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varodrunner
June 22nd, 2009
4:07 pm
WOW sorry for the BOLD but how do yoou turn it off?
Paul Lentz
June 22nd, 2009
4:09 pm
Epinephrine…………..so what if Francoeur got “robbed” of a double by Ellsbury on Saturday? That pitch was a hanger from Beckett. It should have been hit our of the ball park. Also, in the 8th inning of that game with runners on 1st and 2nd and 1 out, Beckett threw another hanger that had “hit my a$$ over the Green Monster” written all over it. Instead he pulls it fouls. The next pitch he hits into an inning ending double play.
Francoeur has absolutely NO POWER anymore. If his “upside” is being a singles hitter who bats .250………..then cut his a$$ right now. 1 homer and 1 double in 57 at-bats in the month of June. PATHETIC. 15 homers in his last 848 at bats……even more PATHETIC.
John Hoar
June 22nd, 2009
4:09 pm
I sure don’t know anything about baseball, but it doesn’t look like a good idea to trade one of our known entities. We know that Vazquez can pitch and it’s not his fault he doesn’t have a better W-L record. We also know he wants to pitch for the Braves. Hudson? We don’t know that he can pitch after his surgery, and we don’t know the future prospects of signing him with the options. Do we know that he wants to pitch for the Braves since John Smoltz is gone as well as Glavine? They were all considered big time pitchers and it was comfortable for him in that environment.Perhaps we should be thinking about the loss of Hudson rather than Vazquez
CB
June 22nd, 2009
4:09 pm
The best blog GMS come out in June-they know who we SHOULD have signed and what the best trades ARE. Aren’t we lucky?
Steve from OH
June 22nd, 2009
4:10 pm
CB–I know, right?
Epinephrine
June 22nd, 2009
4:10 pm
Whoa, whoa Paul Lentz. I have no interest in defending Francoeur right now, so if that’s the argument you want to have, pick someone else.
Chop Chop
June 22nd, 2009
4:10 pm
I think most fans are frontrunners, Epinephrine. Most fans don’t have an intense passion for the game. Hell, despite the amount of times I post here, I don’t have an intense passion for baseball. I love the game, but football is my favorite sport.
getsomepower
June 22nd, 2009
4:11 pm
B.B.F.C. – I see you hate the Yankees, too.
a little fan support might actually help spark these guys (yes i am aware i sound like a Homer right now, but its all true).
Consistent winning will get the fans behind them (although we haven’t sold out of playoff games).
bravos2249
June 22nd, 2009
4:11 pm
Mr. Enigma
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactive/USGA0028?from=36hr_topnav_undeclared
That cell will be long gone…
Jersey Gil
June 22nd, 2009
4:11 pm
CR..Can you find out how far Infante is to return to line up?…
The Injury he suffer is difficult to come back from them, becuase his rebab doesn’t include swinging the bat until is completly heal,his swing timimg will be affect.
bravos2249
June 22nd, 2009
4:12 pm
Mr. Enigma
Well At least I think it will…it’s a weird one
Salamander
June 22nd, 2009
4:12 pm
From the previous blog:
I’d Rather Go after Vlad Guerrero, If and Only if the Angels eat up some of his salary…
Vlad is gimpy in the field – he would best be suited in the AL where he can DH. Plus his numbers this year are god awful:
32 games – 1 HR, 4 doubles, 1 triple .668 OPS.
The best blog GMS come out in June-they know who we SHOULD have signed and what the best trades ARE. Aren’t we lucky? CB
People LOVE to bust out hindsight when its convenient.
N8
June 22nd, 2009
4:12 pm
Epinphrine, I figured as much (about you responding to me), but like I said. I spent too much time typing the post to dump it.
As for the Philies? I don’t know. Because like the “respect” I always expected from other teams about the Braves being the champions until somebody knocks them off, I say the Phillies are still the team to beat until proven otherwise. Recent trends shows that they are capable of playing good ball when they need to against teams chasing them, and that the Braves are not. Neither are the Mets.
But like I said. I agree with you. On paper, we should be killing this division. Give us one more bat (RH) and our odds go up considerably. Give us two more bats (as long as one of them being replaced is Jeff’s) and we run away with this division.
Keep running KJ and Jeff out there expecting things to “turn around”, and our biggest worry should be about staying ahead of the Nats. Not chasing the Phils, Mets and Marlins.
Wren needs to act, and act fast. No way can he sit around and expect a late “Rockies” like push in September. Nip it in the bud. Or watch meaningless games after August 1st.
BTW, sorry for the “tone” in the last post. Got defensive when I thought it was aimed at me (something about seeing the words “doom and gloom” make me think people are talking to me
).
Heath (Cleveland)
June 22nd, 2009
4:12 pm
Last 7 days: GA
G-AB-R-H-2B-3B-HR-RBI-BB-SO-SB-CS–AVG–OBP–SLG-OPS
6-19-2-9–1–0–0—6–1–1–0–0-.474-.476-.526-1.003
GA has been doing very well in the last few weeks (up to .280/.313/.385 3HR 24RBI) and even better the last week as you can see from above. As others have pointed out, you don’t need a lot of HR-hitting guys on the team, just guys that hit well in situaional opportunities. GA has been less and less of the Braves’ offensive problem as the season has gone along. Since he makes $2.5M, he is probably starting to produce exactly what he is being paid. Since the Braves can not upgrade LF, RF AND 2B (will leave 1B out of the discussion for now), I would concentrate on getting a guy like DeRosa who can play ALL of those positions and let him play every day depending on who gets the day off in RF and 2B.
varodrunner
June 22nd, 2009
4:13 pm
Epinephrine
I’m with you. The team, as poorly as they have played, could end up on top of the NL East. A lot of if’s haveto happen, but they could based on exactly what you pointed out. We assume a lot, but Franceour could bounce out of his three year slump. Garrett could begin to hustle a little more and continue his hitting. The very best if, IMO, is that Kelly could start hitting. He has a better chance of Franceour unless he has already surcombed to the pressure.
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
June 22nd, 2009
4:13 pm
Steve from OH,
The “healthy” part was my point. I know he’s stated that if Huddy is HEALTHY they will pick up the option. I don’t know where he’s said “we’re picking up the option” as John Deere Green is trying to say.
But then again, he thinks Victor Martinez is still a catcher…. so I guess I shouldn’t expect too much?
owl hunter
June 22nd, 2009
4:13 pm
“Braves will NOT spend money on the bullpen.” Vol4ever
The reason for this is that they shouldn’t. For every Trevor Hoffman, there are 5 Eric Gagnes. If you have the money to throw around, go for it, but that money is usually spent more wisely for other needs. Relievers have a very short shelf life in most cases. The Braves develop pitchers well, and are good at finding cheap, effective releivers.
Brick; it’s nice to hear a well-thought, reasonable trade on this blog fo a change.
Pennski
June 22nd, 2009
4:14 pm
paul lentz,
You think it’s easy to hit a homerun on a hanger don’t you? I just laugh at guys like you who think it’s easy to do it all. I’m not defending Frenchie b/c he is struggling and there could certainly be an upgrade here. The fact of it is I just laugh @ guys like you who think they could dominate major league pitching. Get a life Paul, seriously
getsomepower
June 22nd, 2009
4:14 pm
So if July 31 comes and goes and no trade for our highly coveted power hitting RF is made, what do the Braves do then? Do they dismantle this team in the offseason (with the exception of a few signed veterans)?
Epinephrine
June 22nd, 2009
4:14 pm
Chop Chop, that pretty much sums up the Atlanta sports scene exactly. That is fine, people are obviously entitled to pick their sports and their fan mentality. But for those of us that are first and foremost fans of baseball, it can be tiring to root for a team whose fan-base is primarily band-wagon in nature.
TN Jeff
June 22nd, 2009
4:14 pm
Best comment I read on the blog yesterday during the game was someone questioning why the Braves refuse to try to steal bases when you have a knuckleball pitcher tosses up erratic pitches.
DO THE BRAVES HAVE ANY PRE-GAME PLAN?????????
The only plan I see played out game after game is …
This team has a will to lose and lose they will
bravos2249
June 22nd, 2009
4:14 pm
Wouldn’t that be some……a rescheduled rain out game that might get rained out…
Heath (Cleveland)
June 22nd, 2009
4:15 pm
Trying to get those numbers to line up…but it just doesn’t come out the same way it is typed… can the good men and women of the AJC fix that?
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
June 22nd, 2009
4:15 pm
Paul Lentz,
You do realize that Pedroia hit a double down the line on a “hanger” from JJ. Are you trying to say that he should have hit that outta the park too?
getsomepower
June 22nd, 2009
4:16 pm
I have to add something…and we’re 10 games under .500, 8 -10 games out of any playoff spot….
LT
June 22nd, 2009
4:16 pm
“1. Trade for a power hitting outfielder.
2. Release/demote Jeff Bennett”
BBFC, I have questions/comments on each. Trade which of our guys? And before you say “Francoeur”, consider from the other team’s perspective — who’d want him, and what kind of crap would we get in return for him?
Also, Bennett is out of options. You can’t automatically “demote” him. Do you not know how options and waivers work?
abwright
June 22nd, 2009
4:16 pm
varodrunner…
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MFin04
June 22nd, 2009
4:17 pm
Heath those GA numbers are skewed…
Take away the day he DH-ed (which was the majority of his production 3 for 3 with 4 RBIs)
And lump in all the runs he costs with his defense in Boston…and its a whole different
Bring back Francisco Cabrera
June 22nd, 2009
4:17 pm
Regardless of how well he is pitching, Vasquez should be traded. To get a quality bat without mortgaging our future they will have to give up something of value. He will clear the most payroll allowing some room to manuever. In normal circumstances i would rather keep him, but even with Javy gone we still have the best rotation in the division and that will clear the payroll we need to get an impact bat. Its sad but true.
John Deere Green
June 22nd, 2009
4:17 pm
Not new here at all…i just wonder sometimes at the arrogance of some posters here that they have all the knowledge of what makes this team better, and no one else can have an opinion, Mine is Adam Dunn is not enough for this team…. and makes absolutely no sense, since the black hole on offense is from the right side and not the left!!!!!
abwright
June 22nd, 2009
4:17 pm
That’s not right…
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AndyC
June 22nd, 2009
4:17 pm
John Deere Green
Are you getting paid by the exclamation point and question mark or something? That’s the only reason I can figure why you use so many. If not, then one of each will do. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
N8
June 22nd, 2009
4:17 pm
“The best blog GMS come out in June-they know who we SHOULD have signed….” CB
Yeah. But if you care to troll back through old blogs (this past winter), you’d see that MANY of us, were saying the same thing back then….. “Sign Dunn, Sign Abreu, (mine was Ibanez – always hit lefties and righties well). Don’t sign KK. Didn’t need Vazquez, needed a bat. Shouldn’t count on Jeff. Move KJ for a RH bat. Move KJ to LF, etc…..”
And you know what? Some of us got ripped THEN for “first guessing” or suggesting such stupidity. 22 HR and 59 RBI later, I think that Ibanez would look just FINE in our lineup playing LF. Still.
And before you think it’s the “bandbox” in Philly padding his stats. Check out his home/road splits. Dude’s tearing it up on the road (at a higher pace than in Philly).
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
June 22nd, 2009
4:18 pm
getsomepower,
I think the Braves don’t completely dismantle, but you could see a lot of moves in the off-season to “re-tool” the offense.
I’m interested to see if the Braves will be “even” at the trade deadline, not buying, but not selling either. With the prospects they have coming up, and the team as it sits with some “stop gaps” until the young guys are ready….. they may just wait till the off-season to be “buyers” and let things play out this year.
DAP
June 22nd, 2009
4:18 pm
paul lentzIt’s about being smart with where you allocate payroll dollars.
oooh…ok. thanks paul lentz!
but you know, if we trade vazquez and keep hudson, we get $11.5 mil to spend AND whatever players we can get from vazquez. besides, hudson is a better pitcher than vazquez, assuming health.
Jeff R
June 22nd, 2009
4:18 pm
I’m not convince that Wren picks up Hudson’s option. Everyone os convinced that Vasquez is going to be traded. That’s far from a sure thing. The guy’s having one of his best season (forget the W/L columns; he’s had little run support).
Hudson is expensive. We haven’t even seen if he still can pitch with the old effectiveness.
getsomepower
June 22nd, 2009
4:18 pm
Bennett should be relegated to mop up duty. When the game is out of reach (either way) then bring in Bennett to finish it up.
Canadaian braves fan
June 22nd, 2009
4:18 pm
pole question at http://www.newblogofbraves.blogspot.ca, leave a comment
MFin04
June 22nd, 2009
4:18 pm
Bennett is out of options? Even better! That means we won’t have to have him pitch for us ever again!!! WOOHOOO!!!! Reminds me of Blaine the Goo Boyer…
abwright
June 22nd, 2009
4:18 pm
Arggh! I cannot do greater than or less than signs!
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Heath (Cleveland)
June 22nd, 2009
4:19 pm
TN Jeff:
I was not able to watch the game or be online to comment about it yesterday, but I was thinking the Braves should be running all over Wakefield yesterday too. The Braves team is not SO SLOW that even Wakefield should keep them to a station-to-station team. With all the hits they had yesterday, the Braves definitely lost an opportunity. Same thing with the first game of the Pirates series.
Chop Chop
June 22nd, 2009
4:19 pm
Turner Field is too big for the Braves. Throw in the fact that the Almighty Choppin’ Cow has continued to reinforce the stadium’s status as a wicked den of pagan idolatry and, well, it’s kind of hard to complain about the lack of attendance. In fact, the lack of attendance should be celebrated. This means that Braves fans are turning away from blasphemy.
abwright
June 22nd, 2009
4:20 pm
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Canadaian braves fan
June 22nd, 2009
4:20 pm
sorry it is http://www.newblogofbraves.blogspot.com
John Deere Green
June 22nd, 2009
4:20 pm
Andy i will use as many as I like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
abwright
June 22nd, 2009
4:21 pm
OK, varodrunner, one last time,
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getsomepower
June 22nd, 2009
4:21 pm
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
June 22nd, 2009
4:18 pm
getsomepower,
I think the Braves don’t completely dismantle, but you could see a lot of moves in the off-season to “re-tool” the offense.
I’m interested to see if the Braves will be “even” at the trade deadline, not buying, but not selling either. With the prospects they have coming up, and the team as it sits with some “stop gaps” until the young guys are ready….. they may just wait till the off-season to be “buyers” and let things play out this year.
I think that’s why most of us are frustrated. If the team is “close” as most of us think they are (me included), then let’s get this said player to put us in a position to win the division. If they are not “close”, then bring some young talent up (as they’ve done with Hanson and Medlen) let them take their lumps now so they can be better next year.
McFann :Ô:
June 22nd, 2009
4:21 pm
MFin04–
You referring to the “goatee”? Yeah…totally like his full-beard better. It’ll grow back…always does.
Efrim
June 22nd, 2009
4:22 pm
“And you know what? Some of us got ripped THEN for “first guessing” or suggesting such stupidity.”
N8, you know what’s really funny? People saying that the defense of Adam Dunn was just too much to deal with. Right……
Cuz he is soooo bad defensively that we just can’t have him in our outfield.
To me, that was the awful part of the posts this winter. Don’t get me wrong, defense is important. But you have to hit if you are playing RF, LF, 1B. You just have too.
Goldenglove002
June 22nd, 2009
4:22 pm
I’m sure Bennett would pass through Waivers if the Braves demoted him. Or maybe the Phillies would grab him. Hey, even better. We’d get to beat up on the Phillies and Bennett wouldn’t be able to blow it for us.
Roman Gal
June 22nd, 2009
4:22 pm
ncscoots
Good post at 6:23am.
getsomepower
June 22nd, 2009
4:22 pm
It’s really a shame with Bennett because the guy throws in the mid 90s.
brick
June 22nd, 2009
4:23 pm
How about this for a trade idea . How about trading mike gonzalez for chone figgins. The Angels are looking for a good reliever and the Braves need another hitter. Both are free agents at the end of the year. He is not a power hitter but if you can not get a power hitter then get a true leadoff man. This team needs more speed. He could play second for Kelly. I don’t know if he is truely available but I read on mlbtraderumors.com that the Angels were willing to trade anyone in their infield for pitching. Lastly, he is from Georgia so maybe he will resign with the braves after the season. If he doesn’t stay then you get a draft pick just like you would with gonzalez. This allows the Braves to get a player that can really help us now and also see if he likes it enough to resign with us. Lets be honest, I don’t see the braves signing both gonzalez and soriano when the season ends. There is too many teams looking for closers.
Bring back Francisco Cabrera
June 22nd, 2009
4:23 pm
LT
yes i do know how waivers work and i also recall typing release as well. I honestly dont care what they do with Bennett as long they dont pitch him anymore.
As far as who to trade, that is always up for debate. I think Vasquez gives value and some teams might (note that i said MIGHT) think he has value. I never said trade Frenchy, but then again apparently you are seeing things in my posts that i am not. Kudos to you.
John Deere Green
June 22nd, 2009
4:24 pm
Just saying the relentless yelping for Adam Dunn makes about as much sense as people here , clamoring for Lillibridge to start at short over Escobar in 07, and how did that one turn out??? I am still laughing my ass of on that one!
The Braves shortfall is power from the right side, not the left!
Pimp My Blog
June 22nd, 2009
4:24 pm
Enter your website here
getsomepower
June 22nd, 2009
4:24 pm
brick
Angels have Brian Fuentes as their closer. I think teams may be calling for Gonzo after yesterday’s performance. Dude was hitting 95 on the black.
Gman
June 22nd, 2009
4:25 pm
Trade Yunel and a prospect and Kotchman to San Diego for Adrian Gonzalez. San Diego is 15 games out and wanted Yunel in the Peavy negotiations. Put in Martin Prado to play short until Omar Infante can come back. Then platoon Prado and Johnson when Infante returns. Diory can also come up for a spill at short.
Roman Gal
June 22nd, 2009
4:25 pm
What kind of a name is Joba, anyway? Were his parents high? Steve from OH
Steve-He was a big baby and they’d just watched Star Wars. Lew
Haha…this is funny.
Chris Rock
June 22nd, 2009
4:25 pm
pole question
The answer is: Keep your daughter off of it.
John Deere Green
June 22nd, 2009
4:25 pm
and how did that Schafer thing work out? When I said in the winter this kid was a joke, I got lambasted, well where is the Supastar now?
Pennski
June 22nd, 2009
4:26 pm
Some of you guys and your trade proposals are hysterical… Gman, do you really think the Padres are going to give up Adrian Gonzalez??
Efrim
June 22nd, 2009
4:26 pm
“I think the Braves don’t completely dismantle, but you could see a lot of moves in the off-season to “re-tool” the offense.”
I bet Wren listens on everyone except Chipper, Heap, McLouth, Lowe, Hanson, Jurrjens, Heyward, and Freeman(this is a reasonable list, not “sure, we’ll trade you Hanley Ramirez straight up for Nate McLouth). I’d add Escobar to the list, but there has been just too many signs that a trade could possibly come. If I was running the team, and thank god I’m not(since everyone says that line when using this statement), I’d have Escobar on that list.
AndyC
June 22nd, 2009
4:26 pm
John Deere Green
Ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be that way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will not be reading anymore of your posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goodbye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
CB
June 22nd, 2009
4:26 pm
N8,no problem with your opinions over the winter,I had a few of my own,but it is easy to shoot hindsight to death,lol.People coming on telling us in June who we should have signed,uh, worthless.
Chop Chop
June 22nd, 2009
4:26 pm
Efrim,
You’re right about needing bats in those spots. Also, if you have a SS and CF with good range, you can cancel out some of Dunn’s defensive ineptitude.
John Deere Green
June 22nd, 2009
4:27 pm
now you all want Dunn, a complimentary palyer at best when you have enough defense elsewhere to make up for the deficiencies.
Slugger www.theweeklyscene.com
June 22nd, 2009
4:27 pm
I really don’t think GA cost us too many runs in Boston. The umpire blowing the call then O’Flaherty throwing a curveball to a lineup that couldn’t touch a fastball yesterday lost that for us. Anybody notice how many good swings the RedSox had all weekend off a FB? Not many.
I think Bay, and that’s it.
Most their hits were offspeed pitches (Nick Green’s bomb was a fastball, though).
JD Drew swings through a first pitch fastball, takes strike two on a FB then obviously was looking for a CB (since he took the same pitch twice, Ump froze on 0-2).
What do we think JD Drew’s looking for against a lefty, fastballs? All good LH hitters I hit with always looked curveball b/c that’s all they saw from LHP. Curveballs can be pretty easy to hit if you see it up out of the hand.
MFin04
June 22nd, 2009
4:27 pm
What the heck is a CHONE!?! Not having that garbage name on this team!!!
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
June 22nd, 2009
4:27 pm
getsomepower,
I think they are doing fine bringing up the younger players at this point. Schafer was either hurt or not ready to hit in the bigs, and I was one of the few that wanted to see him start in AAA. I am as frustrated as anyone, but I don’t see the “fix” available right now. It’s going to have to be close to the deadline before we find out everyone that is available, and I think our best chance to re-tool the offense and make a run is next season.
The player that would be a “fix” could be available at the deadline, or may not be available until this winter. You have to remember that it’s not just about guys who are free agents, but guys that are blocking young talent, fallen out of favor with management, and a host of other reasons, will be available this winter.
I’m trying to come up with an answer to the problems myself, but I think next season at this time we’ll see Kotchman’s name in a lot of trade rumors, as well as Francoeur (if he’s still here). With Freeman and Heyward almost ready, and Schafer ready next year (if not sooner) you’d then have an OF of Heyward, Schafer, McLouth. You’d also have an IF of Freeman, KJ/Prado, Escobar, Chipper.
I think the best shot that they have is to wait and play it out.
Salamander
June 22nd, 2009
4:28 pm
N8
I don’t think even the Phillies front office could have anticipated the monster season Ibanez has put together. So I’m pretty OK with my winter stance that he was too expensive – of course, his production has more than matched his salary, but who knew that type of year was coming from him? Not to mention he’s 37 – he looked like a high priced injury risk.
Dunn, on the other hand would have been a better pick up than GA and KK (combined salary of ~$9 million), and his numbers were predictable given his production the past few years. I also was against signing Dunn, but that was after it was clear we didn’t have the payroll to sign him.
Would Wren have signed Dunn for 2 years @ $10 mill per instead of KK for 3 years at ~$7 mill per? Probably, but at the time he signed KK, Dunn’s price tag was MUCH higher. It was only towards the end of the offseason that Dunn got desperate and took the Nationals offer, which if I recall was on the table for most of the offseason, but Dunn expected to find a better deal that never materialized.
GaCracker
June 22nd, 2009
4:28 pm
Can the GM trade Bobby and our coaching staff for Joe Torre and his staff? Once again they lose a close one. Why do we only let effective relievers pitch one inning, then, as if it’s written in stone, they are removed. Nice job getting Bennett in in the bottom of the 9th!
Get pitchers to learn to field their positions. Get Phil Niekro or Tom Seaver to show them how, since Maddux is still active.
varodrunner
June 22nd, 2009
4:28 pm
OK disregard – practicing
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Flat Bill Kid
June 22nd, 2009
4:28 pm
Goo
Roman Gal
June 22nd, 2009
4:29 pm
I mean, on that hit yesterday that caused the ejections–um, why did he not throw home? McFann
Because he’s fundamentally against throwing runners out at the plate. That’s why he hates Francoeur so much…
varodrunner
June 22nd, 2009
4:29 pm
bold text Non bold
Flat Bill Kid
June 22nd, 2009
4:29 pm
Goo
brick
June 22nd, 2009
4:29 pm
I know they have fuentes but shields is gone for the year and they have nothing else. I am just thinking on the fact that the braves cannot afford to sign gonzo and soriano. So, why not try to get something that can help the major league club not just a draft pick for either soriano and gonzo. I prefer soriano.
Slugger www.theweeklyscene.com
June 22nd, 2009
4:29 pm
John Deere -
I’m actually going to side with Jordan on this one, even though I took heat for saying he wasn’t an elite defensive CF at the start of the season.
Jordan’s comments about his role and what he’s doing right now in AAA show he’s more mature than when that kid that graduated from Parkview with the hair-flip was sent down last year.
I’m pulling for Jordan.
varodrunner
June 22nd, 2009
4:30 pm
ok – thanks I think I have the Bold and the non bold now – Oh my I am such a happy guy
TennesseePaul
June 22nd, 2009
4:30 pm
“you play prado the majority of the time in place of kelly, and youre an improved team”
I hate this. I hate this because it is true and I am not a Marteen fan. But KJ has burned the last ember of the bridge. Not even one of his patented september hot streaks is going to change my mind. That guy needs to go.
Flat Bill Kid
June 22nd, 2009
4:30 pm
Good golly we need a few wins.
John Deere Green
June 22nd, 2009
4:30 pm
I am pulling for him to turn it around as well, I don’t want to see another prospect fail as so many have before….
DHD
June 22nd, 2009
4:31 pm
Everybody has a different opinion about how to fix the Braves proving once again that nobody has a clue. Nice entertainment though. everything from making Hudson a closer to trading the manager for another manager. Where do these people come from, the government?
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
June 22nd, 2009
4:32 pm
John Deere Green,
Dunn would be the perfect clean up hitter on this team. Doesn’t matter that he hits lefty, he hits for power. That is something this team lacks.
As far as Schafer, I’m still going with you being wrong on it. The kid can rake, he just needs to work on some things in AAA. He didn’t spend enough time in AA last season, and that hurt him.
Again, I was one of the few who wanted to see him start in AAA this season, even after he out hit Anderson. I was somewhat worried that he wasn’t ready. I think if he was tearing it up in AAA right now we’d have Anderson to trade for another piece of the puzzle.
owl hunter
June 22nd, 2009
4:32 pm
John Deere Green
It’s a little early to consider Schafer a bust. He’s 22 and he wasn’t ready. He will not rot away in the minors for years to come. I wonder if you even like the Braves. For all you say about Dunn, you have done some serious whiffing on this blog.
Efrim
June 22nd, 2009
4:32 pm
“I don’t think even the Phillies front office could have anticipated the monster season Ibanez has put together.”
Phillies got really, really lucky. I can’t imagine he will be putting up the same number when he turns 39 in 2011. Plus, I’d bet we see more aches and pains from Ibanez during this deal. He has been worth every penny this season. But I’d bet he won’t be in two years.
John Deere Green
June 22nd, 2009
4:32 pm
i would like nothing more than for Schafer to become what is expected of him, however the juice incident didn’t endear him to me….
Turtsnap
June 22nd, 2009
4:32 pm
Wouldn’t it be funny if tonights makeup game got rained out????
getsomepower
June 22nd, 2009
4:33 pm
brick -
They might take Soriano. I don’t see two lefties coming out of the pen for them at the end of the game.
How about Juan Rivera?
Heath (Cleveland)
June 22nd, 2009
4:34 pm
test
McFann :Ô:
June 22nd, 2009
4:34 pm
Roman Gal–
Turtsnap Wouldn’t it be funny if tonights makeup game got rained out????
No.
Mmmm Hmmm
June 22nd, 2009
4:34 pm
Clearly BBFC doesn’t know who LT is. ;~)
Salamander
June 22nd, 2009
4:34 pm
Where do these people come from, the government?
High school and video game trades.
Heath (Cleveland)
June 22nd, 2009
4:35 pm
Bolded text here test
MFin04
June 22nd, 2009
4:35 pm
I’d laugh if the make-up game got rained out. That’d be hilarious.
You should be able to trade managers. No reason you shouldn’t be able to.
owl hunter
June 22nd, 2009
4:36 pm
Not that it’s an excuse for our rather ugly play, but the weather has been kicking our a$$ this season!
Frankie Knuckles
June 22nd, 2009
4:36 pm
CanadianBravesFan,
I’m sure the folks at the AJC love you redirecting people to another blog.
Buffalo NY Braves Fan
June 22nd, 2009
4:36 pm
getsomepower,
I like Juan Rivera actually. Maybe Gary Matthews Jr. is on the block? I know he was upset with his playing time this season……
Paul Lentz
June 22nd, 2009
4:36 pm
Pennski…………..I never said that it was easy to hit home runs. However these guys are supposed to be Major Leaguers. Players at this level are supposed to hit home runs. Jeff Francoeur, who plays every day and gets 600 at-bats in a season, should have more than 15 homers in his last 848 at-bats. Plus he is being paid $3.375 mil this season. And of course he is in line to get $6-7 mil in salary arbitration next year. I have every right “as a Braves fan” to question Francoeur’s ability to hit Major League pitching.