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DAP
May 31st, 2011
4:11 pm
CB I would rather have Michael Bourn than Reyes,same type of player except
using a very wide margin per “type” of player. to me, its more accurate to say jose reyes is the type of player michael bourn wishes he was.
I’d be pretty happy if Schafer put up around these numbers.
270. 340. 420.
oh heck yeah. ill be honest though, batting leadoff with his speed, id sacrifice 20 slg points for 20 OBP points.
CB
May 31st, 2011
4:12 pm
Conrad playing 2nd today instead of Uggla.
DS1
May 31st, 2011
4:12 pm
keylargo
You think Gonzo would re-up for 3 million for a year? That might be kinda low for what he is doing.
If I’m the Braves, I’d offer him a 2 year extension for about 7-8 million, and then give the youngsters a little more breathing room in the minors.
TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
4:13 pm
if Heyward is returning to his norms of early 2010
OK. I like Heyward. I have hope for the kid, but really? All this talk of sample-size, 2-month-into-the-season analysis etc from Payne, and statements like this get nary a response from him? Really? Do this with any other player and the auto-response is “Can we really say that is his ‘norm’….” Of course, proclaim Heyward’s norm is the early part of 2011 and you’ll get that response. Double standards are biased that way.
VaBravesFan
May 31st, 2011
4:13 pm
DS1
I really think Lowe is gone after this season, there’s no reason to pay him 15 mil when we have younger options that are ready. With a rotation of Hanson JJ Huddy Beachy and having Medlen,Minor,Teheran as compete for the 5th spot.
But right now Lowe is key to winning this season. We only trade Lowe before the deadline if we totally fall apart.
TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
4:14 pm
The Braves won’t trade Lowe during the season unless they fall out of contention
well it’s good to see Lowe’s trade value is starting to rebound after his DUI was tossed out.
CB
May 31st, 2011
4:14 pm
TP,most of us ignore Shaun.
DS1
May 31st, 2011
4:14 pm
10-Paul
And that was a lot of wishful thinking on my part, or maybe better stated, prospect hugging???
But then again, I think McLouth hits better the rest of the year, Uggla gets out of his funk, and Schafer is the real deal. Glass half full guy, I’d say!
Murph
May 31st, 2011
4:15 pm
JJ for Rasmus, straight up.
Call up Teheran to take JJ’s spot. Move Prado to 2B, move Nate to LF, move Uggla to the bench. Fire TP, offer Don Baylor 100x his current salary to jump ship and come to the Braves this season.
Cut ticket prices in half. Offer free hot dogs and cotton candy to everyone, all-you-can-eat.
Go back to the old chop music, and for the 7th inning stretch, go back to Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
Did I mention fire TP?
AtlYnkHtr
May 31st, 2011
4:15 pm
10Paul, don’t you have to factor in his minor league stats/age? I think that is what people do when they say they expect a player, who has still only played ~150 games, to be better/worse than what he is currently doing.
Arkansas Transplant
May 31st, 2011
4:15 pm
I’d move Lowe to the Yanks for AGon’s possible replacement in Nunez, then pick up a filler with Nik Turley if not Banuelos instead. I’d do that trade any day of the week.
ncscoots
May 31st, 2011
4:16 pm
Rookies and second-year players don’t have “norms”, only “expectations”. They start getting “norms” about the time they become arb-eligible. Sooner than that, is just hope.
TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
4:16 pm
Anyway, probably the best example I have seen that shows uggla’s struggles are between the ears.
AtlYnkHtr, did they break it down by close and late situations, because if you do that you will find that it is clearly not related to anything between his ears… so leave the faux-hawk alone.
Arkansas Transplant
May 31st, 2011
4:17 pm
Murph, you forgot about bringing Chief Knock-a-homer back.
VaBravesFan
May 31st, 2011
4:17 pm
DS1
I dont know about giving him a 2 year deal. I say a 1 year 3.5 mil with a team option for 2013.
RH
May 31st, 2011
4:17 pm
I’ve looked over the internet and cannot find any info on Liberty Media putting the Braves up for sale. I read a rumor a few months ago about this but nothing since. I know this is about the time their tax breaks would be ending so I was wondering if this might be a possibility. Has anyone read or heard anything about this.
ncscoots
May 31st, 2011
4:17 pm
Murph goes scorched-earth, at 4:15. Pillage and plunder; hiding the women is futile.
DAP
May 31st, 2011
4:18 pm
VaBravesFan I really think Lowe is gone after this season, there’s no reason to pay him 15 mil when we have younger options that are ready.
no reason to pay him $15mil except that the law demands it. he’s under contract. i just dont think we can assume that some team will want to scoop him up.
AZBravoFan
May 31st, 2011
4:18 pm
Just remember that all last year everyone gushed about the Giants’ unbelievable pitching staff but wondered how they were ever going to score runs. They picked up Cody Ross off the scrap heap and people scratched there heads. I think we all know what happened next. Lotta ball still to be played…
TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
4:18 pm
CB, I’d like to believe it, but that stats say otherwise. Besides, even when you don’t respond to him, he’s still very capable of filling up a good 5 or 6 pages on the blog discussing the matter rhetorically.
Murph
May 31st, 2011
4:19 pm
You/’re right AT! Bring back the chief! And have Otis Nixon come in and instruct the youngsters on how to do a proper flying kick to the chest… then have one of them go out and pick a fight.
That’s what i’d do to get a spark lit under this team.
Mike
May 31st, 2011
4:20 pm
I’m still going to watch every game but wow it is getting brutal. I’m yawning by the 5th inning. Tired of seeing pop outs and ugly strikeouts.
DS1
May 31st, 2011
4:20 pm
Folks,
I can see the other teams lining up now to give us a prospect so that they can pay Lowe 1 million bucks per W next year.
Just don’t see there being a lot of interest. I’m not complaining about his contract, since the fact is when we signed him, we REALLY needed him badly. But at 15 mil per, he’ll be hard to move at his age.
Eric from MO
May 31st, 2011
4:20 pm
DS1 I think Lowe might get traded in the offseason unless he has a horrible year. It will probably be a deal similar to the Vazquez deal. On how good the prospect will be, will depend on how good of a season Lowe has.
Bobby Hill, I bet you are right on the only pitcher that might get traded this year will be Minor. Unless there is a big trade and you may see Vizcaino or Delgado getting thrown in.
CB
May 31st, 2011
4:21 pm
DAP,I agree Reyes is the better overall player with more power. I was referring to the speed factor and a better contract situation.
TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
4:22 pm
oh heck yeah. ill be honest though, batting leadoff with his speed, id sacrifice 20 slg points for 20 OBP points.
That’d notch him a point higher compared to the league and position in park adjusted league rates.
VaBravesFan
May 31st, 2011
4:22 pm
Murph
I would have pulled the trigger on a JJ for Rasmus trade before the season.
MikeInFl
May 31st, 2011
4:23 pm
I agree that we’ll trade Lowe after this season, if we can get a reasonable offer.
For all the talk about our pitching depth, if we can’t replace one middle of the rotation-quality starter in 2012, something’s wrong. And the freed up cash, even if it’s only 9-10 mil instead of the full 15, would help a lot.
I think that if we trade him, it’ll likely be for an established player who’s making some money, maybe $5-8 mil a year. Few teams are gonna want to take his full salary on without shedding some of their own.
Someone like a Marlon Byrd (I’m not suggesting him, just someone in that skill/salary range). That would give us a competent OF plus free up about $9 mil for other porpoises.
Mike S
May 31st, 2011
4:23 pm
Sweet! Just secured a ticket for tonight’s game 3rd row section 110 behind Padres’ dugout for $9 on Stubhub!! (well $19 after the fees, but still, what a deal!)
Mike
May 31st, 2011
4:23 pm
Our ‘Guaranteed’ 30HR 100RBI guy has 7HR 16RBI on May 31st.
Ralph
May 31st, 2011
4:24 pm
For all those wanting Uggla to be droped to the 8 hole I agree whole hartedly but it ain’t gonna happen, Bobby Cox wouldn’t have done it either, he was as stuborn as a Mississippi Mule and Fredi is trying his dammedest to be just like him, Bobby was senile and stupid, Fredi is just plain stupid.
noleee
May 31st, 2011
4:25 pm
I don’t think it’s so much a matter of giving up on the team as it is many of the more reasonable posters just getting tired of all the negative crap, and the “I can top your end of the Braves world whine” attitude. Every summer there are a lot of folks who drift away especially during and after the games.
Plus all those low scoring games are incredibly BORING!!!!!!!!
TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
4:25 pm
AtlYnkHtr, certainly, but with a grain of salt.
AtlYnkHtr
May 31st, 2011
4:27 pm
10Paul, I think his track record in its entirey points more toward last year’s numbers than this years. However it also shows he may never play in more than 130 games.
noleee
May 31st, 2011
4:27 pm
would have pulled the trigger on a JJ for Rasmus trade before the season…. Va
nobody was gonna trade a major player for JJ until he proved he was back from the injuries and the poor year, which he has with a vengeance obviopusly, but GMs are not gonna take that kinda chance when it involves a talent like Rasmus
Mike S
May 31st, 2011
4:28 pm
Wow, no Uggla tonight. Conrad getting the start…
Threadkiller
May 31st, 2011
4:29 pm
Shaun. Please help Uggla out..Get him a rabbits foot!
DS1
May 31st, 2011
4:30 pm
nolie
A 10-3 blowout would cure a lot of ills four shore.
Hillbilly
May 31st, 2011
4:30 pm
Odd AA debut for Arodys Vizcaino yesterday. Struck out the side in the 1st inning. Gave up 3 bombs and 5 runs in the 2nd. Then allowed only 1 base runner in the next 5 frames.
Shaun
May 31st, 2011
4:30 pm
OK. I like Heyward. I have hope for the kid, but really? All this talk of sample-size, 2-month-into-the-season analysis etc from Payne, and statements like this get nary a response from him? Really? Do this with any other player and the auto-response is “Can we really say that is his ‘norm’….” Of course, proclaim Heyward’s norm is the early part of 2011 and you’ll get that response. Double standards are biased that way.
TennesseePaul, I have no idea the context of this discussion. I do think it’s fairly obvious that Heyward is very likely to outperform his 2011 early season numbers from the point he’s healthy to the rest of the season.
I think Uggla is very like to get better because he should hit into better luck.
VaBravesFan
May 31st, 2011
4:30 pm
Mike
I think the Braves could get all 15 million off the books if they accept a very small return. I think I rather have the money to use for FA signings and extensions anyways.
We have to think the Braves wont let Gonzo leave, so SS is filled, were finding out what Schafer’s all about right now, but fair chance CF will be a need, and then we have Chipper who could possibly call it quits. Taking even more money off the books. I love Chipper and dont want him to retire, but imagine trading Lowe and Chipper salary off the books. almost 30 mil right there. plus 15 mil more with Nate and KK, Jurrjens could get a contract to lock him up into a few of his free agency years.
Ralph
May 31st, 2011
4:32 pm
Isn’t Lowe’s contract up at the end of the season?
Earl Williams
May 31st, 2011
4:33 pm
Well,it looks like no money for charity. The good thing is I would have needed to post a batting average that would have just aggravated people.
Opposing N.L. Pitchers
May 31st, 2011
4:34 pm
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TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
4:35 pm
AtlYnkHtr, I’d agree. But it’d be hard to expect the kid to stink as bad as he has this year. You’d have to be a real Met fan to expect that. But after his 180+ games in the majors I don’t expect it to be the .301/.421/.596/1.017 line he posted through May 29th of 2010 either. And his career line of .264/.378/.445/.823 is a bit less than I had hoped based on his minor league line of .318/.391/.508.
Shaun
May 31st, 2011
4:36 pm
Sorry. Folks on here don’t like the term “luck.” They think it means something magical.
What I mean is that Uggla’s batted balls will probably start finding more holes in opposing defenses. Hopefully he’ll also get a little more patient at the plate.
BravePack
May 31st, 2011
4:37 pm
Yeah Fredi sitting Uggla on the bench again will certainly cure Uggla of his slump and give him confidence. I’m telling ya Dan just say you’ve been hurt all year with nagging injuries and just never said anything. It works for Heyward and gets everyone off your back.
Dan Uggla to Fredi
May 31st, 2011
4:37 pm
No, Fredi, I’ve never been to Mississippi. Why?
extremus
May 31st, 2011
4:39 pm
The simple reason the Braves have been in so many extra-inning games so far is that their mostly stellar pitching has been offset by absolutely inept hitting. Our pitchers know going out to the mound that giving up even 1 or 2 runs may end up losing them the game, and that HAS to be deflating for them as well, though they’d likely not talk about it. If this team was hitting with any consistency whatsoever the extra-innings figure would be MUCH lower…and that situation taxes our pitching staff as well as the hitters.
Octavius
May 31st, 2011
4:42 pm
Yeah! Bring back Chief Knockahoma!!
noleee
May 31st, 2011
4:42 pm
onliest way ol’ Dan goes down is for an injury rehab…
Ralph
May 31st, 2011
4:43 pm
Hugh improvement tonight, Uggla batting .178, Conrand battion .179.
noleee
May 31st, 2011
4:43 pm
Bring back Terry!!!!
cabravesfan
May 31st, 2011
4:43 pm
Isn’t Lowe’s contract up at the end of the season?
Ralph-
No- He’s got one more year
TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
4:44 pm
The thing that made [Kansas City Royals' closer Joakim Soria] magical, though, was that he succeeded subtly. Mysteriously, even. There was no OBVIOUS or BLATANT reason why he dominated hitters. He did not throw his fastball in the mid-to-high 90s like other dominant closers. Often, he did not even throw his fastball in the low 90s. He did not have a Mariano Rivera cutter or a Trevor Hoffman changeup or a Bruce Sutter split-fingered fastball. He did not have a wild-man act, did not stomp around the mound or glare batters down or intimidate in the slightest. He mainly looked like he had just woken up from a particularly refreshing nap.
Joe Posnanski
ncscoots
May 31st, 2011
4:46 pm
onliest way ol’ Dan goes down is for an injury rehab…
Is there a medical term for “malfunctioning”, LOL?
Poor Uggla. Even I’m making jokes at his expense, now. Surely, this is rock bottom for him and he’ll soon turn it around.
Danga
May 31st, 2011
4:49 pm
That lineup ain’t real pretty.
Snotboogie
May 31st, 2011
4:49 pm
Be willing to trade our top prospects like Teheran and package them in a trade for a Jose Reyes like bat.
What sort of a nincompoop proposes such a trade?
I know – a complete delusional d’nozzle who has a giant crush on Reyes.
(And he claims he is the only one on here who wants the Braves to do well)
Murph
May 31st, 2011
4:49 pm
Have you guys ever seen the movie “Sideout” with C Thomas Howell? The basic premise is that he’s a lawyer intern who discovers one day that he has potential as a beach volleyball player. His coach, a former beach volleyball legend turned squatter, teaches him to free his mind by yelling out math problems during the match. Rather than over-thinking the play at hand, the lawyer volleyball player must think of the answer, which results in much better play in the beach volleyball matches. They win the tournament and the lawyer gets the girl.
If any of you are at the game the next time Uggla is playing, try yelling out some complex math problems (complex for Uggla at least) when he gets up to bat. “2+2!” or “5-1!”.
bravofan
May 31st, 2011
4:50 pm
anyone have an ipad ? any suggestions for some apps??
Thanks
VaBravesFan
May 31st, 2011
4:50 pm
I think Jordan could match Bourn’s batting line and have better slugging as well. Schafer would be making around 500k and Bourn will make close to 6-7 million next year. Bourn does have elite speed/sb ability and elite defense tho. But If Schafer is solid and can swipe around 20 bags and hit for more power is it really worth all that extra money for a unneeded defensive improvement and 30 more sb’s?
Murph
May 31st, 2011
4:51 pm
scoots, don’t act like you haven’t seen Sideout.
ncscoots
May 31st, 2011
4:51 pm
Have you guys ever seen the movie “Sideout” with C Thomas Howell?…They win the tournament and the lawyer gets the girl.
Are you now admitting, in public, that you have actually watched this film?
AtlYnkHtr
May 31st, 2011
4:52 pm
10Paul, yeah I get your point. I don’t have proof but its my gut feeling that if he were ever 90% healthy (no thumb or shoulder injury) he would be a .900+ OPS guy and perhaps have a couple of seasons with MVP type numbers.
bravesgrl4life
May 31st, 2011
4:52 pm
Just Pat – McFann
You’d be surprised how often YOUR name comes up at our house during the Braves games when BMac doubles or homers. Hubby is starting to feel like he “knows” you a little.
Same at my house
Threadkiller
May 31st, 2011
4:52 pm
Murph, Didn’t Jake Taylor give Rube a Playboy to get the same results? Maybe Dan needs to subscribe to Playboy!
Larvell Blanks
May 31st, 2011
4:52 pm
This blog is priceless. Everybody’s been wanting to trade Jurrjens for the last couple of years. A 25-year-old who’s consistently top 5 in ERA when healthy — yeah, I can’t see why anybody would want to keep someone like that. It’s not like pitching matters very much.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 31st, 2011
4:53 pm
bravesgrl4life—
DS1
May 31st, 2011
4:54 pm
VaBravesFan
A lot of folks want to deal Lowe to clear up salary space. Not sure that salary is an issue today. I don’t have a strong feeling that the Braves would turn around and invest everything that they might save in new acquisitions anyway.
I do think some of the current players would get offered long term deals (Jurrjens, Hanson, Gonzo, Prado….) but I don’t see us being players on the big Free Agent market. More likely some lesser FA’s would be in play.
No, I just don’t see us dealing Lowe to clean $ space. Maybe if they thought we were overcrowded with starting pitching, but I suspect a lot of folks would be disappointed that we didn’t turn around and try to sign a Reyes type player.
Sure does look like Crawford has been a huge success for the BoSox (though I do think he will turn things around).
Now is that one pressure, bad luck or old age setting in???
Nick n Richmond
May 31st, 2011
4:54 pm
I think some “shakin” needs to go on in the clubhouse. That worked the last time the bats were slumping. Ross needs to get things going in there ha.
noleee
May 31st, 2011
4:56 pm
RH, there has been talk from them about not being in any hurry to sell the Braves. They might hang on to them for years.
not sure if that is good or bad, but the devil that you know is often better than one that you don’t….
DAP
May 31st, 2011
4:57 pm
larvell This blog is priceless. Everybody’s been wanting to trade Jurrjens for the last couple of years.
no, “everybody” has not.
DS1
May 31st, 2011
4:57 pm
scoots, a “pre-madonna” AND a movie snob too???
I bet you would diss on “Xanadu” from 30 years ago too!!!
noleee
May 31st, 2011
4:58 pm
) he would be a .900+ OPS guy and perhaps have a couple of seasons with MVP type numbers. …AtlYnk
dreamer
more an 800 hitter than a 900 if he can even average that every year
not that there is all that much wrong with an 800 hitting CFer now days
ncscoots
May 31st, 2011
4:58 pm
scoots, don’t act like you haven’t seen Sideout.
Murph, honest, I somehow managed to miss it.
Probably just a personality flaw on my part, though.
Bill Malone
May 31st, 2011
4:59 pm
Larvell Blanks
May 31st, 2011
4:52 pm
This blog is priceless. Everybody’s been wanting to trade Jurrjens for the last couple of years. A 25-year-old who’s consistently top 5 in ERA when healthy — yeah, I can’t see why anybody would want to keep someone like that. It’s not like pitching matters very much.
You are right on the money, Larvell!
VaBravesFan
May 31st, 2011
5:00 pm
There’s no way the Braves trade for Reyes…… We shouldnt trade for anyone.
If the Braves offered Julio Teheran straight up for Reyes they would prolly jump all over that deal.
TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
5:00 pm
I don’t have proof but its my gut feeling that if he were ever 90% healthy (no thumb or shoulder injury) he would be…
We can hope. I’d love to see what he does healthy for a full season, but I don’t know that he had one of those in the minors either. It’ll be exciting to watch if he ever does.
T for Texas
May 31st, 2011
5:00 pm
That comment paired with the right quote is certainly more clear, SB.
One Time's got no case
May 31st, 2011
5:01 pm
Let me get this straight: Jose Reyes is “overpaid” ($11 mil) and a “bad influence” despite hitting .335 with 17 doubles, 8 triples, 1 homer, 17 RBIs, 19 stolen bases, (18 walks, 19 strikeouts) .382 OBP, .493 Slugging, .876 OPS in 227 at-bats while hitting lead-off for the Mets.
Yet Chipper Jones is a great value ($14 mil) and a great influence in the locker room despite only hitting .250 with 16 doubles, 1 triple, 4 homers, 29 RBI (only 8 in the month of May) 0 stolen bases, (27 walks, 32 strikeouts), .344 OPS, .413 slugging, .757 OPS in only 184 at-bats?
In 43 more at-bats, Reyes has struck out 13 times less than Chipper. Chipper only has 12 RBIs more and 3 more homers than Reyes.
My point is that many of you are blind as to what a Jose Reyes could do to our line-up. So what if Teheran and Alex Gonzalez are packaged in a trade with other Braves prospects to get Reyes from the Mets. I’m not sold on Teheran anyway. All I’ve seen is someone who throws pretty hard, but with little movement on his fastball. That homer that Howard hit off him still hasnt landed. Even if Reyes walks at the end of the year, what he could do as far as helping us get to the playoffs in 2011 would be worth the risk.
I think that many of you are still shell-shocked over the Tex trade with Texas. Despite Texas getting the better of the deal, the Braves franchise hasnt crumbled…the Braves franchise wasnt set back 10 years as a result of the trade. John S. took his shot and missed. It happens. I’d rather have a GM who will roll the dice and try and win TODAY when he has a team that is capable of doing damage in the playoffs.
Snotboogie
May 31st, 2011
5:01 pm
Be willing to trade our top prospects like Teheran and package them in a trade for a Jose Reyes like bat.
From twitter. Odd that he’d prepare as a starter when there is probably a higher need for a reliever and gets him ready earlier. Wouldnt he be the potential number 7 as a SP?
noleee
May 31st, 2011
5:01 pm
Now is that one pressure, bad luck or old age setting in??? DS1
waay overrated in his contract year
TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
5:01 pm
nolie: …wrong with an 800 hitting CFer now days
We were speaking of Heyward… I may be watching the wrong team, but I don’t think he’s a center fielder…
Snotboogie
May 31st, 2011
5:02 pm
Drat! Meant to paste this one:
Medlen threw 90 pitches in bullpen ; next step live bp in extended spring training. Fredi said he’ll build up as starter w option to relieve
John Galt
May 31st, 2011
5:02 pm
IAm I the only person that think’s that “One Time’s got no case” must of caught Schaffer in bed with his wife or daughter?
He really hates that guy, doesn’t he?
Am I the only guy who remembers Matty Alou? All he could do was slap the ball and run, and he won a few batty tiltles and led the league in runs scored a few times as well. An for that matter that approach sometimes defines Ichuro as well. The approach couldn’t hurt Jordan.
24 bats is an awful short time, and he may flop, but I like his approach this time around. He has only 2 measuring sticks in my book- OBP and runs scored. So far, so good.
I wouldn’t pass on the right trade for a LO hitter and CF, but there is no category in which he doesn’t outshine McLouth, so far.
DS1
May 31st, 2011
5:04 pm
I didn’t get the entire lineup from the tweet in the sidebar……
Can somebody repost it???
Thanks in advance.
NorCal Brave
May 31st, 2011
5:04 pm
My wish for tonight is that Conrad plays nice and loose, makes all the plays at 2nd, gets a knock or two, and leads Fredi to wonder if he should maybe sit Uggla for a while longer.
Piedmont Blues
May 31st, 2011
5:05 pm
ncscoots,
Unless the Braves plan to blow up the roster, I’m with you. What benefit would they get from a trade right now? If you look at the lineup, C, 1B and Prado (3B or LF) are set. Schafer is doing what you want from a leadoff hitter and playing outstanding defense in CF. Between, Heyward, Hinske, and Mather you have very serviceable corner OFs. Gonzo doesn’t get on base enough, but provides enough power and plenty good defense that it’s difficult to contemplate upgrading that position unless you pay a lot more.
That leaves you with Chipper and Uggla. Chipper may have to miss time to clean up the knee, but Prado can fill in very nicely there. So there’s Uggs. Other than moving him to the 8-spot in the batting order, what can you do other than hope that he returns to his career norms?
There are no easy fixes. Again, unless you blow up the roster, and you don’t do that in late May when you’re 4 or so games out of first.
AtlYnkHtr
May 31st, 2011
5:06 pm
nolee, CFer? now who is dreaming? you ever watch him track balls in RF?
southern hope
May 31st, 2011
5:06 pm
somebody said that the score could be 10-3 tonight (us! LOL)…and I can’t help but agree….just a feeling (of course, I thought the same thing was going to happen yesterday…before my family of 4 brought tickets to the game and sat there….)
Snotboogie
May 31st, 2011
5:06 pm
I didn’t get the entire lineup from the tweet in the sidebar……
Just click on the title which says “My latest tweets” and it’ll actually take you to the twitter page with updated tweets.
FWIW:
#Braves lineup: 1. Schafer CF, 2. Prado LF, 3. Jones 3B, 4. McCann C, 5. Hinske RF, 6. Gonzalez SS, 7. Freeman 1B, 8. Conrad 2B, 9. Minor P
TennesseePaul
May 31st, 2011
5:07 pm
What benefit would they get from a trade right now?
Perhaps a deeper bench or some relief help. Starter wise, I don’t see a logical fit for them. Starters (pitchers or fielders) would cost more financially and prospect wise.
Murph
May 31st, 2011
5:07 pm
Don’t worry scoots, when you come hang out in Austin we’ll watch Sideout together… It’s “The Natural”, only with beach volleyball as the centerpiece rather than baseball.
When we’re done watching that we’re going to watch “North Shore”, an inspirational movie about a surfer from Arizona.
And finally, Project X. Just because I like the monkeys.
noleee
May 31st, 2011
5:07 pm
sorry i thought y’all were talking about Schafer for some reason
kirkinga
May 31st, 2011
5:08 pm
….Everybody’s been wanting to trade Jurrjens for the last couple of years….
Only the severely misguided have proposed trading Jurrjens.Even if the Braves were in position to make such a trade (they’re not due to payroll constraints), you just don’t trade young, cheap 1-2 starter on an All-Star trajectory for anything less than an established All-Star.
TheAntiMe
May 31st, 2011
5:08 pm
Go, Carroll, go! Maybe the Braves can pick us up tonight after such a cruddy day on the hockey scene. Totally depressing. Oh well, nobody’s EVER going to get their grimy little paws on our Braves. Go Bravos!!!
Larry
May 31st, 2011
5:09 pm
trade Hanson for Rasmus straight up
KK
May 31st, 2011
5:09 pm
Uggla should be batting 8th unless Hudson is pitching, then he should bat 9th
Bill Malone
May 31st, 2011
5:10 pm
One Time’s got no case
May 31st, 2011
5:01 pm
One Time’s got no case
May 31st, 2011
5:01 pm
My point is that many of you are blind as to what a Jose Reyes could do to our line-up.
You make some great points. Reyes has plenty of talent, but he still scares me… seems to have that “attitude thing” going on and we don’t need another Yunel on the team – especially for 11 mil.
One Time's got no case
May 31st, 2011
5:10 pm
John Galt………I dont hate Schafer. I just dont think that he has it in him to consistently hit MLB pitching. Also, his arm in center hasnt impressed me either. Even McLouth throws werent as bad as those 2 that Schafer made yesterday against the Padres.
I find it amusing that many of you are saying “Shafer’s only had 24 at-bats” when I’m critical of him. Yet, you guys say “I like his approach this time…..or…….he’s off to a good start”.
Seems like many of you want it both ways: Using his lack of at-bats to thwart off criticism…yet using those same lack of at-bats to give him praise.