Can't say I'm excited about this.
50PoundHead (12-07-2014)
I do not buy this for a minute, Drew made 10M last year, he would have to take a 1/5 of that for the Braves to even consider it. And a guy that hit in the .160 for 2014 is not what the doc ordered.
this would be a dumb signing if it happened and it wasn't like a 1/5 or something.
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50PoundHead (12-08-2014), Braves1976 (12-07-2014), jpx7 (12-07-2014)
Rather sign Bonafacio and use him as super sub and let him play 2b til Peraza is ready. Or ditto that but with Gosselin.
OkieBrave (12-07-2014)
This only makes somewhat sense if the Braves are hoping to get a good 1st half outta him so they can flip him at the deadline for a prospect, like with Johnson.
Doesn't make sense? He is an elite defender at second and the team is quickly becoming right handed heavy. While a lot of people here have already concede the next 10 years the Braves still plan to compete in 2015.
When Peraza comes up Drew can take some at bats from CJ at 3b and fill in at SS if Andrelton ' s bat doesn't improve. If I was the Braves I would point towards JD Drew and his career year as a Brave.
It's funny when I suggested this a month ago someone said Drew said he wouldn't play any position but short.
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Pretty much nothing can be a bad deal if it's a 1 year contract at this point.
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thethe (12-07-2014)
We all know how much playing at home means to the Drew family.
drewdat (12-07-2014), jpx7 (12-07-2014), The Chosen One (12-07-2014), thethe (12-07-2014), thewupk (12-07-2014)
If we could sign him for a 1 year deal with a team option or a moderately priced 2 year deal he would be a great buy low deal with the potential to flip for more young talent at the deadline.
We sure are spending a lot of time shopping in the dented can section, aren't we?
50PoundHead (12-07-2014), jpx7 (12-07-2014), yeezus (12-07-2014)
A few random thoughts on Drew.
1) Could play third as well as second. This is great because third is as much a potential problem.
2) Could potentially allow Peraza to play center. Also great because center is a big area of need as well.
3) Our infield defense would be quite strong. Nice. But would be even nicer if we didn't have a predominantly fly ball oriented starting pitching rotation. I really hope our fifth starter is a ground ball pitcher because our staff as is currently constituted is going to be hurt by our poor outfield defense (assuming Gattis in left).
4) Would reduce the odds of Peraza making the team out of spring training. A good thing imo for reasons having to do with service clock considerations and the benefit Peraza would derive from some seasoning in AAA.
jpx7 (12-07-2014)
If he's relatively cheap, I'm down.
Found this in the Comments section:
Kind of makes you wonder if some of the kiddies, from this place, are the same troll babies constantly whining over on other sites. The other (and scarier) option is that there's a bigger online army of these fools.Originally Posted by Jayme Hodge
BedellBrave (12-07-2014)
Who wants to bring Uggla back?
hahaha
But really.
Hawk (12-07-2014)
Braves1976 (12-07-2014), Dalyn (12-07-2014)
If he signs for $2 million or something in that range (+/- 25%) it would be tolerable. But I can't say that I am particularly buoyant at the prospects of this particular Drew being a Brave.
Braves1976 (12-07-2014)