Comments on: Awaiting trades and Dodgers

By: UNCBrave

UNCBrave — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:11:15 +0000

HEYWARD AND FREEMAN UPDATE:

OF JASON HEYWARD-23 Games, .420 average, 81 AB, 3 HR’s, 19 RBI, 11 2B, 14-BB, 9-K’s, .500-OBP, .716-SLG, 1.216-OPS

(HEYWARD turns 20 1 week from today)

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=&sid=t430&t=p_pbp&pid=518792

1B FREDDIE FREEMAN-24 games, .310 average, 87 AB’s, 2 HR’s, 20 RBI,
7 2B, 5 BB, 7 K’s, .347-OBP, .460 SLG, .807 OPS

He turns 20 next month..

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=&sid=t430&t=p_pbp&pid=518692

By: semiballcoach

semiballcoach — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:10:46 +0000

5 lefties is too many

By: RHR

RHR — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:08:39 +0000

I don’t know if it was mentioned last night but Jeff Bennett pitched well for TB last night. Faced two batters and struck them both out. Maybe Atlanta is cursed. Former players go away and play well (Frenchy 18 RBI in 18 games).

Who cares. Glad they’re both gone, I don’t miss the feeling of impending doom I got when either one of them showed their faces wearing a braves jersey.

By: RHR

RHR — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:06:22 +0000

Probably a good thing the game time was pushed back because it has been raining like never before all morning, atl will probably get that line of rain in the next couple hours.

By: Carroll Rogers

Carroll Rogers — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:04:51 +0000

new blog is up!

By: Braveheart

Braveheart — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:58:25 +0000

Even if Frenchy signed that contract, it wouldn’t have necessarily been crippling. This is what McCann is making for the next three years: $5.5, $6.5, $8.5. That’s what Frenchy would have been making. It would suck to have a black hole stealing an average of about $7 mil a year, but, hey, we’re used to that sort of thing having had to deal with Hampton’s $8 mil holding the team hostage for years, Glavine’s $8 mil last year, Wickman’s $6 mil in 2007, Smoltz’s contract last season, Hudson’s contract this year, Soriano’s $3 mil last season, etc. Unfortunately, unlike alot of those contracts, insurance wouldn’t have picked it up. The franchise’s budget however would have nevertheless been eaten up during the offseasons like they were by those contracts

By: AndyC

AndyC — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:57:54 +0000

By: Steve from OH

Steve from OH — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:57:29 +0000

as previously noted, with the impending additions of freeman, heyward, and shafer from minor leagues, the braves will be too left handed and so one of them must go..mccann is a lock to stay, is mcclouth a lock or tradebait?

I don’t see this as as big of a problem as many here see it. I want the best eight guys out there. Besides, with Yunel, Prado, Chipper, and Diaz as a 4th OF, there’s 1/2 of your regular lineup that bats righty against lefties (and mashes lefties). The way I see it, Freeman, Heyward, Schafer, and Prado are probably a part of our future now because of the cost of our starting rotation and bullpen and Chipper and Mac. We need cheap, controllable position players, as Lowe, Chipper, JV, Huddy, and KK are under fairly big contracts, and we will see Mac and McLouth’s salaries begin to escalate starting 2010. In addition, JJ and Yunel will be in line for some big arb raises after 2010, whereas (IMO) Prado’s will be less so. Finally, we’re gonna have to pay to retain Soriano or Gonzo, and if we don’t retain one of them, we’re gonna have to pay on the FA market. That said, the rest of our future relievers in Moylan, Acosta, EOF, Valdez, Kimbrel, Gearrin, and Logan will be cheap. But still, when you’re gonna have those costs tied up in those players, you’re gonna want to find and use cheap, controllable players wherever possible. Schafer, Freeman, Heyward fit that description.

Besides, they’ll all (IMO) be good with the bat, and Schafer is + on the basepaths and ++ with the glove. Lotsa value there that doesn’t care what hand you hit with.

By: Jay212033

Jay212033 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:54:07 +0000

Lew

One thing you need to realize is that a player can hit .300+ with 20 HR per season and have the best BB/K ratio every season in the minors but still may turn out to be mediocre to horrible players. Which is why the minors is such a crapshoot. If Heyward were to get called up now and fails who’s to say if he stays in the minors 3 more seasons that the same results would not happen? Everyone keeps grouping this kid along with Frenchy and they are two totally different players. It will not and I repeat WILL NOT stunt this kids grow from 1 month in the majors!

By: semiballcoach

semiballcoach — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:48:16 +0000

jay