They absolutely fleeced the Braves.
I'm still in shock. Just a senseless move.
We could have competed NEXT YEAR. And for the foreseeable future. And we're mortgaging that for.. what, exactly? A chance in two years to be as good as we could have been next year?
Jason was our best player and our brightest hope for the future. This is absolutely appalling.
bravesnumberone (11-17-2014), Heyward (11-17-2014), jpx7 (11-17-2014), Prikichi (11-18-2014)
Personally Walden doesn't even feel like a semi-big deal compared to Heyward. Walden is overshadowed right now in my mind, he's good, but way more replaceable. I wouldn't have minded dealing him and saving 2-2.5 mil using a rookie/minor leaguer.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
I feel the combination of Jason's eye, contact ability, and overall game would have been a good bet to make. Power can fluctuate for young players. Even when he isn't hitting to an .840 OPS he shows signs, like low-Ks, high-BB, good contact, etc. In fact, when he K'd more and walked less, he saw he big increase in power. It's pretty reasonable to like his tools, even when he's not hitting homers, and it's easy IMO to see the all-around game. Contact, base-running, defense, patience. He's plenty young enough to turn it up.
jpx7 (11-17-2014)
BremanFan88 (11-17-2014), Prikichi (11-18-2014)
Today started with the Braves trading away one of my favorite players and ended with the Gators blowing a 15-point lead to Miami. Today sucks so much ass, and not awesome Nicki Minaj ass.
Idk about everyone else, but I just thought about how competitive we would be in two years in our suburban park and got a boner.
Rest of the offseason should be very interesting .
Ivermectin Man
BremanFan88 (11-17-2014), jpx7 (11-17-2014)
And to think I watched Heavy Weights last night and woke up feeling pretty good today...
All you need is Hart and Cox.
What's going to be even more awesome is when we finish 76-86, but BJ hits 30 homers, and Hart takes credit for all those golf dates with him.
BremanFan88 (11-17-2014), jpx7 (11-17-2014)
Hah. I found out by looking on Twitter and reporter from the area newspaper tweeting: "And to the freaking Cardinals of all teams."
I didn't even need to see Heyward's name to know what had happened.