Video: Braves wait as NL East foes make moves

How about Wilson Betemit coming back to play SS?

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How about this:

Mets are looking to rebuild. And trading within the same division is usually taboo. But it has been done many of times, recently with Uggla!
Mets are also looking to move players at eat some of the salary.

Why not pick up Jason Bay for LF for JJ. He is a power RH and will bring balance to the lineup. Prado needs to stay on with the Braves if possible. But I can see him being trade for another great bullpen help in Qualls. I also like Jack Wilson has a backup and tutor for Pastornicky.

I do think the braves either make a move for a power hitter or just make Prado the LF and try to win again on pitching.

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really folks braves were snakebite last year they a little better than that wren just needs to sign a freeagent left feilder turn them loose

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J-Man put down that J.Betamit wasn’t good enough to start for Braves 5 years and 50 pounds ago.

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By the way, why would the Marlins back out of the equation now? Why would they concede the point after signing Mark Buehrle, a move that would increase their odds?

Make an offer for Hanley Ramirez, Frank.

Liberty Media, sell the team. You’re incompetent, corrupt, worthless.

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If we dont make moves this is sad

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HIRE HANLEY AND FIRE FREDI.

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I’m a little weary of Bay because he has been injured since getting that contract and hasn’t put up the numbers he did in Boston. I like BJ Upton good 4 tool player just lacking on the batting Avg. I also don’t think we should trade Prado.

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Just havin fun J-Man I always liked Wilson.

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“ohhhhyeahhh”— We don’t need that commentary.

“stuck”– You don’t watch baseball too closely, apparently. Chipper’s fluent swing produced another strong season for him last year, and the fact that he, at 39, outplayed Heyward, 22, is both a compliment to the former and a calling-out to the latter.

So, the Braves are shopping for a power-hitting outfielder, huh? I wouldn’t be so quick to do so. First of all, they’re ready to indict arguably the MVP of the team, Martin Prado, for having a slightly-down 2011. Actually, it was more than slight, but it had a lot to do with injuries and the distraction of playing an uncomfortable position, which is exactly what Ken Caminiti endured in 2001 when asked to play first base. For pete’s sake, we keep hearing about who would replace Chipper at third if he retires. Is there a more-obvious fit anywhere in baseball than Prado? NO! Therefore, why be so quick to trade the man?

By the way, yeah, you usually get more homers from your outfielders than your infielders, but no need exists to buck the status quo when it’s working pretty well and when the aforementioned Heyward very well could break out with 30-35 homers this year.

Hanley Ramirez would be a nice acquisition, to put it mildly, and with Michael Bourn at leadoff, Ramirez would be free to unload his power swing of 2007 and 2008. Lest we forget, he did hit 33 homers in ‘08. Since then, he seems like he has an identity crisis as a player, leading to his egregious statistics.

We hear a lot about the Mark Teixeira trade. How about the Javier Vazquez trade? A former professor who thinks he knows everything about baseball thought I was crazy three years ago when saying Brent Lillibridge could hit 20 homers in a season and said the guy would never hit more than ten in a season. Well, last year he hit 13 in 97 games. Tyler Yates, who also was in that regrettable trade, hit five in highly-limited time last year. (The same professor said that Dale Murphy’s hitting 398 homers, not 400, should be a real consideration in his Hall of Fame vote. No wonder our educational system’s shot.)

Liberty Media needs to sell the team ASAP. Everything it touches turns to ruins: the Braves, TBS, etc.. Okay, the Braves haven’t turned to ruins, but this fact is in spite of them, not because of it. Incompetent ownership’s working against Wren and co., not with them, is certainly not good.

By the way, this team just fired its hitting coach not long ago, and I firmly believe he was a large reason behind the offense’s woes at times, so why make wholesale changes now, when they might not even be needed? I recommend hiring Jeff Treadway and being done with it.

Ramirez’s history with Gonzalez shouldn’t be a brick wall to his potentially coming here. Alex Gonzalez is gone. Regrettably, the team didn’t make the slightest move to acquire Jose Reyes, and now Ramirez is out there: a five-tool player at age 28 who can be a real difference-maker. If Atlanta doesn’t at least consider this move, I’m going to be beyond disgusted, and quit considering trading Prado; the man needs to stay where he is.

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we might aswell just ask Brain Jordan or Ron Gant to play LF.

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Honestly! who cares what other teams do. As long as the team we have is good enough to win aswell. Currently we have a team that cannot meet the quota. We need a RH power hitting LF. who will or who should it be. Once again I think it should be BJ Upton. Im sure his name has came across the Brves front office. So, Who will it be guys? no platooning, no Diaz, no Seth Smith, and im ok with Prado. WHAT ARE THE BRAVES GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS OFFENSE!!!

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Wont be Upton. Too expensive, and too hot-tempered. Not saying those are reasons we SHOULDNT go after him, but im saying, based on the way we pick out players, its why we WONT go after him. And i really doubt itll be Prado. Prolly gonna send JJ somewhere for like a Brett Gardner type player.

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Would love to see BJ in Atlanta!!!!

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I HAVE LEARNED BETTER THAN TO QUESTION WREN. CAN’T COMPLAIN AT THIS POINT.

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Come on people!!!!!!!! Braves do not have budget to buy pennant like the marlin’s are trying to do for second time. Our strength is pitching and farm system. Intelligent trades and youth are our vehicle for improvement this year and for many years to come!!!!! Ask the Rays how well it works. Seems to me they hang with the Yankees, red sox, rangers, tigers every year for fraction of the price. Frank is brilliant to watch our rival teams load up on expensive, injury prone, relics while we get younger and stronger at every position. Those of you screaming Chippers pulling us down, will be the first too stand and cheer during his 20 TO 30 ringers and 80+ RBIs. Chipped will retire after we capture the world series in 2012!!!!!

Frank, you have my support for waiting for the best deals for the team and not reacting to fans who can’t see the wisdom in not making deals just to make headlines without improving the team!!!!!

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How about Adam Jones from Baltimore…if you could extend him..he’s due about 5 or 6 mil in arbitration…couldn’t we trade and try to extend his contract…say 7 or 8 mil…4 years. That OF would be sick for this year then he can take CF when Bourn leaves. Baltimore needs SP..looks like a good fit to me.

With that said, if that’s a no go..I’d hate to see Prado leave. What I don’t want to see is us trade him for a .240 20HR guy…I’d rather have the .300 15HR guy we got.

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Another thing..Braves would be smart not to add payroll…Losing McClouth, Lowe, Kawikami….next year Chipper….they could be players for once in the free agent market. McCann is the tough one. I can’t see them signing him to a long term deal again…catchers don’t age well and he’s a defensive liability…also, the Braves already have his replacement in the minors. It will be tough to see him go though.

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I don’t even know why I read the comments section on these articles anymore. You guys on here are, for the most part, a bunch of ignorant fans. If the marlins add 20 wins (which is a little ridiculous to think of even after adding who they have), they would barely be better than the braves were last year. the braves almost have no check of being anything but better. My main concern is the young pitching and the low number of innings they’ll eat up, and with frediot ruining our bullpen arms by July, that may be a problem

Bt to those of you who predict marlins, phillies, nationals, Braves, mets. You’re just ignorant. Gosh, it would be one thing if you contained and then offered a SENSIBLE opinion as to how we could be better, but just to complain for the sake of it makes you a terrible fan that makes real fans cringe.

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Hanley Ramirez is NOT playing for Freddi Gonzalez and I suspect sometime during this season the Braves closer and 7th and 8th inning men will be in Birmingham, Alabama. Now if Freddi decides to quit utilizing his bullpen as if he is a college coach in a super regional, at that point these kids may have a chance to see an arbitration hearing in the future.

Do you really not see the plan to turn this into tream to appeal to Latin americans. Watch the future deals to come and check out the make-up. They never had a domed stadium and much of the problem was related to getting the Hispanics in Dade County to warm to the product. It’s now their neighborhood, their county and soon to be a majority of their countrymen

It has long been a DESTINATION, but when it becomes a destination for Columbians, Venezuelans, Dominicans , Puerto Ricans et al to make some excursions to watch baseball and also buy merchandise for a team that will be associated with that area–and whose owners did not buy into Bernie Madoff–Well, I ain’t seeing this as the precurson to a selloff. Hell, they got a stadium financed through taking advantage of dade County politicos. This owner is a smart dude who never spent mone, he is still smart and now he is spending monry. He could have kept playing his Luxury Tax game and bankrolled millions, however, he changed—WHY??

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Cody Ross is 2 years to late…
Agree Captain Obvious on Jones and Gavin…

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“ohhhhyeahhh”— I was referring to your unnecessary commentary about a topic to be avoided.

Leave off the “God’s green earth” reference while you’re at it.

Hanley Ramirez is one of the best in the game, even with a down year. Acquiring him would be an outstanding move.

Not surprised that the Braves have filled the position in question; I just hadn’t heard about it. I still prefer the Treadway option.

Martin Prado has done very well at third before; he was pretty fatigued and bruised last season. You can throw last season’s examples out the window.

On a separate note, baseball’s sorry commissioner needs to get the first round to be best-of-seven. A best-of-five series in an albatross. The Cardinals did indeed win it all, but the Phillies were clearly the best team in baseball last season. Honestly, you just can’t overlook what the Phillies did because they (barely) lost a five-game series. In short, why should we overlook a 162-case sample for a five-game one? More later.

Matt Ryan really does need to put aside the playbook a touch and go through daily target drills, not just him but every other quarterback. Also, the Falcons’ offense relies so much on ball control that turnovers can be backbreaking.

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crazy

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I quit the Braves last season,they are mediocre at best.

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NO i would call up Mr Cashman and offer this for Swisher Nunez and Gardner.

Prado
Marcus Lemon
J.J Hoover
Brandon Beachy

Braves get
Nunez
Swisher
Zoilo Almonte

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Give up on him playing at SS but what bout trading Prado along with some other prospects to the Angels for either Kendry Morales or Mark Trumbo for L.F and when Chipper finally calls it quits make one of them the future at 3rd. But I don’t see them giving up Trumbo but I wonder if they can give up on Morales.

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