Comments on: Atlanta Braves: What if… the Braves HADN’T given up on pitchers like Wainwright, Marquis and Millwood?

By: Channel 17

Channel 17 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:29:15 +0000

As I remember it, the Phillies gave Millwood crazy money and the Braves could not pay him ace money when he was a fourth starter. On Marquis, look at his ERA for the years between the time he left and this year. I think it was over 7 last year. Wainswright is the only one that could be considered a bad trade, but as I remeber Drew had 30/100 season which if the Braves had someone like that now, they would be leading the wild card. On another note, where would Andrus and Salty be playing? Please let the Texas trade go people.

By: slow roller

slow roller — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:06:56 +0000

Geez!!! I cringe everytime someone mentions Lonnie Smith…..what a base running genius he was. He could hit great, but boy what a terrible baserunner…cost us the series. And what a bunch of cheaters the Twins were that year. Who was their firstbaseman? I hate that guy. And, I still hate the Twins.

By: BRAD

BRAD — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:22:44 +0000

With the addition of Hudson, the Braves have the best rotation top to bottom in baseball. Hell, they dont know who to send to the bullpen. 6 very good starters. Escobar will be the SS for years to come, so how was Andrus gonna play? Salty is no where near the level on McCann. Feliz throws 100, but why is he not in the majors on a team fighting for the wild card spot?!? They took a chance with Tex, but didnt have the pitching. Much rather have GMs that want to win, than GMs that sit on their “prospects”.

By: Batcork

Batcork — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:40:25 +0000

Fisher for Cerone
Matthews for Walk
Butler, Jacoby, Behenna for Barker

As bad as some of the Braves moves lately may have been, they don’t hold a candle to those blasts from the past.

By: Decatur 4 Life

Decatur 4 Life — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:05:10 +0000

They should’ve traded Bobby Cox then, he cost us the first World Series. He and Lonnie Smith

By: Braves above .500?

Braves above .500? — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:19:57 +0000

All I keep hearing from this blog is how our pitchers would have Wainright numbers if we had an offense like the Cardinals. What offense?? Look at the numbers…As of tonight the Braves have scored 596 runs to the Cards 586. Opponents have scored 528 against us, 514 against the Cardinals. Run differential: Braves +68 Cardinals +72. Team Batting average: Braves .266 Cardinals .259.
We’ve had good trades and bad trades…EVERY TEAM HAS. JS gives us 15 incredible years on top and now that we’re three years removed from the playoffs he was buffoon? Incredible. Typical armchair managers and GMs. How many Cub fans would give their right arm to have the kind of history we’ve had since ‘91?

By: George Deuel

George Deuel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:41:27 +0000

Your comment: Kawakami, Vazquez, Lowe 3 games over .500 this year. My comment: With average run support they would be 20 games over .500 this year.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:05:39 +0000

how about giving up on Greg Norton? Why is Kelly Johnson or Brooks Conrad not pinch-hitting?

By: taxman kenneth

taxman kenneth — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:40:12 +0000

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By: Coach (2010 or Bust)

Coach (2010 or Bust) — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:39:48 +0000

The moment I heard about the Wainwright/Marquis trade for J.D. Drew, I felt the distinct urge to vomit. My gut was right.

Wainwright and Marquis have a combined record of 122-87 with an ERA of 3.99 since leaving the Braves. Wainwright won a WS ring with the 2006 Cardinals.

J.D. Drew hit .305 with 31 HR’s and 93 RBI with the Braves in one season. We got one of those metal division placards in the outfield and were promptly ousted from the playoffs.

Anybody in baseball with half a brain will agree that pitching is the number ONE commodity in the game. Outfielders are by far the easiest position players to replace, especially corner OF’ers. This is and remains the most lopsided trade in the entire history ( Teixeira notwithstanding) of the Braves.

Kevin Millwood was a contract dump due the unexpected surprise of Greg Maddux excepting salary arbitration. Ownership was solely to blame.