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Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
5:50 pm
Lew_
I’m between Panama City Beach and Destin. Just watching the weather channel about the Tampa/ St Pete area. I used to live down there a long time ago. Love the southwest coast of Florida
AJC Reporting
June 24th, 2012
5:51 pm
Mark Bowman: “A fight hs broken out between Brian McCann and Juan Francisco over the last cherry icing cupcake”.
David O’Brien: “‘Mark Bowman does a swift move around McCann and Francisco to steal the cupcake away – loses pen and pd doing so. He’s none too bothered by it though as the icing flows melts in his mouth”
nolie
June 24th, 2012
5:53 pm
aunt is St Pete says they got pounded
IlliniBrave
June 24th, 2012
5:55 pm
@Bat: Grayton? Seaside? Seagrove? Rosemary? Used to vacation down there every year when the kids were little. Absolutely beautiful.
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
5:56 pm
nolie_
Sounded that way on the TV. It looks like a lot of heavy rain for the next few days, too.
JoeyBagOBravos
June 24th, 2012
5:57 pm
minor / delgado / venters back to AAA. Medlen and one of Dempster/Garza/Grienke in the rotation the rest of the season. Trade for reliever.
George
June 24th, 2012
5:59 pm
Be back in a few to see if post-game qoutes are up so I can get worked up all over again.
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
5:59 pm
IlliniBrave _
Yep, I’m in Santa Rosa Beach. All our little communities run along the beach road 30A. Great area, very laid back. Much different than PCB, Destin and Ft Walton Beach.
David O'Brien
June 24th, 2012
6:00 pm
Minor’s last 11 starts: 1 win, 7.16 ERA, 70 hits, 28 walks and whopping 18 HOMERS in 60-1/3 innings
David O'Brien
June 24th, 2012
6:00 pm
Sunday postgame QUOTAGE
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/06/24/braves-quotes-after-sundays-loss-to-red-sox/
IlliniBrave
June 24th, 2012
6:01 pm
@Bat: Yeah, we used to go to Destin about 20 years ago when it was stll mostly a deep-sea fishing village. Then as the place got more built up, we started spending more time down your way. Especially loved Grayton Beach and Seagrove.
Efrim
June 24th, 2012
6:03 pm
Uggla is a .250 hitter at best who will wind up with 30 HR’s that look good in stat sheets; he is a downgrade, imo, from Infante, who had earned a promotion and a positon, not a trade.
The single stupidest thing I’ve read on here in a long time. This shall be blown up, and put on my wall at home – anytime I need a good laugh.
Pale Rider
June 24th, 2012
6:09 pm
Trade SmUggla and buy a pitching staff.
IlliniBrave
June 24th, 2012
6:10 pm
Pretty much predicted post-game quotes in my 5:48 post. Only thing missing was recurring comment from Fredi “our pitchers having trouble getting over the hump”. Could it be that “the hump” is self-created and the only way to “get over it” is to put in a pitcher that won’t put themselves in a 4-5-run hole by the 3rd inning?
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
6:12 pm
Especially loved Grayton Beach and Seagrove.
IlliniBrave _
It’s amazing how much this area has grown. I’ve been here a little over 7 years. I guess you went to the Red Bar a few times, eh. Love the crab cakes, best I’ve ever had by far.
Bill M.
June 24th, 2012
6:13 pm
We should know more about the Braves after upcoming homestand. It doesn’t look good. What is wrong with McCann???? He should have been traded yesterday. If they don’t get their act together, there may be alot of trades. Tear it down and start over. No Garza please. Wren would be crazy to trade young pitchers. The only one that could be traded is Minor.
Get Garza
June 24th, 2012
6:20 pm
CUBS get:
RHP Julio Teheran, SS Tyler Pastornicky, and C Christian Bethancourt
BRAVES get:
RHP Matt Garza
DO IT NOW, WREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jimmy
June 24th, 2012
6:21 pm
Man, McCann another 0-4. And when he hit the ball, weak grounders for a DP and such. Extension..yeah right.
Heyward is back..way back. Good to see him hitting the ball on the screws almost every abat. About six or seven games now.
We still aren’t hitting the ball. 1-11 RISP.
And people still want more pitching?
While a 3-3 trip to NY and Boston isn’t bad, still concerned about the offense.
I won’t even bring up Chipper and him being a part time player. So sad to see this unfold in his last season. Real bad. Like I’ve said before, I was hoping for a Mantle decision in Spring Training.
Later good folks. Talk tomorrow morning.
BFChris27
June 24th, 2012
6:22 pm
Get Garza
Replace Teheran with Minor and it’s a done deal
StingerSplash
June 24th, 2012
6:25 pm
I figured the Sox would take 2 of 3 from the Braves this weekend. I didn’t figure Friday to be the lone Braves’ win.
It’s time for Minor to get sent down. Keeping him up and in the rotation for what appears to be an unending string of starts that don’t see the end of the fifth inning is beyond counterproductive. That kid’s head has to be getting close to mush at this point.
Hate to point it out, DOB, but your note on Byrd’s success vs Minor was extraneous. Byrd got DFA’d a couple of weeks ago.
Efrim
June 24th, 2012
6:27 pm
CUBS get:
RHP Julio Teheran, SS Tyler Pastornicky, and C Christian Bethancourt
You have to be joking. First, that’s a huge overpay for a team that relies on their minor league talent because they have a mid-market payroll. Second, Minor and Delgado get extended looks in the majors, perform badly(moreso in Minor’s case) and get to stick with the organization while we trade potentially the most promising one for a quick fix? Ridiculous. Wren isn’t that stupid. You don’t spend all of these years keeping Teheran out of trade talks and then ship him off for the shiny prize at the deadline.
eddie57
June 24th, 2012
6:27 pm
Fredi the Freeloader wouldn’t move Ugglier out of the cleanup spot if he went 0 for 60. Loyalty to your favorite player is one thing but, hurting the team because of it is a firing offense.
David O'Brien
June 24th, 2012
6:27 pm
Braves notes: Aching Chipper gets another rest day; Uggla slumping; Hudson vs. Hudson matchup
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/06/24/aching-chipper-gets-another-rest-day/
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
6:29 pm
Wow, channel 7 news….. Bay county opening a shelter……… don’t sleep through the night, wake up a few times to check our news channel for updates ………… Kinda sorry I tuned in
Blue Marlin fishing tournament was a success it seems. They must have gotten their butts kicked out there yesterday.
Disgusted
June 24th, 2012
6:30 pm
With the stats that DOB posted in Minor’s last 11 starts, would yall say that Minor has gotten his chance he was itching for when he was running his mouth in ST and he pretty much has blown it due to not being good enough???????
I would think so.
22, 23 olds have zero business running their mouths when they cannot back it up.
Mike Minor League cannot back it up. What they do with him, I don’t care.
smallmouth6
June 24th, 2012
6:30 pm
Bring up Constanza.
Disgusted
June 24th, 2012
6:34 pm
Given what Boston ate in salary, money wise a Youk deal might have been able to get done, but the Braves prolly think that Chipper will be more than a PT time player.
Maybe we can get a LF with another team picking up some $$$$$$$$$$$.
We could offer Minor and Pastornicky Maybe Minor and Terdoslavich. That is as good as Zach Stewart and Lilibridge.
NickB
June 24th, 2012
6:35 pm
Minor will probably be a part of a trade to get a starter, he still has value as he’s young and left handed.
Disgusted
June 24th, 2012
6:35 pm
Oh, I forgot, we do have Prado in there for LF whih is not bad, but there could be SP’s out there but they have to pick up big $$$$$$$$$$.
NickB
June 24th, 2012
6:36 pm
Disgusted
yeah, but that would have been it, no money left to get a starter (which they need more than a bat)
Disgusted
June 24th, 2012
6:36 pm
That could be Nich B — I want to hold on to Delgado and Teheran but would not mind moving Minor and a Terrdoslavich for a SP so long as the $$$$$$ are okay.
maybe ever give Minor and Salcedo who is likely a future DH.
Disgusted
June 24th, 2012
6:39 pm
I am so surprised that Boston ate that much and they have done that in the past like when they released Lugo with more than a yr remaining and they also ate a good chunk of Edgar Retteria when he did not work out for them.
As it turned, Renteria did have some game left when they moved him after one year. We got the benefot of that and more benefit when we moved Renteria to Detroit.
George
June 24th, 2012
6:41 pm
Read the post-game qoutes. FREDI says he is going to keep running MINOR out there. I believe MINOR is a lost cause. FREDI is to stubbern to make a change in rotation. FREDI should be replaced, but it won’t happen because it has been a long time since BRAVES have replaced a MGR midseason, they just don’t do it. Hope I am wrong.
NickB
June 24th, 2012
6:45 pm
Minor is probably not a lost cause, jeez you have to let these guys take their lumps, Roy halladay in 2000 had an ERA of 10.64 for goodness sake, not saying Minor is Halladay, but you can’t just give up on young pitchers that quickly
semiballcoach
June 24th, 2012
6:46 pm
save minors next start for the all star homerun derby
IlliniBrave
June 24th, 2012
6:47 pm
@Bat: not sure if I ever went to the Red Bar, but we loved Bayou Bill’s for crabs, shrimp, and beer. Then there was this really good little casual Italian cafe right off the beach in Seaside. Those were our two go-two places in that area.
George
June 24th, 2012
6:48 pm
NickB
June 24th, 2012
6:45 pm
But Nick, it is a sure loss every time he starts. We need Ws.
NickB
June 24th, 2012
6:51 pm
IMO, either let him start all year and forget about the playoffs, or use him in a trade. sending him down, probably doesn’t do much
cowdogit
June 24th, 2012
6:51 pm
NOLIE ” The three biggest problems with the braves are Chipper , Fredi and most of all Roger McDowell . Since you support all three , you have to be either brain dead or baseball illiterate .
richbrave
June 24th, 2012
6:51 pm
DOWN ON THE FARM
GWINNETT
ROMANS return the favor to their TOURIST hosts 1-4.
ROME
Lead-off CF TONY MUELLER ].275 BA] 2-3, 1 BB, 1 CS [6]
SS KYLE KUBITZA [.248 BA] 1-4, 1 2B [13], 1 SO.
Rookie RF CHASE ANSELMENT [.400 BA] 2-4, 1 SO.
LF ROBBY HEFFLINGER [.244 BA] 1-4, 1 R, 1 SO.
1B ‘BillyBECK’ BECKWITH [.298 BA] 1-4, 1 SO.
RHSP DAVID FILAK [L 3-7, 4.50 ERA] 6.0 IP, 8 H, 1 HR, 3 R/ER, 1 BB, 4 SO.
RHRP BRYAM GARCIA [1.99 ERA] 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.
NickB
June 24th, 2012
6:53 pm
cowdogit
you called someone baseball illiterate? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
you who just made up the Marlins payroll and then stopped posting when I busted you that you were lying? you who think Constanza is better than Chipper? You who demonstrate no acumen for baseball wisdom in the tiniest bit?
Imma pee my drawers from laughin so hard!!!!!!!!
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
6:57 pm
IlliniBrave _
Both good places to go. The Red Bar backs up to the beach in Grayton, good bar, very good food, live music, local and tourist hangout.
http://theredbar.com/
IlliniBrave
June 24th, 2012
6:58 pm
Minor kinda reminds me of Jason Marquis – definitely talented at some level, but seemingly stubborn and not able to figure out how to “pitch” rather than just “throw”. We threw Marquis in with Wainwright for the JD Drew deal, and he seemed to figure it out there. But then he moved on and has never been able to stick with one club. Minor may be another one such player.
Jimmy
June 24th, 2012
6:58 pm
Bat – Been raining here since around 3. I looked at the radar and saw that you and MikeinFL are getting plenty of rain. I know you don’t need alot. We can use it here in South Georgia.
Braves just 4 out. All, in reality, is good.
3-3 on the road against the Yankees and Red sox. Who wouldn’t have taken that headed into those series?
We need our offense to come around. Very, very pleased with Heyward. Looking very good.
Tomorrow is a Statement Day Off! Take that to the bank…… T-hawkin!
Alright, over the loss. Moving on to Tuesday night.
Serious this time..later good folks.
Jimmy
June 24th, 2012
7:01 pm
OK…NickB and cowdogit, it’s all yours.
He said you were an idiot. A maroon!!!
LakeDawg
June 24th, 2012
7:05 pm
The Braves suck.
LakeDawg
June 24th, 2012
7:06 pm
Braves would have been better off keeping Infante. He is a much better baseball player than Uggla.
LakeDawg
June 24th, 2012
7:07 pm
The over/under on the amount of games Chipper plays is 60.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
7:08 pm
Braves would have been better off keeping Infante. He is a much better baseball player than Uggla.
AARRGGH!!!!!!!!!! Come on people, geez. You’ve got to be smarter than this…..
later guys, Peace
LakeDawg
June 24th, 2012
7:08 pm
How come the Braves give up a lot of home runs, yet can’t hit any themselves?
LakeDawg
June 24th, 2012
7:09 pm
Infante is a much better player than Uggla.
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
7:11 pm
Jimmy _
This crazy storm keeps changing every few minutes it seems like. Now they are saying some dry air may get pulled into it and weaken it. Calling for 5 inches of rain here now…… We’ll see…….. It looks like you should get plenty of the rain
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
7:13 pm
Tornado in Naples, thats nolie’s area.
TheOnlyBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
7:16 pm
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/infanom01.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/ugglada01.shtml
Take a look at those 2… first is Infante, 2nd is Uggla. Infante leads in batting average, but Uggla leads him in OBP/OPS/OPS+ RBI, Runs scored, and WAR. Uggla’s taken more walks and has just 1 more error than Infante does.
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
7:17 pm
The over/under on the amount of games Chipper plays is 60.
I’ll take the over
brian
June 24th, 2012
7:17 pm
Bfchris – you are on to something there.
I see the braves offering minor//Delgado, bethancourt, and pastornicky/tier 2 prospect for garza or greinke
The braves will not trade teheran nor should they. Jurrjens will remain a brave until the offseason then be moved
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
7:20 pm
Not really crazy about trading Delgado or Bethancourt
VaBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
7:25 pm
I really don’t think adding a pitcher like Garza puts us over the top. I believe we should just stand pat. After all Wren said this is a contending team and that they needed a 2nd chance. Lets save all of our prospects and money for the upcoming offseason.
I can’t believe people think Infante is better than Uggla…
Infante 276/318/398/716
Uggla 257/345/478/823
MikeInFl
June 24th, 2012
7:27 pm
Once again you guys way, way over-estimate what Wren will give away for a rental (even a year-and-a-half rental). Go back and look at the Michael Bourn trade… we heard all kind of speculation about the “big three” pitchers being in a deal. What did we give up? Oberholzer, Clemens, Abreu and Schafer.
I really think you should adjust your thinking downward as to the prospects Wren will trade away.
Jimmy — fine here in Jax Beach, just more rain but no need to build an ark. Hope you get what you need up there.
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:29 pm
Delgado and Teheran will not be traded. End of discussion. Anyone remember Glavine’s league leading 17 losses his first year? You don’t give up this early, especially for mediocre pitchers like Garza.
cowdogit
June 24th, 2012
7:30 pm
NickB Maybe I’am missing something , Can you give me some good stats supporting McDowell’s seven years with the braves . I have tons of great stats for Mazzone .
cowdogit
June 24th, 2012
7:30 pm
NickB Maybe I’am missing something , Can you give me some good stats supporting McDowell’s seven years with the braves . I have tons of great stats for Mazzone .
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:30 pm
I like how people think Infante is better than Uggla based on the nearly useless stat of batting average.
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:31 pm
cowdogit
I have three great stats on Mazzone: Glavine, Maddux, Smoltz.
Efrim
June 24th, 2012
7:32 pm
Minor will probably be a part of a trade to get a starter, he still has value as he’s young and left handed.
I wouldn’t mind that at all, however what starter would we be able to get with Minor? I’d love if we could pad prospects with Minor to get Garza – but other than Teheran, not sure there is enough on the farm to acquire him.
brian
June 24th, 2012
7:33 pm
If I were frank wren, and thank goodness for the Braves I am not, here is what I would do:
1. Fire fredi g. And let the new manager fill his assistants
2. Trade for a starting pitcher. Either get McCarthy from the A’s or get Garza or preferably Greinke. Trade either Delgado or minor, bethancourt or gattis, and pastornicky/Cunningham/prospect for the pitcher.
3. EXTEND BOURN
4. Get Nunez from the NYY. Filll in when Chipper is out in LF with Prado at 3B and next year take over in LF.
5. Extend Heyward in the off season
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
7:34 pm
Does the goat come with Garza?
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:34 pm
Minor prbably won’t be traded either. Hate to disappoint.
Jake W.
June 24th, 2012
7:35 pm
If JJ can put together a few good starts I think we can get by without acquiring a starter if we focus on strengthening the bullpen and bench. Delgado had a bad start yesterday but he really has settled down since his rough April. Minor is another story and if we acquire some bp help at worst we put Medlen in his spot and have a serviceable bottom of the rotation pitcher. Scoring a few more runs might also ho a long way for these starters. Offense has to do its part, we don’t have a rotation like we had in the past. Getting one starter won’t change that.
BFChris27
June 24th, 2012
7:35 pm
My ideal trades to be done ….
* Minor (or Delgado)/Bethancourt/Pastornicky/Tier 2 Prospect(s) for a Greinke or Garza & Vet RH/LH Reliever
* Francisco/Prospect(s) Arm(s) for Joe Saunders
* Prospect(s) for Bench Help
My ideal returns for deals ….
* Greinke/K-Rod (if from Brewers)
* Garza/Shawn Camp/Reed Johnson (if from Cubs)
* Scott Podsednik (type for bench)
My rotation after deals …
Garza/Greinke
Hanson
Hudson
Jurrjens
Minor/Delgado
Bullpen …
Kimbrel
K-Rod/Camp
Venters
O’Flaherty
Medlen
Durbin
Martinez
Bench …
Ross
Hinske
Diaz
Podsednik/Reed Johnson type
Wilson
ncbravesfan90
June 24th, 2012
7:35 pm
Congrats to the White Sox on stealing Youk from the Red Sox. Just 2 million is what the White Sox have to pay. WOW
MikeInFl
June 24th, 2012
7:35 pm
LOL at Infante. He had a HUGE first month, posting a .330/.358/.650 line through his first 28 games.
Since then, he’s hit .262/.283/.333 (that’s a .616 OPS) in 34 games. With 23 strikeouts and THREE walks during that time.
I’m sure you Uggla critics would be singing Infante’s praises right now if he were here…
Vinnie Barbarossa
June 24th, 2012
7:36 pm
“I’m going to get hot again, just in time for this years September Collapse.”
BFChris27
June 24th, 2012
7:36 pm
My Rotation:
Greinke/Garza
Hudson
Hanson
Jurrjens
Saunders
Delgado/Minor would go to the pen*
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:37 pm
Greinke isn’t coming here. Give it up.
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
7:39 pm
I’m sure you Uggla critics would be singing Infante’s praises right now if he were here…
No they would be screaming to make a trade for Uggla, cause damn, he gets on base and slugs
Jake W.
June 24th, 2012
7:39 pm
I’m not really crazy about Greinke or Garza
BFChris27
June 24th, 2012
7:39 pm
If it were up to me, I’d get two starters, a veteran solid reliever and bench help, whether it’s in same deal or separate deals.
Addition of say a Garza/Greinke & Saunders would boost the rotation. The addition of Minor/Delgado (whichever one isn’t traded) is a boost to the pen. Any addition to the bench would help, so really no specifics there.
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:41 pm
Jake W.
I agree. I dig Greinke, but not for the cost, and the fact that he’s a rental. I wouldn’t give up Minor for him, much less these psycho packages people are coming up with.
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:41 pm
Joe Saunders is useless to us.
BFChris27
June 24th, 2012
7:42 pm
I strongly think either Dempster or Garza will be with Atlante by the deadline, Greinke was just an idea thrown out there. I think getting a secondary one like Saunders would help, not a necessary, but would help.
Honestly, if available, I’d like Darren Oliver from Jays as the reliever to be gotten. Veteran who is still very effective.
Jake W.
June 24th, 2012
7:42 pm
I like Delgado, not interested in trading him or Teheran.
BFChris27
June 24th, 2012
7:43 pm
Atlanta*
Typing too fast
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:43 pm
People sure do want a lot of Smoltz/Doyle deals.
Efrim
June 24th, 2012
7:46 pm
Saunders just hit the disabled list and so did Brandon McCarthy. I don’t think either will be on the Braves radar.
brian
June 24th, 2012
7:47 pm
The only way it turns into a Alexander/ smoltz deal is if we deal Teheran. If we can deal minor or Delgado to obtain garza or greinke in a package we will be looking good
Jake W.
June 24th, 2012
7:47 pm
Owl Hunter
I feel the same way about Greinke that I felt a couple of years ago. Don’t really want him, seems like a good pitcher/good guy but I worry about if he would be comfortable in Atlanta. Could end up doing very well here but its a risk imo.
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:49 pm
brian
Garza is overrated, and both of them are rentals. It’s not time to give up on 22-23 year old pitchers for rentals.
Efrim
June 24th, 2012
7:49 pm
Jason Heyward now ranks 16th in the National League in OPS – .861. Incredible turnaround and just awesome to see this kid go nuts.
Why people are still pitching to him is beyond me.
The A Bomb
June 24th, 2012
7:49 pm
There is a reason the Chicago Cubs are in LAST PLACE.
Garza is 3-5, 4.07.
And as for Minor, he was a No. 1 pick 3 years ago. He was sped through the system.
Heck it took the Phils 4 years to unload Drabek and he went for a guy who was worth it.
Overpaying for a guy like Garza FOR 2 MONTHS would solidify Wren as a joke of a GM and some of you as frickin’ insane.
Jerry
June 24th, 2012
7:50 pm
After reading what Boston got when they traded away Youkilis and cash, I wonder why the Braves didn’t want to be in on that. Regardless of what some here think, we could have used Youkilis, especially since we cannot count on Chipper anymore. Still, on the other side of the coin, I don’t believe the Braves are interested in being a better team if they are happy with the substandard piece of shyt product they have put on the field this year. And if they don’t care, then don’t expect me to give two shyts either.
The A Bomb
June 24th, 2012
7:51 pm
ADDENDUM: What they’ve done with Medlen pretty much put Wren in the joke category — at least for this season.
Coach (2012 Fredi's Beisbol Fandango)
June 24th, 2012
7:51 pm
When the hottest hitter on the team is in the six hole, and the coldest is in the clean up spot……….
YOU DESERVE TO LOSE.
BFChris27
June 24th, 2012
7:52 pm
To be fair, although I admire Frank’s willingness to hold onto young talent, you can’t keep every single one and not all of them will pan out just see the baby braves for proof, only McCann is the survivor of that group. The untouchable ones to me are …
* Teheran
* Delgado
* Freeman
* Heyward
* McCann
* Simmons
* Kimbrel
Those are strictly the young talent that has proven something thus far, I’m sure there’s some others in the system that could be labeled untouchable, but until they prove something, I couldn’t fully label them that.
Minor like it or not, is expendable. There are others in the system that are expendable (pitching wise that is). The position player depth is a lot to be left desired in terms of depth alone, but there are a few who could be deemed expendable.
I’m not saying deplete the farm system, but if you have an over abundant amount (in this case young pitching), it’d be silly not to invest them into current players who could help now and possibly beyond if they are extended and Bourn if re-signed is prime example of what my point is.
Bat Masterson
June 24th, 2012
7:52 pm
I was wondering that earlier today too, Efrim
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:52 pm
A Bomb
Exactly. People are treating Garza like he’s a true difference maker. He’s not exactly Halladay.
Efrim
Why he’s still hitting in the loer end of our lineup is beyond me.
Owl Hunter
June 24th, 2012
7:53 pm
*lower
Slurvy
June 24th, 2012
7:54 pm
Why do people always compare Uggla with other 2nd basemen. For what Braves brought him here for, I’d like to see his stats in relation to other cleanup hitters. He was brought here to solidify the offense. Has the Braves offense shown improvement since we got Uggla? He certainly didnt help get us to the playoffs last year after we got there the year b4 without him.
BTW, Uggla makes 10 million bucks a year more than Infante. Sure would be nice to have an xtra 10 mil to spend.
Efrim
June 24th, 2012
7:55 pm
Bat, I haven’t seen many balls thrown to the kid. Normally, I’d wish he was walking more, but honestly, he’d be behind in the count more often if he didn’t swing at those pitches. Just very surprised to see pitchers still challenging him. Thinking that they will stop this week, but we’ll see……
VaBravesFan
June 24th, 2012
7:55 pm
But what is the expectations for everyone? Say we do trade for Garza and give up a youthful package. What would be considered a success?
I just don’t see Garza making us that much better to be worth the package it would take. I rather see the Braves bring in a bench player and bullpen arm while paying most of there remaining salaries for lesser prospects. Wren said this team needed a 2nd chance so no major moves should be made.