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keyLargo
October 25th, 2012
2:32 pm
Saw Pittsburgh beat Atlanta and ace Tony Cloninger in that 1st game. That stadium was awesome at the time.
I remember listening to it on the radio in bed as a kid on a schoolnight. Braves lost 3 – 2 on a HR by Willie Stargell in the 13th. Tony Cloninger pitcher all 13 innings for the Braves.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
2:33 pm
I still think the Tigers’ SP will show up and that they’ll win it.
Ya have to think that based on the matchups and the fact that Matt Cain is getting only one start during this World Series. I mean, is this team honestly going to win it all on the backs of Barry Zito and Ryan Vogelsong?
Can the Braves have a tenth of that sort of fortune? Please? Simply Amazing.
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ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
2:36 pm
I mean, is this team honestly going to win it all on the backs of Barry Zito and Ryan Vogelsong?
I have to admit, that ought to put a pretty sour taste in the mouths of pitching staffs such Washington and Atlanta.
Maybe even a McEnroe Moment.
Bat Masterson
October 25th, 2012
2:37 pm
This is a bully free zone, Bat. _ Soph
Soph
Maybe I should have a special brownie and chill, eh.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
2:39 pm
Steve from OH isn’t here, but I can’t believe that the NHL owners and players union can’t get this deal done. They can’t honestly have another lost season for the sport of Hockey. It’s insane. Earlier in the decade, the owners were absolutely right to lock out the players given that there needed to be a wake up call for them that this sport simply was not as popular or profitable as some of the others around and salaries needed to reflect this. But now, owners are just simply being greedy based on the increased revenues. This sport needs to get back on the ice, badly. It can’t take another lost season. 60 games needed to be played, at least.
BravePack(FreeFan)
October 25th, 2012
2:39 pm
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.
Thumbs up from me as I’ve been saying this for weeks now.
Dadgum.....
October 25th, 2012
2:39 pm
Tigers probably throw Verlander 3 games total. He should go game 4 in Detroit and possibly in game 7 if there is one. Anyway hard to imagine Detroit winning without Verlander notching at least one win maybe two.
DS1
October 25th, 2012
2:39 pm
1935, 1968, and 1984.
How many WS wins do the Tigers need?
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
2:40 pm
Maybe even a McEnroe Moment.
0-7 in their last 7 postseason series dating back to 2001, scoots. I’d say a “McEnroe Moment” for the Braves organization and fans would be well placed.
DAP
October 25th, 2012
2:40 pm
no way the giants win 3 more games as easily as they did last night.
abeeeewright
October 25th, 2012
2:43 pm
“Tony Cloninger pitcher all 13 innings for the Braves.”,
He was going to get pulled in the next inning, anyway, due to pitch count. Can’t have your pitcher throw more than 200 every four days or you risk injury.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
2:43 pm
1935, 1968, and 1984.
How many WS wins do the Tigers need?
Certainly more than the team that just won 2 years ago. I’m all for rooting for the teams that haven’t tasted it in a while. I didn’t even really care that the Yankees won in 2009. I don’t like seeing back to back or 2 outta 3. Down with the Giants. Hope Leyland and his boys can pull this off and fend away the baseball gods.
Murph
October 25th, 2012
2:43 pm
If the Giants sweep em, the deadline for the options to be picked up for McCann, Hudson and Maholm are Wednesday night, 10/31
How appropriate… it’s going to be a night filled with horror for someone.
Dadgum.....
October 25th, 2012
2:45 pm
Also a possibility that if Detroit wins tonight they give Verlander an extra day and pitch him game 5. If needed in game 7 he could possibly throw an inning. If Detroit goes down 0-3 I guarantee you see Verlander in game 4.
DS1
October 25th, 2012
2:45 pm
I like the idea of having a Tim Lincecum as a middle reliever!
Jimmy
October 25th, 2012
2:46 pm
Bat is a bully. He’s jumped on me before.
Now, I’ve got to go have a good cry…from just remembering it.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
2:46 pm
How appropriate… it’s going to be a night filled with horror for someone.
Yeah, the Mac haters.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
2:47 pm
How appropriate… it’s going to be a night filled with horror for someone.
Is it wrong if I laughed?
abeeeewright
October 25th, 2012
2:47 pm
Braves won 14 straight division titles. The one time they might have lost it, the strike killed the season, keeping their streak intact. They reeled in a SF team, where SF won 100+ games and missed the playoffs.
They had any number of improbable come-backs to win playoff series that they shouldn’t have. Sid’s slide anyone?
The current 0-7 streak is just the Baseball Gods restoring order to the universe.
Shaun
October 25th, 2012
2:49 pm
MVP, baby!
.282/.378/.436/.814 this postseason… plus he put up great numbers all season, and turned it up when his team needed him.
What are Trout’s postseason numbers? Oh, sorry….
Clearly it’s Trout’s fault that Anaheim is on the west coast. And clearly Cabrera is as good defensively and on the basepaths as Trout, otherwise he wouldn’t be the most valuable player.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
2:50 pm
I like the idea of having a Tim Lincecum as a middle reliever!
Giants pay 20mil and get Tommy… I’ll take Lincecum back!
I really hope he gets it together next season… he had a career under 3 before this disastrous season for him. Maybe he could be that ace we pick up for 2014….
Bat Masterson
October 25th, 2012
2:50 pm
Now, I’ve got to go have a good cry…from just remembering it.
Jimmy, how about I send you a peace brownie?
Dadgum.....
October 25th, 2012
2:50 pm
Don’t y’all worry about Mac, he will be fine. Let’s see. He could get 12 mil from the Braves or around 15 per for five from say the Yankees. Yeah, life is rough all right. We should all have such tough choices.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
2:51 pm
I could see Lincecum converting to reliever down the road. Although his velocity is already down in startsm but maybe it can play up a bit in short stints.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
2:53 pm
The current 0-7 streak is just the Baseball Gods restoring order to the universe.
That fortune ended with Jim Leyritz 3 run home run in Game 4 of 1996. It’s been quite the playoff disappointments since.
And it’s not like we won the World Series in 1991, 1992, or 1993.
Jimmy
October 25th, 2012
2:55 pm
Ok Bat.
It’s just so hard.
I’ve been hurt several times on this blog.
DS1
October 25th, 2012
2:56 pm
I’d be shocked if Lincecum isn’t available tonight in the case that Bumgarner has problems.
I spent 15 years in the Bay Area, so this series at least gives me somebody to pull for.
Go Giants! ( I switched the first letters, but it’s still not as cool as Bo Graves! It was Go Giants! before I switched them!!!)
Lew
October 25th, 2012
2:58 pm
Jimmy – Frank Wren doesn’t work for the Mariners. He’ll annouce the decisions on the options like he always does – after the WS. I realize that teams (Yankees did it with the Arod extension) do make theannouncements, but Bud gets ticked when they do.
Lots of teams talk about trades but Wren doesn’t – so I would imagine that what other teams do doesn’t determine the Braves’ course of action..
Dadgum.....
October 25th, 2012
2:58 pm
Jimmy….don’t worry. This blog does cartwheels when I show up. I feel like part of the cavalry at Custer’s Last Stand. I’ve been shot at and missed and sheet on and hit more times than I can count. But I know I’m loved and well fed. The off season will be here soon which means more music bantering and the always popular top 100 albums from DOB. So we have that going for us which is nice. Bullying means they love you. Denizens are funny that way.
Murph
October 25th, 2012
3:00 pm
Bud gets ticked when they do
You don’t want to make Bud mad. He’ll either make sure that Sam Holbrook is umping every Braves game next year… or he’ll make us move to the AL! NOOOOO!!!
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
3:02 pm
I agree with comments on the old blog that IF the Braves let McCann walk, it will put him in a tough spot for this coming seasson. He’ll have to rehab and get himself into better shape than he’s been in for a few years, then probably field some tryouts for various clubs who are interested. He’ll have to more than likely take a pay-cut for next year at least, and hopefully for him, after proving he’s mostly sound and can at least hit again, he’ll get to play a few more years in the AL…Whew!…God, that sounds just awful! I guess we should take the 12 million dollar gamble afterall…
Murph
October 25th, 2012
3:05 pm
I don’t think a 6-time all-star coming off a 20 HR season is going to have to try out. Teams would want a doctor to evaluate him, but he’s not going to have to run the 40 yard dash or anything.
Bat Masterson
October 25th, 2012
3:08 pm
Teams would want a doctor to evaluate him, but he’s not going to have to run the 40 yard dash or anything.
If it’s Heap running it, can it really be called a dash?
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
3:08 pm
I guarantee you after that surgery, teams would want to see him throw down to 2B, if nothing else…
Murph
October 25th, 2012
3:10 pm
I guarantee you after that surgery, teams would want to see him throw down to 2B, if nothing else…
He could barely do that before he got hurt
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
3:12 pm
He could barely do that before he got hurt
Hater.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
3:14 pm
well that’s why I said he’d probably at least have to go through a workout session in front of some interested teams. Given his defense in general, this surgery will make him a big gamble/liability. I like McCann as a person, but for the money, it’s just too big a risk. I really hope they let him walk. Decline the option and try to sign him one year for less plus incentives or whatever, but PLEASE don’t tie up that much payroll on him…
Jimmy
October 25th, 2012
3:16 pm
Lew – if that’s the way you see it, fine. I’ve got no problem with that. Just pointing out that the Twins didn’t have an issue announcing their decision while the postseason was still going on.
Nor the Red Sox naming a manager.
Nor the Marlins firing theirs.
We’ll see it how it plays out. I wonder if they have decided on McCann?
Bat Masterson
October 25th, 2012
3:16 pm
I really hope they let him walk. Decline the option and try to sign him one year for less plus incentives or whatever, but PLEASE don’t tie up that much payroll on him…
Prepare to be disappointed.
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
3:18 pm
No team is going to make Brian McCann work out, man. They would get the medicals, get a physical, whatever, but nobody is going to ask a 28-year-old All-Star catcher to work out. He would give them a polite “bleep you” and move on to the next suitor. This isn’t some radical, unheard-of-and-never-tried-before surgery he’s had, after all.
Murph
October 25th, 2012
3:19 pm
If I were a betting man, which I am, I’d bet that the Braves sign BMac to an extension. With Chipper leaving and BMac the hometown face o’ the franchise, I just don’t see them letting him walk.
Jimmy
October 25th, 2012
3:19 pm
“Prepare to be disappointed.”
As a Braves fan, we are.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
3:22 pm
Bat, I’m a Braves Fan, have been since I was old enough to start watching sometime in the mid-1980’s, overall, disappointment is a pretty common theme. Mike Hampton,Dan Kolb, Mark Texiera, Troy Glaus, Derek Lowe, KK, McClouth, Uggla, the list continues to grow…
Bat Masterson
October 25th, 2012
3:23 pm
I wonder how that conversation goes
Looka here, Brian, I know you signed a contract in good faith, one that turns out to be a great value to the team and were injured playing for us, but hell, man…………. What say we turn down the option and you come back for less money……….. Oh and don’t tell Jason
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
3:24 pm
I wonder how that conversation goes
I don’t wonder how it ends, I’ll tell ya.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
3:25 pm
no way do they extend him. He may be a Brave this coming season, but all over baseball, AL teams are thinking of how they can move players around to make room for him to come and DH… IF he’s healthy…
Bat Masterson
October 25th, 2012
3:25 pm
No kidding, scoots
Murph
October 25th, 2012
3:28 pm
I doubt the extension would be for less money… I’d guess he signs a 4 or 5 year deal with all sorts of bonuses and incentives that will be very lucrative (and secure) for him while locking him up beyond 2013 for the team.
That’s what i think will happen. Otherwise they would have just announced the picking up of the option as soon as the season was done. No real reason to wait given that there isn’t much chance of them letting him walk.
They’re busy negotiating.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
3:28 pm
Come on guys, MLB is a business. Never more evident than in the ridiculous explanation of Joe Torre saying he couldn’t even consider our protest over the play in game because they had to get on to the next game. Like it has been said multiple times: Hank didn’t finish here, Murph didn’t finish here…
Murph
October 25th, 2012
3:29 pm
all over baseball, AL teams are thinking of how they can move players around to make room for him to come and DH
You know this to be true?
Homer of A-town sports
October 25th, 2012
3:30 pm
The Braves can’t turn down his option and resign him for less. The Players Union would not allow that.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
3:30 pm
I could see the Braves extending Brian at “big” money through is age 33 season, if he’s healthy next year, but not past that. He’s a catcher… and with Freeman here, he can’t play 1B often. Not sure if he could play LF consistently either…
It would seem that it is more advantageous for him contract-wise to go to the AL, but if he’s willing to take a cut on years and money to stay here, and is healthy, sign me up.
Bat Masterson
October 25th, 2012
3:30 pm
disappointment is a pretty common theme. Mike Hampton,Dan Kolb, Mark Texiera, Troy Glaus, Derek Lowe, KK, McClouth, Uggla, the list continues to grow…
Justice, Pendelton, Grissom, Avery, Maddux, Smotlz, Glavine, Chipper, Sheffield, Heap >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
3:32 pm
Like it has been said multiple times: Hank didn’t finish here, Murph didn’t finish here…
And if the team had cut loose of Aaron or Murphy during their prime career years (as some are suggesting be done with McCann), that might have some relevance. Don’t think that was the way it played, though.
Homer of A-town sports
October 25th, 2012
3:36 pm
Joe Torre’s hands were handcuffed. It was a judgement call by the ump. He should of told the truth and said the call was a joke and if was the Braves manager at the time, he would of been kicked out of the game for arguing with the ump on how bad that call was.
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
3:36 pm
It would seem that it is more advantageous for him contract-wise to go to the AL
Lotta people seem to think that, but he has much less value as a DH than as a C. It’s unlikely that he can really maximize his earnings as a DH.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
3:37 pm
even DOB agrees that AL teams will offer him more money than will the Braves or any other NL team at this point. DOB said that was pretty much established in baseball by his understanding…
Homer of A-town sports
October 25th, 2012
3:38 pm
All you have to do is get Bmac in shape and after this year put him in the Lice league and teach him to play 3rd base. Problem solved.
Murph
October 25th, 2012
3:39 pm
I wish people would stop saying that Tex was a disappointment while in Atlanta. The guy was nothing short of amazing while he was a Brave.
The haul it took to get him and the return we got when he was shipped out of town were both disappointing, but he, as a player, was absolutely not.
Shaun
October 25th, 2012
3:41 pm
BravesFanSince80s, McCann’s likely to perform well enough so that $12M for next season is pretty reasonable.
Ichiro was a $12M in 2012, according to Fangraph’s estimation, in his second-worst season in the majors.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
3:42 pm
guys, even DOB who KNOWS Brian McCann says he’s done catching 130-140 games a year. His body is simply not going to do it. So tell me, if he’s more like a 100 game a year catcher, WHY would the Braves get into a bidding war with AL teams who can extend his career as he catches less and DH’s more with each passing year? Hmmm?
Homer of A-town sports
October 25th, 2012
3:44 pm
I will tell you why. The Kid has the heart and leadership that the Braves need to become Champions again. Stats don’t tell you what he worth in the clubhouse or take into account his big heart.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
3:44 pm
Lotta people seem to think that, but he has much less value as a DH than as a C. It’s unlikely that he can really maximize his earnings as a DH.
You sure? I believe he could possibly get a longer contract from an AL team, due to the fact that he can DH consistently. If he stays with the Braves (or NL in general), it’s probably a deal thru age 33-34. I can’t see a team paying big money through age 35 or beyond hoping that he can still catch regularly.
BravesFanSince80s
October 25th, 2012
3:44 pm
Shaun, you can argue that till the cows come home, still not gonna make it so. I wouldn’t have paid Ichiro 12 million either…
flange1
October 25th, 2012
3:49 pm
I would be interested in seeing where DOB said that McCann can’t catch 130-140 games a year but only 100. And not for 2013, but forever.
You got a link?
Homer of A-town sports
October 25th, 2012
3:50 pm
I would give Ichiro 12 million right now to sign with the Braves right now.
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
3:50 pm
Murph-
I agree w/ you there….37 HR and 134 RBI in about 590 ABs…..plus the best D he’s ever played during the 08 year before we traded them…
Frankly, I just didn’t like the guy’s personality and it made matters worse when we dealt all those guys to get him but only got Kotchman in return….
Can’t believe we couldn’t get more for him than THAT!
P-Town Brave ©
October 25th, 2012
3:53 pm
Homer-
I can assure you….Ichiro would never come to ATL
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
3:53 pm
I believe he could possibly get a longer contract from an AL team, due to the fact that he can DH consistently.
I was unclear. He might be able to get more from an AL team, but because he can DH some in addition to catching. But catching is still the operative job. Fewer teams would be interested in him as a mostly-DH, simply because there are other DH options available on the market.
His value is increased because there just aren’t very many C who can provide his offense. However, if he is in total decline as a C, in fact on his way to complete decrepitude
, then he isn’t as valuable and even (or especially) AL teams would have less interest.
It comes down to years versus AAV for the guy. He may play fewer years as a C, but he certainly will have a higher annual as one.
Jimmy
October 25th, 2012
3:54 pm
“No real reason to wait given that there isn’t much chance of them letting him walk.”
Murph, get with the program. Please read Lew’s post.
Homer of A-town sports
October 25th, 2012
3:55 pm
If Bmac was a coward and not finish out the year, Yall would be saying can’t wait til he is healthy for this coming up year, but he played hurt and had a rough season and know yall bash him. This makes no sense to me. He is a great player and the Braves need him for a long time. Yall get mad when I bash Chipper Jones leadership and get mad when I take up for Bmac as the Braves new leader. We know the Braves record in the Post Season for the last 10 yrs when Chipper took total leadership. I am ready to see the Braves record with Bmac as our leader for the next 10 yrs. It will be like buying gold when the real estate market crashed…It will be beautiful.
Shaun
October 25th, 2012
3:56 pm
Yes, McCann loses some value as a DH. But it’s not like he’s a slouch as a hitter. And he may hit a little better without the wear and tear of catching. Even if he hits like he did, pre-injury, not necessarily in his best seasons, but just in a typical McCann season, he would still have plenty of value as a DH.
BravesFanSince80s, Joe Mauer is getting $23M a year from the Twins. You really don’t think $12M is reasonable for one year of McCann?
Jeff R
October 25th, 2012
3:57 pm
If McCann is healthy next season and produces, he would be one smart man to migrate to the AL in ‘14. Yes, to catch and DH. Just seems to make sense for him from a career standpoint.
TheOnlyBravesFan
October 25th, 2012
3:59 pm
I got ya scoots. Enjoy your posts as always… I’m learning every day.
Talk later y’all. Peace.
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
4:01 pm
I would be interested in seeing where DOB said that McCann can’t catch 130-140 games
I don’t think anybody caught 140 games last year. Or in any recent years, for that matter.
Again, it seems as if folks are disregarding the surgery altogether and are thinking that the guy is still hurt, or something. You know, “if he’s healthy” and such. Oh, I suppose that his rehab could go belly-up for some reason (I doubt that the recovery rate for his surgery is 100%, for example. But I bet it’s close), but other than that…
Shaun
October 25th, 2012
4:01 pm
If McCann comes back reasonably healthy, what would you project? Even if we are conservative, we would probably say an OBP around .330-.340 and a slugging around .440-.450. That’s extremely conservative. That would be by far way lower than any season before his injury plagued 2012. But let’s say that’s our projection.
That’s around Chris Davis, Kendrys Morales, Adam Dunn’s 2012 levels of production. That’s a solid DH.
I guess people think players like McCann grow on trees or something.
Murph
October 25th, 2012
4:04 pm
Murph, get with the program. Please read Lew’s post.
I get what Lew is saying about not announcing things during the WS. I just don’t get why the Braves didn’t pick up (or decline) BMac’s option in the days that followed their season ending.
I’m sure they were focused on his shoulder, he was focused on getting evaluated and the surgery, but the conspiracy-theorist in me wonders why the delay.
Are they working on an extension that buys out the option and keep him in Atlanta for several years to come? Are they actually unsure about what to do and contemplating life without McCann? Are they simply waiting because they can and it all means nothing?
I dunno.
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
4:06 pm
Are they simply waiting because they can and it all means nothing?
I’m pretty sure they’re doing it just to make your wheels turn, Murph.
They’re messin’ with ya.
Homer of A-town sports
October 25th, 2012
4:07 pm
You have 3 days after the WS to pick up his option. It would be crazy to do it before that day. Braves need everyday they can to make sure the surgery was a success. That is common sense.
Shaun
October 25th, 2012
4:08 pm
Look at what the top catchers from the last three seasons make, wait and see what Napoli will make, and you won’t have a hard time seeing that $12M for McCann next season is reasonable and could be a bargain, even if he misses a couple of months.
Murph
October 25th, 2012
4:09 pm
I’m pretty sure they’re doing it just to make your wheels turn, Murph. They’re messin’ with ya.
Ha! Then the joke is on them because I don’t actually care. I have all of my attention squarely focused on the enchiladas I plan on making tonight. And on a picture that someone at work just posted of a cat with 6 eyes.
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
4:10 pm
Have they had their organizational meetings yet? Seems as if they would have, but I don’t remember reading anything about them doing so.
Anyhoo, I don’t think they would make a decision on any of the player options before having those meetings.
Homer of A-town sports
October 25th, 2012
4:11 pm
The only thing I am sure about next yr. is Prado and the legend 4 K save Kimbrel. Anybody else you just have to hope they can perform like last yr. or hope Uggla can find it again.
Murph
October 25th, 2012
4:11 pm
You have 3 days after the WS to pick up his option. It would be crazy to do it before that day. Braves need everyday they can to make sure the surgery was a success. That is common sense.
Yeah, ’cause it will be much more evident in a week if the surgery “took” or not.
How do you do the rolling-eyes smiley face again? I can never remember… so I’ll just have to say “I’m rolling my eyes at you right now” instead.
Jimmy
October 25th, 2012
4:12 pm
Murph – Sorry. I meant to add this
I agree with you that something could be going on – thus the delay. They might be trying to work something out.
Ward
October 25th, 2012
4:12 pm
Hello everyone! Murph – I think Braves are waiting, because they can, and I think Mac is thier first priority to get him signed. I think they will sign him to a long term contract. He’s just too valuable to let go. They are going to let him just play, and talk later.
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
4:12 pm
I have all of my attention squarely focused on the enchiladas I plan on making tonight.
Defensive cooking. I like it.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
4:13 pm
Have they had their organizational meetings yet? Seems as if they would have, but I don’t remember reading anything about them doing so.
Anyhoo, I don’t think they would make a decision on any of the player options before having those meetings.
Pretty sure those meetings were last week, but I’m not 100% certain.
Jimmy
October 25th, 2012
4:14 pm
ncscoots – Last week in Orlando.
Ward
October 25th, 2012
4:14 pm
We also have to remeber that he played mostly hurt, and he would have better numbers if he was healthy. 28 years, or 29 is still young. I see Mac staying.
ncscoots
October 25th, 2012
4:16 pm
Efrim, Jimmy, thanks, fellas.
Its settled, then: The Braves have made a decision on McCann, and are simply making Murph wait.
Homer of A-town sports
October 25th, 2012
4:16 pm
If I was asked to trade Prado for Trout or Miguel Cabrera I say no deal. That is how much confidence I have in Prado.
Shaun
October 25th, 2012
4:17 pm
Murph, when you’re investing millions of dollars, you make sure there are no new developments before going all in. I suspect that’s why they are waiting.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
4:18 pm
Mariano Rivera having second thoughts about coming back….
Yankees need him. Robertson, Chamberlain, Logan is still a strong set up, but with Soriano exiting, they need another reliever.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
4:19 pm
If I was asked to trade Prado for Trout or Miguel Cabrera I say no deal. That is how much confidence I have in Prado.
That is absolute nonsense.
Ward
October 25th, 2012
4:20 pm
All, I’m going for the Tigers. Was shocked at what happened to Verlander, but I think Tigers rebound tonight! All, have a good one! Hope the Braves fill their needs? We need people who can hit, and bat RHanded. Peace my friends, and talk tonight, and “Go!!!!!Braves!!!!!”
Homer of A-town sports
October 25th, 2012
4:21 pm
Watching two teams that could combine and make a team and could not of beat our Braves makes me sick.
Efrim
October 25th, 2012
4:23 pm
In this day and age, would you really give up a first rounder and give, I dunno, 30 million+ for a reliever who is in his 30’s and has a little injury history?
But of course some team will – friggin Boras.
cricket
October 25th, 2012
4:24 pm
If I was asked to trade Prado for Trout or Miguel Cabrera I say no deal. That is how much confidence I have in Prado.
wow