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Jeff R
October 25th, 2012
11:26 am
Jeff R -My keyboard is possessed by demons.
If my brain is like your keyboard, I may need an exorcism.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
11:27 am
A 2 yr boomer… who likely won’t hit 30+ both years, heck, he may not do it either year. And the trend of not having the same LF for more than 2 years would continue…
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
11:27 am
Put Prado back on the infield where he belongs, he’ll be putting on a defensive clinic.
Let’s not get carried away.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
11:27 am
BFS80’s-
You do realize Prado is set to win the GG in LF for the NL right?
He had by far the best defensive numbers in all of the NL for LF….
Like TOBF said, the only guy close in either league was Alex Gordon….
Maybe actually watching the guy play the OF could help
And his arm from 3b…..Well, I do recall him playing one to a dive to his right and throwing a bullet from his knees….and also the jump throw from the grass at SS….
But hey, what the hell do I know…..right Scoots
jim
October 25th, 2012
11:27 am
Scutaro turned out to be the best mid-season pick up of the year, but if the Braves were to have grabbed him, where would he play? Would they sit Uggla and give the job to Scutaro? Not likely. Lew, Uggla hustles and his power is still way above average for a 2B. His OBP is respectable, but that is largely due to his 94 BB. Getting on base at a better than 350 clip is OK for a middle of the order hitter, but getting a lot of walks is not such a great thing for a number 7 hitter. It just puts it up to the 8 hitter and pitcher to get the runs in. The bottom line is that the Braves did not trade for and pay $13 million a year for a number 7 hitter who did not have 80 RBIs this year. Uggla has been inconsistent and the power numbers this past year are not what the Braves need going forward. They would be much better served with a guy that consistently puts the ball in play like Scutaro taking the spot on the roster.
Murph
October 25th, 2012
11:28 am
Our best beat for not only fixing our holes next year but also providing future value would be to make a trade with Texas for Gentry and Mike Olt.
Do we even have the pieces to get this trade done, without giving up a current MLB player?
If Wren were to make a trade for prospect level guys, what would he do with all that money? SP? Stash it under his bed?
Arkansas Transplant
October 25th, 2012
11:28 am
Mike Olt would bring very good defense to 3rd allowing Prado to stay in LF or if Uggla was moved to slide to 2nd. Gentry would bring good defense and a right handed bat that’s good against lefties.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
11:29 am
BTW….
Just moving Heyward to LF and keeping Pence in RF if we had him tells me a whole lot about your evaluation process….
Dadgum.....
October 25th, 2012
11:30 am
Lew….the player was Ron Mauer for the Dodgers. Ron runs a baseball training facility and team here in Richmond.
Arkansas Transplant
October 25th, 2012
11:32 am
Murph, I’d use it for extensions and SP.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
11:32 am
I never used the word “horrible” in describing Prado’s defense. I wouldn’t use that if he were playing 2 positions at the same time. I said he was a 2B playing OF and it showed. I stand by that. I was a pretty good OF back in the day and I know of what I speak on this one. I never pitched a game in my life and would never get into it on that with anybody who pitched and knew from which they spoke. On OF D I can be pretty sure of my opinion. Despite throwing a few runners out and not committing very many “errors” which is ridiculous to point out in the OFanyway since MLB refuses to call a ton of OF plays errors simply if the guy never touched the ball, Prado looked out-matched going back on the ball specifically on a pretty regular basis. Had it not been for Bourn beside him, it would have been even more evident. I am a huge Martin fan, but he’s better suited to the infield, period…
jim
October 25th, 2012
11:33 am
P-Town,
Prado may have the best LF defensive stats, but he won’t win a GG. Left fielders don’t win GGs. That award usually goes to 3 CFs or 2 CFs and a RF with big assist numbers. The GG is a tarnished award because it is not given to one LF, one CF, and one RF, but to 3 OFs, and a players offensive numbers play too much of a role in deciding upon the GG.
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
11:35 am
If Wren were to make a trade for prospect level guys, what would he do with all that money? SP? Stash it under his bed?
Offshore account. Which he will need after getting fired for filling the two offensive holes on a contending team with unproven players.
Dadgum.....
October 25th, 2012
11:36 am
I am pretty confident that Prado won’t be back in LF next year. Maybe as a fill in for a game or two. Especially after the season when Wren said 2nd base possibly 3rd were his best positions. I agree. Prado should be back at 2nd. Period.
Dadgum.....
October 25th, 2012
11:36 am
I am pretty confident that Prado won’t be back in LF next year. Maybe as a fill in for a game or two. Especially after the season when Wren said 2nd base possibly 3rd were his best positions. I agree. Prado should be back at 2nd. Period.
Soph
October 25th, 2012
11:37 am
I was a pretty good OF back in the day and I know of what I speak on this one.
You’re so modest.
Murph
October 25th, 2012
11:38 am
AT, I’d love to get Olt, I just don’t know that the team has the trade pieces it would take to get him. I also worry about how he’d do being thrown right into the starting lineup and asked to produce from day 1. Maybe he’d do great, maybe he’d bomb… no way to tell.
I s’pose if you get Olt and he proves he’s just not ready you can move Prado to 3B and go with Constanza in LF… or Francisco at 3B and keep Prado in LF… not ideal either way.
Arkansas Transplant
October 25th, 2012
11:38 am
ncscoots, seriously? Mike Olt? He’s about as unproven as Heyward was a couple of years back.
Arkansas Transplant
October 25th, 2012
11:39 am
And I’d like to point out that that’s turned out quite well.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
11:39 am
Which he will need after getting fired for filling the two offensive holes on a contending team with unproven players.
Yeah, I don;t care how good Mike Olt or Wil Myers are going to be – neither makes sense for a team that already has three 23 year olds and are in need of a cleanup hitter.
I’m down with bringing in a RH hitter who is 25 years old and is in need of a scenery change……with the initials “TJU”.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
11:39 am
P-Town. I like Heyward in RF, he improved last year and looked a lot more comfortable out there. He’s already shown an inclination towards being injury prone and disturbingly young age so moving him to LFand expecting less from him makes sense to me. Like I said, I didn’t necessarily want Pence or to move Heyward, it was entirely hypothetical as an example of a potentially stellar OF defense…
cricket
October 25th, 2012
11:40 am
where can i place my bet that Prado won’t be starting at 2B for braves next season?
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
11:40 am
He’s about as unproven as Heyward was a couple of years back.
You can’t fill your cleanup spot with Mike Olt, man. Unless they are getting Matt Kemp for CF, we can’t go get Mike Olt for 3rd base and cleanup.
And I love Olt. Branford, CT kid.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
11:41 am
Right now, the Braves need to be focused on a winning a World Series in 2013 – not 2016.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
11:44 am
Jim-
Once again to rehash….
Gold Gloves are NOW and since 2011 given by position as to not discriminate from all positions and to not give 3 GG in the OF to only CF….
So the Braves have an outstanding chance to sweep the GG in the OF for 2012
So no need to worry about that anymore
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
11:44 am
seriously? Mike Olt? He’s about as unproven as Heyward was a couple of years back.
Olt is a beast, and you’ll get no argument. But the guy doesn’t even have a full season at AA yet. Even you might have to agree that adds up to “unproven”.
As for Heyward, he started out hitting 6 and 7 as rook. You plan to stick Mike Olt, without a single ML PA, in the middle of the order? Come on.
Bat Masterson
October 25th, 2012
11:44 am
P-Town,
Prado may have the best LF defensive stats, but he won’t win a GG. Left fielders don’t win GGs. _ jim
Pretty sure I read here, recently, that the have a GG for each outfield position, now.
TennesseePaul
October 25th, 2012
11:45 am
with the initials “TJU”.
TJU? Who is this again?
Dadgum.....
October 25th, 2012
11:45 am
Well I’m down to 29% juice on the iPhone and all I’ve accomplished on the blog is to double post and get Lew riled up. Later.
Rock on…..if people really had a circular drive how would they ever get out. Y’all think about it.
cricket
October 25th, 2012
11:45 am
with the initials “TJU”
you mean “JIU”?
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
11:45 am
Unless they are getting Matt Kemp for CF
Can’t do that. Kemp had the same surgery as McCann, so we know he’s going bust.
Arkansas Transplant
October 25th, 2012
11:46 am
Murph, I think the options would be there. If need be, possibly even through trade. I think we definitely have the pieces to make that trade work. We’d just have to be willing to include more than just one of these names.. Teheran, Delgado, Salcedo, Bethancourt and possibly adding someone like Venters to the package. But like I said, I’d use the savings to add SP which would lessen the need for an overpowering offense, and it’s not like we shouldn’t have a pretty good offense anyways if McCann returns to form, Uggla is just Uggla, Heyward, Freeman, Prado and Simmons.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
11:46 am
Efrim-
TJU? Who the hell is that….?
I know of a 25 year old RF whose initials are JIU
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
11:47 am
BTW, IF we were to get JIU, do we still look for a CF or do we move him to CF?
I think its already pretty much a given whether anyone wants to admit it or not, but JHey is not moving out of RF….and frankly, I don’t see the reason for him to….he has gotten wavelengths better
Dadgum.....
October 25th, 2012
11:47 am
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
11:41 am
Right now, the Braves need to be focused on a winning a World Series in 2013 – not 2016.
————————
Bingo. Co-sign. Ditto. Hello!——-make sure Wren sees this!!!!
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
11:48 am
Come on, folks. THE JUSTIN UPTON.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
11:48 am
Scoots-
Way to look alive on that slow curve there
I don’t know why, but that was quite funny to me this morning
jim
October 25th, 2012
11:50 am
Ark Traveller
The Mike Olt suggestion is a good one. He is a power hitting RH bat who plays 3B and is young, under control, and cheap. He could be a part of a core consisting of Heyward, Freeman, Simmons, Olt, Kimbrel, Minor, Medlen, Beachy, and Delgado (with Prado and other veterans). Don’t know much about Craig Gentry, other than he is 30 years old with limited MLB experience. Seems like a 4th outfielder and not a replacement for Bourn. A trade of Teheran for Olt makes sense for both teams with-or without gentry and some lesser prospects included. The only argument against such a trade is that Prado is better suited to the infield and Uggla is occupying 2B (where he makes the best fit).
Bat Masterson
October 25th, 2012
11:50 am
He’s already shown an inclination towards being injury prone and disturbingly young age so moving him to LFand expecting less from him makes sense to me. _ BravesFanSince80s
Good grief, dude. He could have had the thumb and shoulder injury if he had been a freakin’ DH.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
11:50 am
UCONN has produced some solid prospects lately – Olt, Springer, Barnes, Ahmed.
What a state that Connecticut is…..
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
11:50 am
Myers was a beast at AAA…. but he ain’t getting traded. I’d put him 3-4 in the order, no qualms. Maybe putting him 6 would be better, but I see that kid being a total beast. He’d do fine anywhere he hits.
Murph
October 25th, 2012
11:50 am
You plan to stick Mike Olt, without a single ML PA, in the middle of the order? Come on.
To be fair, he has 40 ML AB’s… and he hit .152.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
11:52 am
Efrim-
So he’s an institution now like THE Ohio State…?
CMON MAN!
But ok….I’ll bite….sure…..have a question on the next post for you, but I’ll take the bait…
Make the trade for Upton, sign Victorino…..get a couple bench bats…tell Prado he’s leading off next year….offseason over.
Prado/Victorino/Upton/Heyward/Uggla/Freeman/Ross/Simmons for OD lineup
I think thats a pretty solid 1-4…
Oh, and in case anyone doesn’t know….Upton OPS’d .900 against LHP
Lew
October 25th, 2012
11:52 am
Dadgum – I was thinking of Bert Campaneris who played all nine positions in a game and pitched LH to LH hitters and RH to RH hitters.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
11:52 am
I’m not against bringing in a player like Olt for CF. But we need that RH banger in the middle of the order, and Mike Olt and Wil Myers would be way too risky for a team trying to win in 2013.
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
11:54 am
What a state that Connecticut is…..
Yeah, 40 years between drafted kids, but who’s counting?
cricket
October 25th, 2012
11:55 am
pretty sure braves don’t have to tackle this problem -
the Cubs “worked with outside sources” to identify the season ticket holders who were scalping in bulk and “sent them letters Wednesday telling them their accounts have been revoked.”
http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/8547796/chicago-cubs-try-oust-scalpers-season-ticket-rolls
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
11:55 am
Ok, now here’s my question Efrim….
To me, it doesn’t look like we matchup well w/ Arizona….
We are pitching rich and they are already young pitcher heavy…..
So what do we have to offer them to get a deal done?
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
11:57 am
Oh, and in case anyone doesn’t know….Upton OPS’d .900 against LHP
And just 25… under contract for 3 more years. I could understand trading Delgado/Teheran + for him
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
11:57 am
Cricket-
Those season ticket holders should be hiring lawyers to sue the Cubs for impersonation of a MLB team
Murph
October 25th, 2012
11:58 am
I see the Rangers played Olt all over the place after they called him up… 3B, 1B, RF… my guess is that they are going to keep him and find him a spot somewhere in the lineup given that Beltre is blocking him from playing 3B and Hamilton is likely leaving.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
11:58 am
Bat, last season was Heyward’s first full, injury free season as a professional. If you don’t find that to be at least a bit of a concern, more power to you…
Arkansas Transplant
October 25th, 2012
11:59 am
ncscoots, I never said I’d stick him in the middle of the order. That’s why we’ve got Freeman, Heyward, McCann, Uggla and Prado. That’s your solid core. I’d line them up as Simmons leading off if we don’t aquire a CFer that can hit lead off, then possibly hit Olt followed by Prado, Uggla, McCann, Heyward, Freeman.. in no specific order. Or even hit him as far down as 7th until he shows what he can do. That doesn’t diminish the fact the fill a huge void and great promise not only next season but moving forward.
Jim, I wouldn’t be totally against moving Uggla in the right trade if that meant moving Prado to second.
Lew
October 25th, 2012
11:59 am
They won’t trade both Teheran and Delgado.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
11:59 am
David O’Brien @ajcbraves
arb eligible coming off shoulder surgery, expects late March or April return RT @joneustis: @ajcbraves whats Janish’s status for next year?
Pastornicky on the bench for OD! Get healthy, Paul.
Arkansas Transplant
October 25th, 2012
12:00 pm
Murph, I’m not sure Hamilton leaving is a sure deal but even if he does I don’t think Olt is unattainable.
Bat Masterson
October 25th, 2012
12:01 pm
If you don’t find that to be at least a bit of a concern, more power to you…
I’m not concerned and I would try to sign him for at least five years this winter.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
12:01 pm
TOBF-
See thats where you guys lose me on that….
What does Arizona want w/ Teheran and Delgado?!
They have Cahill under contract thru 2015 (w/ 2 options past that), Trevor Bauer, Ian Kennedy, Daniel Hudson, Wade Miley, Pat Corbin, and Tyler Skaggs…..ALL on the cheap for the foreseeable future…
I just don’t see the Braves as a good match unless they get a 3rd team involved that needs pitching and can offer Arizona some bats
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
12:01 pm
They won’t trade both Teheran and Delgado.
Hence the slash in the middle… Teheran or Delgado. But I’ve been told that a trade for both Willingham and Span would take both Teheran and Delgado to be fair, so…
cricket
October 25th, 2012
12:02 pm
P-Town Brave © -
cubs have a built-in defense to impersonation of MLB team accusation – the impersonation is done so poorly that it is not good enough to deceive any baseball fans
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
12:02 pm
I never said I’d stick [Olt] in the middle of the order.
I’m pretty sure that any offseason plan that does not include acquiring a RH bat at least capable of hitting in the middle starts off doomed.
cricket
October 25th, 2012
12:03 pm
But we need that RH banger in the middle of the order,
willingham (bat signal for TOBF) or ludwick?
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
12:04 pm
P-Town, that is the only issue… It would take a three-way to get it done… AZ needs a SS and 3B I believe…. Reds trade Cozart to AZ, we send Teheran there, and we get back Upton.
But I don’t know the Reds farm system at all, so…
cricket
October 25th, 2012
12:05 pm
check to see if giants are trading Panda since his value could possibly be never higher …
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
12:06 pm
check to see if giants are trading Panda
Too fat.
jim
October 25th, 2012
12:14 pm
Stop with the Teheran/Delgado They are not TweedleDee and TweedleDum. It makes a difference which of the two you trade and which you keep. Delgado has shown in hiws MLB opportunities that he will be a front line pitcher with good movement on a 95 mph fastball, good fade on his two seamer, a plus change up, and an average curve. Teheran has not shown the same ability to miss bats, has a straighter fastball, and his secondary stuff is not as advanced. Delgado at this point projects to be the better MLB pitcher — with a decent probability of being a dominant one (if his team can score some runs for him).
P-Town is right. If Arizona is getting rid of Chris Young and Justin Upton, it will need somes outfielders with a big bat in return.
DAP
October 25th, 2012
12:15 pm
jim Prado may have the best LF defensive stats, but he won’t win a GG. Left fielders don’t win GGs. That award usually goes to 3 CFs or 2 CFs and a RF with big assist numbers.
i dont believe this is the case. they will award gold gloves to one LF, one CF, and one RF. Braves are in the running for all three.
bravesfansince80s last season was Heyward’s first full, injury free season as a professional. If you don’t find that to be at least a bit of a concern, more power to you…
yes, im very concerned that heyward didnt get injured at all last year.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
12:15 pm
Bat I say the same regarding Heyward’s contract provided it is a realistic one. I like him, just hope he can stay healthy…
Arkansas Transplant
October 25th, 2012
12:15 pm
I just don’t see the need to narrow the search for a 3 or 4 hitter as long as someone or somebodies can come in and hit lefties well. That’s where our offense was exposed more times than not, exclude the lack of talent on the bench. Which is exactly why Olt and Gentry would fit quite well. Both hits lefties and both are budget friendly. I get it, you don’t see Gentry as anything more than a 4th outfielder but how nice would it be to have an option of a 4th outfielder that could come in to play against lefties, with the defense, speed and offense he would supply?
doug
October 25th, 2012
12:17 pm
A Rod at 5 Million a year for the rest of that contract. The Braves know how to keep an aging 3rd baseman, healthy and productive. If Fredi is good at anything, it’s that
jim
October 25th, 2012
12:17 pm
The Reds are very solid at SP with Cueto, Latos, Bailey, Arroyo — They need Cozart at SS much more than Teheran in their rotation.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
12:19 pm
DAP: yeah, that was definitely what I was saying there, once again, I like Heyward, hope he stays healthy and continues to get more consistent at the plate. Hope we can sign him long-term without breaking the bank as well. I refuse to see why moving him to LF at least eventually doesn’t make sense…
Murph
October 25th, 2012
12:19 pm
McCann and Panda would have to sit on opposite sides of the team charter or they’d end up flying in circles.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
12:22 pm
TOBF/Jim-
Arizona got Pennington as part of the deal to play SS….as they value strong defense at SS…
They have Aaron Hill set at 2b and I think Goldschmidt is set at 1b…
They seem to like their OF core w/ Kubel and they have Parra and Pollock and they REALLY like Eaton in the middle….
They also have Montero at C and plenty of middle IF backups….
So the only place I can think of is 3b and thats if they non tender Chris Johnson who they received in a trade…..
They need bats, but they need infield bats I would think….and we just don’t have any…
MAybe they could use a LH reliever….Jonny? But that doesn’t even get you a place on the phone for Upton
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
12:22 pm
SBerthiaumeESPN Steve Berthiaume
The Game 1 winner has gone on to win 8 of the last 9 #WorldSeries and 13 of the last 15.
Bummer. Come on, Tigers.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
12:24 pm
And dear God…
Why would Cincy want anything to do w/ Gopher Ball Teheran…..
IF I were looking for a 3-way deal, it certainly wouldn’t be with Cincy….it’d be some AL team like KC who needs the pitching and has the bats to send to AZ
jfp
October 25th, 2012
12:25 pm
Efrim, what do you think about Scutaro at second and Uggla at third? Then get Pagan for center. Worst case scenario, keep Uggla at second at Scutaro at third.
TennesseePaul
October 25th, 2012
12:26 pm
The Game 1 winner has gone on to win 8 of the last 9 #WorldSeries and 13 of the last 15.
Awesome. Keep it up NL!
Shaun
October 25th, 2012
12:26 pm
Yes, the outfield Gold Glove rules have changed. Three centerfielders can no longer win them. So I would say there is a decent chance the Braves win all three, unless some voters just refused to vote for three guys on the same team. That may come in to play.
BravesFanSince80s, Heyward wouldn’t be a bad leftfielder, I’m sure, but he’s a great rightfielder. He has the speed to cut off the ball headed to the corner or in the gap to keep runners from advancing to second and thirdbase on a hit, he has the arm for rightfield. No need to move him to left, at least not for a while. He has the perfect profile for rightfield.
TennesseePaul
October 25th, 2012
12:29 pm
No need to move him to left, at least not for a while.
Braves would rather acquire another RF than to look into acquiring a LF. The shopping plan for the Braves over the last decade and a half has been largely to trade for a player who can off-set an all-star, so that said all-star can be shifted to LF. It’s an odd plan, and if one questions it, they point to the flags in the outfield.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
12:29 pm
It would seem to come to mind that AZ would have at least some interest given their club makeup in Venters, Hanson, Teheran, and Salcedo….
Frankly though, I think that would still be missing a rather large piece for the services of Upton…
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
12:31 pm
TP-
In all fairness, if we did obtain Justin Upton, he’d be the obvious choice for LF as Heyward is MUCH better covering ground and just overall a better OF
Murph
October 25th, 2012
12:31 pm
I was rooting for the Tigers last night because I thought Verlander would make quick work of the Giants… now I’m rooting for the Giants to run the table and get this season over with ASAP.
Arkansas Transplant
October 25th, 2012
12:31 pm
Uggla at 3rd would not play well over the course of a season.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
12:31 pm
2013 Braves
C_ Napoli/Ross
1B_Freeman
2B_Prado
SS_Simmons/Janish
3B_Wright/Francisco, ?, ?
LF_Gattis/Constanza/Johnson
CF_Fowler
RF_Heyward
I know most or none of that will happen, but I like that team:)
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
12:32 pm
Tyler Garner @ctgarner
@ajcbraves @mlbbowman delgado, spruill, terdo/salcedo for J. Upton? Good enough?
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman
@ctgarner decent return. Two decent rotation guys. Questions about the other two. Salcedo certainly has more upside
Good lord, where do I sign? And why in the world would the D-Backs, with more young, controllable upside starting pitchers than any team but the Cardianals, make a trade for Delgado and Spruill?
Dadgum.....
October 25th, 2012
12:34 pm
I wonder if Barry Manilow tweeted after last night’s game. “I’m back, I’m back”. Absolutely freakin hilarious. I love McCarver for his baseball insight but he didn’t seem right from the opening. Just when we were all glad Manilow had sunk to total obscurity McCarver channeled him back. Priceless.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
12:36 pm
for what seems like the 1000th time today, I like Heyward in RF, just worry about him hurting himself in the near future. I know, he’s just about as likely to get hurt in LF as RF, it’s just a stigma I have on the 2 positions, right or wrong…
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
12:43 pm
I’d do that trade in a heartbeat, but I’d do Teheran instead. Unless the scouts really see something special in him. I like Delgado, and he’s performed at the MLB level, even at a young age. Teheran struggled all season in AAA, and his stuff was said to be subpar.
Shaun
October 25th, 2012
12:43 pm
jfp, I doubt Uggla has the arm for thirdbase.
I like the idea of Scutaro at third, considering the state of thirdbase these days. The only thing is it seems he still has some range and it may be wasted at third. Second may be a better spot.
Scutaro would be a nice addition for a team because he’s sort of a super-utility infielder. A team could sign him to be their primary second or third baseman and could carry a good bat as a backup for their infield instead of a backup shortstop, since Scutaro could fill in there.
I don’t know if he fits with the Braves. Ideally you’d want him only if you were pretty well loaded offensively at other positions because he’s probably just an average hitter.
George_George
October 25th, 2012
12:44 pm
Good day all
I do not like SF GIANTS. They have a 3RD BASEMAN that is fatter then BRIAN. They have a CATCHER who looks like a high school freshman. They should have had some wins taken away in games MELKY played well in when on drugs. GO TIGERS.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
12:44 pm
Let’s go Giants… NL baby. Pence, Posey (FSU), Cain, and Blanco. Plus, they have a chance to sweep. The offseason would “start” sooner.
jfp
October 25th, 2012
12:45 pm
BravesFanSince80s,
How can any of us not worry about Jason getting hurt. He is like a runaway freight train. He is 6ft 5in tall and 250 lbs (rounding up). But you would have to worry about him getting hurt even if he was a DH. He does everything all out, it’s hard to fault that. We will just have to live with the consequences. Fortunately for us he does a great job in preparing himself each year and is always in great shape. Our biggest worries right now are still center, lf/3b and my personal preference would be a front line starter.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
12:45 pm
EFrim-
Thats my point….
I think they’d have considerable interest in either Venters, EOF, or Avilan as to get a lefty in their pen….after that, maybe they’d have interest in trying to turn around Hanson as to have some more experience in their rotation, and then maybe Teheran to get a top spec for depth….
Can’t see Spruill being of interest…..Salcedo could be though as they have no real 3b quality….other than Davidson….
Most of their best specs are either pitchers or OF and all their good pitchers are ML ready or close and their top 3 OF have just come up….
Like I said, I don’t know how we match up well
keyLargo
October 25th, 2012
12:45 pm
Josh Willingham has played for 4 teams in the last 5 years. Every year at least 1000 people demand that the Braves trade for him. Do you imagine that the Braves have a reason they have not made a deal with Florida, Washington, Oakland and Minnesota? If the Braves wanted him, they could have come to terms with at least one of those teams.
Probably so. But every day some mentally challenged blogger will bring it up, proudly thinking it’s his original idea.
jfp
October 25th, 2012
12:45 pm
BravesFanSince80s,
How can any of us not worry about Jason getting hurt. He is like a runaway freight train. He is 6ft 5in tall and 250 lbs (rounding up). But you would have to worry about him getting hurt even if he was a DH. He does everything all out, it’s hard to fault that. We will just have to live with the consequences. Fortunately for us he does a great job in preparing himself each year and is always in great shape. Our biggest worries right now are still center, lf/3b and my personal preference would be a front line starter.
Gary O.
October 25th, 2012
12:46 pm
TOBF,
Time to fix the system… 2 leagues, best 4 or 5 advance to playoffs.
We’ve seen it in the NFL too. The Seahawks made the playoffs a few years ago by winning their division, and hosted a playoff game against a team with a better record, despite going 7-9. Plus I think we have had two #6 seeded teams (Steelers and Giants) win the SB
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
12:47 pm
KeyLargo-
YAHTZEE!
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
12:52 pm
@Gary O.: I completely agree, just cut out the divisions, have all the NL teams play each other as equally as possible and the same in AL. NO MORE INTERLEAGUE PLAY! Then just have the top 4 records in each league shoot it out for WS…
UKUGA
October 25th, 2012
12:53 pm
The Braves will finally acquire Willingham when he’s about 38 years old.