the mutts number anyway
Andrew
February 23rd, 2009
4:50 pm
this blog is hard to keep up with
mbatl
February 23rd, 2009
4:52 pm
these chips are making me thirsty.
Danga
February 23rd, 2009
4:55 pm
I think the Mets on paper look a little better than us this year. We may have an advantage over the haul of a season because of the depth in our starting pitching. And it isn’t as if the Mets lineup doesn’t have its own fair share of ifs. Castillo is an aging speedster. Delgado has to stay healthy and produce like he did in the 2nd half of last year vs the 1st half (Everyone was calling him finished before the all star break). Church must stay healthy for once in his career. If he goes down that OF looks thin. Murphy must continue to develop or they’ll be dependent on Fernando Tatis for more and more production. That would worry the mess out of me.
Richie
February 23rd, 2009
4:55 pm
Guys how is Santana above Lowe? We always seemed to do well again Santana. When he was with Minnesota, Hudson lost that game that he pitched when Bob Stinkman couldn’t keep the lead in the Metrodome. And please remember, the Braves beat Santana 3 times on the mound and another time in a game he pitched as well. So there is no advantage there. The Edge between Wright and Chipper is Chipper because there is one HUGE advantage. The Mets can’t get him out. The Braves get Wright, though. Plus, The other reason Chipper and Wright are close to even is because of Chipper’s injury history. Chipper is a better defensive 3rd baseman than Wright. I still haven’t grasped how you make 20+ errors on the hot corner and still get a gold glove but can’t change the past.I think his assessment of the Mets/Braves breakdown is on point.
David O'Brien
February 23rd, 2009
4:56 pm
Fischerking04: He’s pitched against them twice now in three days. Much better reaction today from hitters regarding his stuff. He added curveballs and cutters, after throwing almost all fastballs the other day. Diaz said even though he knew the big curve was coming (the catcher will tell them what pitch is coming in this early BP), Diaz still had to “re-trigger” his swing in mid-pitch.
He’s got very good location and started to show today what he was known for in Japan, being aggressive and throwing inside against hitters, throwing that cutter on their hands, etc.
David O'Brien
February 23rd, 2009
4:58 pm
DWW: Wren is by the batting cage a lot during these early workouts. He doesn’t just leave the evaluating to anyone else. He’s out there an awful lot.
mbatl
February 23rd, 2009
4:59 pm
C’mon… I mean I’m a homer and all, but Johan Santana is the best LH in baseball. The Braves have had some success in games he’s started, but let’s not suggest the Braves have a better #1 than the Mets.
I do think the next 4 spots, plus the minor league depth, and the bullpen, are up for question though.
blueridge
February 23rd, 2009
4:59 pm
We have blogress! Both on the part of the AJC as well as the Braves/Wren. Keep up the good work.
nolie
February 23rd, 2009
5:02 pm
Perez over the last two years is 25-17 with an avg ERA of 3.89 while Vazquez is 27-24 with a 4.21 ERA. Those numbers prove you incorrect my friend PIZARRO
gee do you think the fact that Perez is pitching in a pitcher’s park in the NL and that Vazquez was pitching in the AL in the best hitter’s park in baseball might have something to do with those ERAs? The last two years Vazques has a slight edge in ERA+ which takes into consideration league and park effects. Would have been a noticable edge if Ozzie hadn’t pitched him on such short rest the last 4 starts of the year.
Danga
February 23rd, 2009
5:03 pm
Absolutely mbatl…Santana is a beast.
John Quest
February 23rd, 2009
5:03 pm
DOB – only 4 more days: http://www.officialbikeweek.com/
David O'Brien
February 23rd, 2009
5:10 pm
By the way, that was Soriano’s first time facing hitters today. Went well. I didn’t see more than a couple of balls hit hard off him.
RC
February 23rd, 2009
5:11 pm
Just a moment to point out just how little can be told by “who’s #3 pitcher is better, Braves or Mets?”.
Let’s say the Mets pitchers had “values” of 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2. Now let’s say the Braves pitchers had “values of 9, 7, 5, 3, and 1. One would look at this and say “The Mets should beat the Braves 5 times out of 5″. However, what if the 5 games were 1 vs. 10, 9 vs. 8, 7 vs. 6, 5 vs. 4, and 3 vs. 2. In that case, the Braves should win 4 of 5. My point is that the marginal difference between “who’s #3 starter is better” is too simple to judge over the course of an entire season. For instance, which is better, a 2.00 ERA for 75 innings, or a 3.00 ERA for 200 innings? It’s all a matter of perspective.
mbatl
February 23rd, 2009
5:13 pm
2 pages? 3 pages? Every time I refresh, I get a different set of posts. But, at least the guys are working on it, I guess.
Danga
February 23rd, 2009
5:13 pm
RC…That makes way too much sense. Get that trash out of here.
Anders
February 23rd, 2009
5:19 pm
DOB – I gotta ask. Have the guys that are trying to fix this blog ever actually used a blog? I mean, it a fairly simple concept that they appear to be complicating. Hit refresh. You come back to the same place you were with any newly added posts. Repeat.
RC
February 23rd, 2009
5:20 pm
Just trying to raise the level of discourse here Danga. I’d much rather be discussing which of our 3 young OF’s should make the team than who has the better 5th man in the bullpen, Braves, Phillies, or Mets (My vote is for Anderson, but I’d like to see B. Jones get regular playing time at some point this season).
Danga
February 23rd, 2009
5:20 pm
Trade in 1 problem for another one. Seems like ever since DOB put his mug up on the top of the blog there have been problems. Hey DOB…You have mobs of teenage girls shrieking everywhere you go yet? The AJC sports page can’t handle the celeb status.
Anders
February 23rd, 2009
5:20 pm
Damn, of course my last post did just what it was supposed to do! Oh well, must be September.
Danga
February 23rd, 2009
5:24 pm
RC…Elevated discourse doesn’t normally last long on a blog, but I commend you for giving it a go. That was a very good point, and it was a way that I had not yet looked at it.
Being a sucker for prospects…I would like to see B. Jones get some playing time, too. I think he can be a productive player, but it appears as if right now an injury is going to have occur in order for him to get some pt.
yuupp
February 23rd, 2009
5:25 pm
PIZZARO
Look where vazquez was pitching and who his manager was – vazquez is going to be a different guy in Atl than he was in Chicago. I am not saying he is so much better than perez i live in NY and i like Perez but i believe he is the better pitcher and he wll show it this year in Atl
Mr. Nosemorthanu
February 23rd, 2009
5:27 pm
Hey PIZZARO, If you want to we can compare the lineup:
Score- Braves—Mets
LF – Garrett Anderson vs Daniel Murphy – 6 5
CF – J. Anderson/Schafer vs Beltran – 4 7
RF – Francouer vs Church – 5 5
1B – Kotchman vs Delgado – 6 7
2B – Johnson vs Castillo – 6 4
SS – Escobar vs Reyes – 7 7
3B – Jones vs Wright – 8 9
C – McCann vs Scneider – 7 5
Bench- 6 6
Help in Minors this year- 1-5 scale 3 2
Total this category- 58 57
SP1 – Santana vs Lowe – 8 9
SP2 – Maine vs Jurrjens – 6 6
SP3 – Perez vs Vasquez – 6 5
SP4 – Pelfrey vs Kawakami – 6 6
SP5 – Redding vs Glavine – 6 4
Help in Minors this year- 1-5 scale 4 2
Total this category- 36 32
CL – Rodriguez vs Gonzales. 7 9
SU – Putz vs Soriano – 6 6
SU – Sanchez vs Moylan – 6 5
Rest of staff- 8 7
Total for category 27 27
Manager – Cox vs Manuel – 8 6
Total for Team 129 122
Braves Win, Braves Win
Chop33
February 23rd, 2009
5:28 pm
DOB we need your confirmation:
http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/06/85/64/slideshow_964856_3.jpg
is that an Atlanta brave’s A on Moylan’s forearm?
mbatl
February 23rd, 2009
5:28 pm
B. Jones had a huge opportunity last year, and unfortunately didn’t take advantage of it – I do think he had a shoulder problem most of the time, which is real unfortunate – but he could’ve really stepped up and made a name for himself at a time when we had nothing in LF.
He may get another chance, but the field just got more crowded with the addition of GA. He’ll probably be in Gwinnett this year; just needs to work on his game and be ready if he gets another chance in Atlanta.
John Quest
February 23rd, 2009
5:29 pm
Hey DOB, anyone talking about the Rays down there? I know it’s early, but I’m trying to figure out who’ll play in the WS.
Steve from OH
February 23rd, 2009
5:30 pm
Can we give this Braves/Mets comparison thing a rest? I mean, we’ve already got something to do that for us…they’re called games. There are 162 of them. After completion of said games, we will know who is better. And the best part is…they’re right around the corner!
nolie
February 23rd, 2009
5:36 pm
but the fielding is still Chipper’s by a wide margin. Wright has won two Gold Gloves, but he deserved neither of them. He makes more errors than most infields do and plays out of position at times. He will get better just as Chipper did, but right now I still give the advantage to Chipper. GARY
now that is really funny. Only a Braves homer would say that, nobody else in baseball would.
Danga
February 23rd, 2009
5:39 pm
Nolie…Is D. Wright actually considered a good defensive 3b? The times I’ve seen him play (small sample size) he looked awful out there. Never did understand why he won those gold gloves aside from being in a huge media market.
nolie
February 23rd, 2009
5:41 pm
2 pages? 3 pages? Every time I refresh, I get a different set of posts. But, at least the guys are working on it, I guess. MBALT
you gotta know what page you are on and go to the bottom and click on that one. at least that’s how it is working 4 me.
This Blog Is Seriously Sick
February 23rd, 2009
5:44 pm
I just bet this was a good blog today with lots of valuable info. The only problem is I can only see comments from 3pm on.
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I’m aware that this is being addressed. Just hope it’s addressed sooner rather than later. This is perhaps the most “news” filled time of the year in MLB.
I realize this isn’t under DOB’s pay grade, just want the AJC technical guys to “get it.”
I hope the AJC IT folks are better than the IT group we have where I work. If not, this might be broken until November!
spotts
February 23rd, 2009
5:46 pm
I posted this question earlier this afternoon but was at work and didn’t get to check before it got cut off, so I’ll ask again….
Why is Matt Diaz considered a platoon player? I was looking at his splits and he hit .318 against righties in 2007 and .358 in 2006. He may not be a power hitter, but I’d want someone that’s hitting well over .300 in my lineup. He didn’t do so hot last year, but he had few ABs and was hurt I believe (right?)
yuupp
February 23rd, 2009
5:46 pm
if yiou dont like it then dont read it – noone said you had to care what other people care about
mbatl
February 23rd, 2009
5:47 pm
nolie, yeah, well it seems to be stabilizing. I hope they get it worked out…
btw, fangraphs has Chipper as a better defensive 3b than Wright last year, by a small margin (both are good, not great). I’d take Wright on my team anytime, and of course CJ has a hard time staying on the field, so that factors into it.
Frank
February 23rd, 2009
5:53 pm
DOB, As someone asked earlier, is there any news on who OHMAN has decided to sign with?
Andrew
February 23rd, 2009
5:55 pm
Mr. Nosemorthanu,what the hell is that crap scale of teams? Why even waste your time doing that? And why is McCann only a 7?
nolie
February 23rd, 2009
5:58 pm
Nolie…Is D. Wright actually considered a good defensive 3b? The times I’ve seen him play (small sample size) he looked awful out there. Never did understand why he won those gold gloves aside from being in a huge media market.
He’s rated as somewhat better that Chipper by most, but I posted that because GARY was saying Chipper was way better. I agree that Chipper is much better now than he was in his first go-round at third when most saber-guys considered him one of the worst in BB, but way better than Wright he is not.
Catching Ability: 80
Throwing Accuracy: 80
Arm Strength: 84
Fielding Anticipation: 75
Fielding Range: 72
Jumping and Diving: 70
CHIPPER
Catching Ability: 84
Throwing Accuracy: 80
Arm Strength: 85
Fielding Anticipation: 82
Fielding Range: 84
Jumping and Diving: 82
WRIGHT
http://sports.ign.com/articles/766/766459p1.html
John Robinson IGNSports,COM perspective which I think is pretty accurate. Chipper has always been somewhat lacking in anticipation and range.
Interested Observer
February 23rd, 2009
6:00 pm
Does anybody know if XM carries the spring training games?
PTBNL
February 23rd, 2009
6:03 pm
Well… he swapped order in the list. If I understand it correctly, he actually has the Mets being better. If you add Mets to Mets in each category and Braves to Braves. Rather than adding columns.
Andrew
February 23rd, 2009
6:07 pm
DOB,big kansas game tonight and no blake griffin.
Lew
February 23rd, 2009
6:08 pm
Let me know when someone comes up with a rating system that makes playing the games unnecessary.
Mark B (MEB)
February 23rd, 2009
6:11 pm
XM does carry spring training games starting Wednesday. Check it out.
http://www.xmradio.com/schedule/sport/get_mlb_schedule.jsp
TnBrian
February 23rd, 2009
6:12 pm
Muts fans have predicted their team the next ‘27 Yankees for the last ten years, and they’ve done nothing in that time that’s worth wasting ink on. Let them run their fat traps right now, but when we smoke them like we do every year, they’ll run and hide like always.
Run Heap Run
February 23rd, 2009
6:14 pm
Hey Hey hey…over 100 comments and still not broke.
Interested Observer
February 23rd, 2009
6:19 pm
Thanks, MEB
David O'Brien
February 23rd, 2009
6:24 pm
Andrew, ‘Hawks caught a break on Griffin. Big break. Better take advantage.
Pagination … hmm… OK, let’s give it a whirl
Chop Chop
February 23rd, 2009
6:29 pm
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/braves/2009-02-22-braves-offseason_N.htm
Has anyone posted that here today? Just talked to my dad. He was at a doctor’s office and happened to see today’s USA Today Sports section on a table. Dad said that the article was “funny.” (He’s from Atlanta and a Red Sox fan. He didn’t get on the Braves’ bandwagon when they came to Atlanta.)
It does include an interesting quote from Wren:
“We were on the attack,” Wren says. “When we set out on our offseason plan to build the club, there were a lot of guys we (decided internally to) make an offer to. I don’t know where it was coming from, but it seemed like every offer we made was in the (news) media. It teased our fans.”
So, we had leaks?
ShamusThacker
February 23rd, 2009
6:30 pm
From purely a baseball standpoint, I agree that Anderson is a better fit than Griffey. Jr is a player you have to plan around being without, much, if not all of the time. Wouldn’t surprise me if he goes down the first week; he’s at that stage. Could have been another Hammy for us. lol
ShamusThacker
February 23rd, 2009
6:32 pm
If by some chance Hammy reads this blog, THANK YOU, for signing elsewhere.
jds
February 23rd, 2009
6:36 pm
Is anyone else picturing the people trying to “fix” the blog as a bunch of monkeys at typewriters?
ShamusThacker
February 23rd, 2009
6:41 pm
Hanson is the most highly anticipated Atlanta Brave since Andruw. By me anyway.
ShamusThacker
February 23rd, 2009
6:42 pm
I’m a programmer, and sometimes I feel like a monkey in front of a computer.
mbatl
February 23rd, 2009
6:43 pm
jds, as a monkey who sits at a keyboard (not a typewriter), I’m pretty sure you’re right.
tr
February 23rd, 2009
6:43 pm
Chimps, jds, chimps. Everybody knows monkeys can’t type!
Leah
February 23rd, 2009
6:48 pm
Too bad they can’t put in an auto-refresh for the blog, but that would probably cause loading problems as well. Guess you can’t have everything.
So, who’s ready for some Braves baseball (finally)?!
dogsbrekky
February 23rd, 2009
6:48 pm
Pizzant – Lets put your money where your mouth is, I will bet you that Vazquez has a higher WAR,wins and Ks then Ollie Perez in 2009…
“Shake and Bake”
BTW – I live in NY and went online to buy tickets to Shea II/SHeetyField, bloody expensive even for loge boxes, $180-$300, just hope the corporates keep supporting the ‘Mucils cause I do not see you selling out many games in ‘09
ShamusThacker
February 23rd, 2009
6:50 pm
Programmers tend to like the Alkyhawl quite a bit. Y’all better keep a check on that bunch DOB, y’all might have a buncha deadbeat drunks back there…
ncscoots
February 23rd, 2009
6:51 pm
mbatl, Brandon Jones actually had no shot at making the club last ST. Not with Infante opening the season on the DL and Kotsay’s back starting in CF. Braves had to have a warm body to backup CF, and that ain’t Brandon, I’m afraid. Even had he been healthy and had a good spring, he was AAA-bound all the way.
After that, he never got untracked in the minors and couldn’t grab the job when Diaz went down. Just never got his swing going, all year long (health or head or both, maybe). Lots of posters here judge him on his weak ML numbers in a small sample, or his minors numbers in a down year, and call him AAAA or whatever. People are entitled to their opinions, certainly, but the guy is no slug. He can play. Not in Atlanta, I suppose, LOL, but he can play.
Roper
February 23rd, 2009
6:51 pm
We’re overloaded with left-handed hitters and right-handed pitchers. And so many righties without many options.
Dob, I’m going to spring training games march 13-15. Can i extrapolate from the rotation in your blog who’ll be pitching those days? Or is it way too early to start trying that?
dogsbrekky
February 23rd, 2009
6:52 pm
nolie – David Wright makes some awesome plays at 3rd, he made 1 bad error in the Sep run down last year but the other “Mucils” effed up a lot more… he is a gamer and a quality star
okay I have said my 1 good thing about the “Shea goodbye to Hollywoods for 2009″ for 2009, do NOT expect any more ……..
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
February 23rd, 2009
6:52 pm
Shamus, what languages do you program in?
kool$kat
February 23rd, 2009
6:53 pm
Tag teams top 3: 1.The Midnight Express 2. The Midnight Rockers 3. The Midnight Ramblers…wait, that was a song….
kool$kat
February 23rd, 2009
6:54 pm
The Midnight Riders…doh! Thats a song too..
ncscoots
February 23rd, 2009
6:54 pm
Shamus, if you feel like a monkey, you’re tooling in the wrong shop, my man. Come work for me, you’ll feel less a monkey and more King Kong, LOL. And I take umbrage at “deadbeat drunks”…I’m no deadbeat.
dogsbrekky
February 23rd, 2009
6:55 pm
DOB – What odds KU beat the Oklahoma dudes t/nite….
The basketball is so effed up this year, suspect my TARHEELS will get good at the right time in MARCH…….
ShamusThacker
February 23rd, 2009
6:57 pm
RPG, JAVA
ShamusThacker
February 23rd, 2009
7:01 pm
Though I haven’t stopped drinking long enough to know for sure, I might not be a drunk…
ShamusThacker
February 23rd, 2009
7:03 pm
Barbecue is my only true addiction.
BravesFanChris24
February 23rd, 2009
7:03 pm
Top 3 Tag Teams in my opinion….
1. 4 Horsemen/Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Arn and Ole)
2. Hart Foundation
3. Legion Of Doom/Road Warriors
I’m an avid wrestling fan, more so the old school or as I call it the golden days. I also love baseball and Braves being my team.
PIZZARO
February 23rd, 2009
7:04 pm
Anyone who says Santana is only slightly better than Lowe is someone who is out of touch. Santana has a .681 winning percentage. A 2 time cy young award winner and a 3 time all star. a life time ERA of 3.11. Lowe is a 2 time allstar(6 yrs older), .541 winning percentage and NO CY YOUNGS……Santana is far better!!
Danga
February 23rd, 2009
7:08 pm
Yeah, but Santana plays for the Mets…Ewww.
PIZZARO
February 23rd, 2009
7:08 pm
I gone to this blog on and off for the last two or three years and read each time how much better the braves were gonna be than the Mets. Then the season ends and it’s not the case. I’ve never said the Mets haven’t had their problems holding on the the division in sept the last two years. But they have in that time played better baseball than the braves. The only way you can choke is if you have a chance in sept. The brave didn’t choke because by then they were long gone and out of it.
PIZZARO
February 23rd, 2009
7:11 pm
Enter your comments here
Chop Chop
February 23rd, 2009
7:11 pm
Top 3 Tag Teams
1. The Steiner Brothers
2. Minnesota Wrecking Crew/Brain Busters
3. Rock and Roll Express (Nothing can top Robert Gibson signing to his deaf parents back at home. He always let them know how many times the Rock and Roll Express had held the world tag team titles. Maybe they had short-term memory loss or something. Also, Ricky Morton had the greatest bleach blonde mullet in the recorded history of mulletry.)
Andy K.
February 23rd, 2009
7:13 pm
PIZZARO Who are you? Anders’ and Mr. Met’s love child???? Just wondering….
mbatl
February 23rd, 2009
7:14 pm
’scoots, I agree completely on B. Jones. Was never an option out of ST, but he did great in his first callup last year, and then not so great (well, bad) in his second, when I do think he was hurting.
Believe me, I’m in no hurry to give up on a guy who’s been a very good prospect for several years. But, his path to the majors did just get a lot tougher with the acquisition of GA.
I would guess he’s in Gwinnett to start the year, and is the first call-up if G.Anderson, Diaz or Francouer should go down.
18 Wheels of Love
February 23rd, 2009
7:16 pm
Top Tag Teams
1. The Mulkey Brothers (Randy & Bill)
2. The Mod Squad
3. Rocky King and Sam Houston
dogsbrekky
February 23rd, 2009
7:17 pm
PIZZANT – Mets 2-10 Braves in 2008 I think in Atlanta or was that overall
What odds you want to give me Braves finish AHEAD of ‘Mucils in regular season…………….
“Oh the pain”……
Charlie O'Brien
February 23rd, 2009
7:18 pm
Hey Dave! It’s your big bro. Just want to say you’re doing a heckuva job with the blog. The whole family is so proud of our little Davey! (I won’t divulge our nickname for our little muffin on the blog … whoops, I just did!) Anyways, keep up the good work. You’re making your cranky old brother – and his tired catcher’s knees – happy.
Woogidy
February 23rd, 2009
7:19 pm
Any chance the Braves look to claim back Andy Marte?
Andrew
February 23rd, 2009
7:19 pm
PIZZARO, atleast the braves are respected amoung their peers…all this oh were the team to beat is stupid..atleast when the phillies say it they back it up..you can tell watching games that the phillies and braves respect eachother,but when you watch both teams play the mets and interviews you’ll see that neither team respects the mets..
tr
February 23rd, 2009
7:20 pm
Braves Fan Chris24 –
The Steiners (loved the “Frankensteiner” finishing move!), but can’t argue with your Top 3, either!
PIZZARO -
Santana vs Braves = .000 winning percentage. That probably has a LOT to do with the “value” attitudes on a BRAVES blog. If you want agreement, go back to a METS blog! Especially given the success the Braves have had against Santana, I believe I’d have to take Lowe vs the Mets line-up over Santana vs the Braves line-up. Not quite the same as the “who’s better” question, but explains a lot about valuations from a lot here. I’m sure you’d take the other side of the equation, but that’s what makes baseball worth playing April – October, and blogs worth reading in February!
Lew
February 23rd, 2009
7:20 pm
Pizzaro-Yeah, we know-Santana is probably the best pitcher in all of baseball, right? He didn’t lead you to a Division win though, did he? Maybe it takes more than ONE good pitcher.
You realize that if the Mets are real lucky (weird concept there) that Santana will prove to be one of the few Free Agent signings that the Mets have made that might actually be worth what he’s been paid?
winterville
February 23rd, 2009
7:21 pm
PIZZARO
Why don’t you go on the Phillies blog and talk trash? According to you we are no threat anyway so why don’t you go talk to the fans of the team that won the division and the world series?
i cant believe that guy's name is "shut up DOB"!
February 23rd, 2009
7:21 pm
schafer would have to absolutely explode to earn an opening day nod. the reason being is j anderson is out of options and we are only going to carry 4 outfielders. with diaz obviously being the fourth. we will give anderson a couple of months to see what he does and if he doesnt impress then schafer will be called up.
Robert
February 23rd, 2009
7:22 pm
any news on Morton’s injury
JasonInFL (Formerly ME)
February 23rd, 2009
7:22 pm
Good old RPG…long live the AS400! So, which do you like better…the procedural languages or the OOP/OOD languages such as Java?
tr
February 23rd, 2009
7:24 pm
I’d have to agree with all who say that the Mets are the team to beat, and the Braves usually do, beat the Mets!
jtb3
February 23rd, 2009
7:26 pm
1. bushwackers
2. legion of doom
3. harlem heat
BravesFanChris24
February 23rd, 2009
7:27 pm
tr
Definitely, Steiners are without a doubt one of the best teams ever. They are definitely in my top 5/10 for sure though.
I remember the days of watching WCW Saturday Night and watching them compete. Then for the other old school teams watching Saturday Night’s Main Event. Get the DVD it’s awesome, blatant cheap plug lol.
As far as GA goes. I think with him on the team, he could help Kotchman if he were to struggle at all. If they are close like it has been said, it’ll be a big help for not only them, but the team overall in the big picture sense.
dogsbrekky
February 23rd, 2009
7:27 pm
What happens to JJ Reyes this year… AAA ??
Buddy Carlyle ???
PIZZARO
February 23rd, 2009
7:29 pm
dogs—you name the bet bro. The Mets will win more games than the braves….no question. They are top to bottom a better team. They were last year and will be again this one.