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phil
August 3rd, 2012
12:53 pm
Bring back McLouth and Schaefer!! Problems solved! (magnified)
Disgusted
August 3rd, 2012
12:56 pm
No way would I want to give up either Delgado and Teheran for Headley.
Some people are infatuated by the OBP and cost control with Headley, but face is he is a .260 something hitter with not alot of HRS and RBI’s
I’d rather have Marteen over Headley anyday. Maybe the Braves cannot afford to sign Bourn but they betterr lock it up with both Prado and Mc Cann.
Headley is an average player. You can find a .267 hitter with average power anyday.
UKUGA
August 3rd, 2012
12:56 pm
tony austin, I can’t imagine Wren ever confirming the details of a trade that was never consummated.
Sort of team policy.
In 1993, when the Braves agreed to send Brian Hunter (and someone else) to Montreal for Dennis Martinez, only to have Martinez veto the trade, John Schuerholz refused comment because the trade didn’t go down.
UKUGA
August 3rd, 2012
12:58 pm
Star Wars night with the Astros in town. Fitting.
Better sweep. Go Braves!
unbelievable
August 3rd, 2012
12:59 pm
•#Braves bullpen has pitched 19 innings in the past five games, giving up only one earned run (and one unearned) 14 hours ago
First of all, great job by the bullpen. Second, this is a misleading line. Medlen was pulled after 5IP with only 57 pitches being thrown. Last night was a rained shortened outing. Minor, Sheets, and Huddy have been getting the job done.
Disgusted
August 3rd, 2012
1:01 pm
In fairness to Headley he is having bis best yr this yr and this time around he might get in the high teens in HRS and 80 RBI. This woould be the 1st yr he would be an .800 plus OPS guy.
If he can produce like that, he might be good for LF, but sill hesitate giving Delgado and Teheran for hm.
Might offer Gilmartin and another prospect. I don’t know what SD would want. They need alot.
MikeInFl
August 3rd, 2012
1:04 pm
Some people are infatuated by the OBP and cost control with Headley, but face is he is a .260 something hitter with not alot of HRS and RBI’s
This is a case where it’s really helpful to look at OPS+, which incorporates park factor. Headley’s .803 OPS would only be 4th among Braves’ regulars, but his 126 OPS+ would be second, better than Heyward and behind only Chipper.
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 3rd, 2012
1:10 pm
MikeInFl Didn’t you hear, sabermetric stats are overrated or useless.
Brian from SC
August 3rd, 2012
1:22 pm
Dan Uggla has as many RBIs in his last five games (5) as he did in his previous 38 games before that. I think he’ll be a big part of the Braves’ success in these last two months.
DAM
August 3rd, 2012
1:27 pm
I could get on board with a Hanson for Headley trade.
Brave New World
August 3rd, 2012
1:27 pm
And so the Phils division championship run ends at a paltry 5 straight years. GO BRAVES!
DAP
August 3rd, 2012
1:31 pm
disgusted Some people are infatuated by the OBP and cost control with Headley, but face is he is a .260 something hitter with not alot of HRS and RBI’s
probably not a way you could be more shallow or short sighted about a player.
headly is a switch hitter who has shown very good OBP skills, and decent power numbers playing his home games in a cavernous stadium, where it is very difficult to hit homers. RBIs? his team stinks. its not his fault he hasnt knocked in 100.
Brian from SC
August 3rd, 2012
1:31 pm
Martin Prado, Michael Bourn, and Jason Heyward are all on pace for at least 260 total bases this season.
The Royals had three outfielders reach that mark last year (Francoeur, Melky, Alex Gordon), but overall it’s not a very common feat. Only ten teams in the last 20 years have had three outfielders reach 260 total bases. One of them was the 2003 Braves (Sheffield, Jones, Jones).
Brian from SC
August 3rd, 2012
1:32 pm
I could get on board with a Hanson for Headley trade.
I’m sure Frank Wren would love that. The Padres…not so much.
Efrim
August 3rd, 2012
1:35 pm
Comment From JT
Have you had a chance to see Alex Wood yet? Does he project to be a starter or reliever at the mlb level?
Mike Newman: I saw him last weekend actually. I liked the fastball quite a bit, but am not sure how the breaking stuff is going to play at the upper levels. He’s like the Anti-Sean Gilmartin.
tony austin
August 3rd, 2012
1:35 pm
With Hanson’s propensity in giving up the long-ball, Petco might just be the place for him.
DAM
August 3rd, 2012
1:37 pm
Brian from SC — I’m sure you’re right. I meant a trade based around Hanson/Headley.
Efrim
August 3rd, 2012
1:37 pm
Comment From Lane
Who do you take? Vizcaino or Delgado?
Mike Newman: Delgado. I’ve been very out front that I’ve never thought Vizcaino was a viable SP in the end.
Efrim
August 3rd, 2012
1:39 pm
If I’m the Padres, I’m trading Headley for prospects or a pitcher like Jake Arrieta + prospects who has less service time than Hanson.
Brian from SC
August 3rd, 2012
1:41 pm
Exactly, Efrim. They would want someone in return they could control for more than 3 years (Hanson).
Efrim
August 3rd, 2012
1:45 pm
jnorris427: Left labrum surgery for Mason Williams. Done for season. #Yankees”
Wow. Not good. He’s a Top 50 guy.
Brian from SC
August 3rd, 2012
1:45 pm
Wow, it’s already four years to the day that Skip Caray passed away. Doesn’t seem like that long ago.
Veer
August 3rd, 2012
1:47 pm
Hanson knows how to win games. Noway should he be traded for a not so good Headly. Guy was on pace to 18 games this yr before his injury
Veer
August 3rd, 2012
1:52 pm
Mason Williams? Never heard of him
brian
August 3rd, 2012
1:55 pm
if Mason is a lefty say goodbye to pitching career unless he sidearms it.
Efrim
August 3rd, 2012
1:57 pm
Hanson knows how to win games.
He isn’t the same guy as the one that came up three years ago. Down velocity near 4mph and less command overall.
Shaun
August 3rd, 2012
1:57 pm
No way would I want to give up either Delgado and Teheran for Headley.
Disgusted, did anyone say that they would do that?
I do think ideally the Braves should put Prado at third and find a leftfielder rather than spend resources on a thirdbaseman. I think Prado will have the more value at third than at other positions, going forward.
But Chase Headley is a very good player. Check out Headley’s career number away from Petco.
Also, batting average is secondary to getting on base and total bases. We are way past the point where batting average should be looked at over those other things. And a hitter’s RBI totals depend on all sorts of factors that don’t directly relate to whether he’s actually a good hitter. Again, we are way past the point where anyone should look at RBI on anything other than a team level. Which players rack up RBI for a team don’t tell you which players are the best hitters. Just like a pitcher who pitches 3 2/3 innings and allows no runs might not get a win while a pitcher that goes 3 innings and allows a run in the same game gets the win. You can’t just look at stats. You need to look at what the stats are measuring and what they mean.
kenhotlanta
August 3rd, 2012
2:05 pm
Mason Williams had a huge Grammy winning instrumental hit in 1968, Classical Gas. I always wondered what happened to him…N Y Yankees, huh.
ACE
August 3rd, 2012
2:12 pm
Looks like there could be more rain tonight.
ACE
August 3rd, 2012
2:13 pm
bring your light saber.
CrαZy
August 3rd, 2012
2:16 pm
Mike Newman: Delgado. I’ve been very out front that I’ve never thought Vizcaino was a viable SP in the end.
Guess injuries cause a wide range of opinions when your talking about prospects!
cricket
August 3rd, 2012
2:20 pm
No way would I want to give up either Delgado and Teheran for Headley.
read the whole comment. CraZy was just making a point (that he doesn’t want to see JuanFran as 3B starter next year) using hyperbole.
DAP
August 3rd, 2012
2:22 pm
Hanson knows how to win games.
so do i. doesnt mean i can execute that knowledge.
Shaun
August 3rd, 2012
2:27 pm
I would be mildly shocked if Martin Prado wasn’t the Braves’ thirdbaseman next year.
I wouldn’t mind seeing Juan Francisco back as a left-handed pinch-hitting option and a backup at third and first.
Lemke's Knuckler
August 3rd, 2012
2:31 pm
I was at the G-Braves game that Gilmartin pitched. I actually bumped into Randall Delgado in the bathroom. He was in street clothes sitting behind home plate with another guy from the team. Must have been on pitch tracking duty.
Thought about saying something to him, but the always funny “what you got there” at the urinals probably would have been a little awkward.
I didn’t think Gilmartin was throwing particularly hard. But he was mixing it up pretty well and only gave up a few solid hits. Made a couple of bad pitches with runners on, otherwise, he looked pretty good for his first AAA start.
cricket
August 3rd, 2012
2:33 pm
no one suggested signing Ludwick in off season yet?
ncbravesfan90
August 3rd, 2012
2:40 pm
Per Rotoworld:
Nationals acquired C Kurt Suzuki and cash considerations from the Athletics in exchange for C David Freitas.
CB
August 3rd, 2012
2:40 pm
Nationals trade for Kurt Suzuki.
Brian from SC
August 3rd, 2012
2:41 pm
Nats just got a new catcher…Suzuki from A’s.
Brian from SC
August 3rd, 2012
2:45 pm
Suzuki became spare parts when the A’s acquired Kottaras at the deadline. He’s having a terrible year, but the Nats hope a change of scenery will help him. I remember him being a great player at Fullerton when the Gamecocks played them in the College World Series.
abeeewright
August 3rd, 2012
2:46 pm
Catchers for the Nats are a little bit like drummers for Spinal Tap.
jeffrey d
August 3rd, 2012
2:46 pm
I hear the Nats got Suzuki
DAP
August 3rd, 2012
2:46 pm
suzuki….not bad.
Veer
August 3rd, 2012
2:51 pm
HAND WILL HAND NATIONALS A LOSS TODAY AND WILL PLAY A BIG HAND IN US BEING IN FIRST PLACE.
jeffrey d
August 3rd, 2012
2:56 pm
HULK SMASH!!!!!
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 3rd, 2012
3:01 pm
Slow afternoon…
cricket
August 3rd, 2012
3:10 pm
slow and very hot afternoon in FL
B_F 54
August 3rd, 2012
3:12 pm
The Bravos came trough the Gantlett that is July pretty dog gone good
McFann :Ô: :Ô: :ô:
August 3rd, 2012
3:14 pm
Hot as all get out here, too…
Bravefaninok
August 3rd, 2012
3:16 pm
Today
Sunny
High112°
Low76°
Tomorrow
Sunny
High112°
Low73°
Sunday
Mostly Sunny
High105°
Low73°
Monday
Partly Cloudy
High102°
Low75°
Tuesday
Mostly Sunny
High104°
Low73°
Today: Abundant sunshine. Record high temperatures expected. High 112F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph.
Tonight: Mainly clear skies. Low 76F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph.
Bravefaninok
August 3rd, 2012
3:18 pm
Hot Hot Hot!!!!! nice forecast huh?
B_F 54
August 3rd, 2012
3:20 pm
BF in OK
I remember summer football practice in Altus in the 70’s Brutal even in a dry heat
TheOnlyBravesFan
August 3rd, 2012
3:21 pm
Hot as all get out here, too…
Not where I live…. been on and off sunshine, though with waaay more clouds than sun, and it’s only 83 outside.
DAP
August 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
Braves have the 6th best record in baseball, at 60-45. 60 wins is only 1 W behind NYY and TEX, who lead the AL. we are in a pretty good position. id like to see us step on the gas even harder.
Bravefaninok
August 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
B_F 54 Altus is the hottest place around here usually,I lived and worked in Altus till 07,We are 60 miles east now in Lawton
Efrim
August 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
Baseball America Prospect Not-so-Hot Sheet
Edward Salcedo, 3b, Braves: Salcedo was a league-average performer in the first half, batting .262/.306/.413 in the high Class A Carolina League, but the second half has not been kind to the 20-year-old. This week he struck out in more than half of his at-bats, including six straight. He mustered just three hits, though two were doubles, to sink his second half line to .224/.302/.353.
Murph
August 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
The Nats are starting to feel the pressure from the Braves…
Murph
August 3rd, 2012
3:26 pm
Salcedo is the new Andy Marte. Blech!
cricket
August 3rd, 2012
3:30 pm
fans not only ones with crazy trade ideas -
“Most of the time we waste is with the ridiculous proposals we make with ourselves,” Amaro chuckled. “We talk about that openly with other GMs. The biggest joke is we make more trades with ourselves than anybody else. Hundreds of them. ‘I can’t believe they don’t want this guy! Why wouldn’t they want this guy?’”
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120802&content_id=36008770&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
cricket
August 3rd, 2012
3:34 pm
1. Bourn 8 2. Prado 7 3. Heyward 9 4. Jones 5 5. Freeman 3 6. McCann 2 7. Uggla 4 8.Janish 6 9. Hudson
Jeff R
August 3rd, 2012
3:35 pm
So far, Salcedo’s nearly a bust, given the hype that surrounded him early on.
SNEAKY PETE
August 3rd, 2012
3:36 pm
Just when you thought he was going good after the first half of July – he goes right back to awful and produces a .138/.154/.184 line in 40 plate appearances. @Efrim
for some reason I have the impression that he tails off the second half of most years?
SNEAKY PETE
August 3rd, 2012
3:38 pm
Some people are infatuated by the OBP and cost control with Headley, but face is he is a .260 something hitter with not alot of HRS and RBI’s @Disgusted
probably because OBP has a higher correlation with team runs scored than homers do, and also because he is in Petco, but away from there he is hitting almost 900, better than anybody on the Braves except Chipper
Trader Jack
August 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
Murph
August 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
The Nats are starting to feel the pressure from the Braves…
Not only that there is some building internal strife, caused by a cancer they need to get rid of.
PDOG
August 3rd, 2012
3:42 pm
I would not be trading Delgado or Tehran, if anybody should be traded its Hanson. I would bring back Sheets and would not trade for LF. Give Cuningham and Gattis a chance during the spring. The Braves have had pretty good luck the last three years bringing up position players. Heyward, Freeman and Simmons. The other trade bait should be the Terd there is no room at First for him with the big club and he can’t play third or outfield.
cricket
August 3rd, 2012
3:44 pm
who’s nats’ cancer?
SNEAKY PETE
August 3rd, 2012
3:47 pm
Guess injuries cause a wide range of opinions when your talking about prospects! @CraZy
as does the fact that he only has two good pitches
cricket
August 3rd, 2012
3:49 pm
http://www.csnphilly.com/08/03/12/Can-the-Phillies-afford-to-sign-Michael-/nbcsportsphillies.html?blockID=750837&feedID=693
Efrim
August 3rd, 2012
3:52 pm
Atlanta Braves @Braves
Tonight’s lineup vs. HOU (7:35, PTV/680AM/BRN): Bourn 8 Prado 7 Heyward 9 Jones 5 Freeman 3 McCann 2 Uggla 4 Janish 6 Hudson 1
SNEAKY PETE
August 3rd, 2012
3:54 pm
I was thinking 6 years at 14 million, which I think is higher than the Braves will go. If he could continue the next 5 seasons as good as the first half of this one he would be worth it, but I think that is highly unlikely.
TennesseePaul
August 3rd, 2012
3:54 pm
New “blog”
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/08/03/prado-back-in-braves-lineup/
SNEAKY PETE
August 3rd, 2012
3:55 pm
was I right about Salcedo’s late season fades Efrim, or don’t you know?
Efrim
August 3rd, 2012
3:56 pm
cricket, they will be a player for him I think. Nationals, Phillies, Giants, Rangers, Yankees, White Sox, etc. I think a lot of teams will have interest in him as it’s a less-than-spectacular free agent class.
SNEAKY PETE
August 3rd, 2012
3:57 pm
I was thinking 6 years at 14 million for Bourn, which I think is higher than the Braves will go. If he could continue the next 5 seasons as good as the first half of this one he would be worth it, but I think that is highly unlikely.
cricket
August 3rd, 2012
4:10 pm
Efrim – yes lots of team will be interested in Bourn and not much competition to him. i vote for Nats as the team that ends up overpaying for his services. some in DC consider Rizzo is Boras’s bi**h anyway.
DS1
August 3rd, 2012
6:17 pm
Pirates vs Reds. Talk about a statement series!!
DS1
August 3rd, 2012
6:40 pm
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