Well, I for one am just glad that we can continue to get trashed by the media for having crappy fans because absolutely NO ONE is going to games in 2015 according to this board. It's the gift that keeps on giving. Happy Holidays?
Well, I for one am just glad that we can continue to get trashed by the media for having crappy fans because absolutely NO ONE is going to games in 2015 according to this board. It's the gift that keeps on giving. Happy Holidays?
It's worth considering that the deal hasn't been announced yet. It's possible the composition of the return could change.
Jon Heyman
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david ross is signing with padres
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I love AJ Preller.
Hawk (12-19-2014)
sigh
We got 3 top 10ish prospects from one of the better farms in the league. The names aren't going to wow most of you, but that's a fairly decent haul for a 1 yr rental.
It's a solid trade. Obviously you wish we'd have gotten the top 20 overall prospect that it was rumored we were looking for, but I like this deal over other deals I've heard mentioned. It doesn't have the wow factor making you feel like we fleeced them, but it's good value, imo.
Prospect breakdown on Braves return:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/break...n-upton-trade/
Umm, no it's not. This moves makes the team terrible for 2015 AND didn't provide anyone that will realistically impact the roster...ever.
At least Miller will sit in the middle of the rotation for 4 years. Fried is going to spend all of 2015 recovering from TJ, and the other guys will be Phil Gosselin and Tyler Pastornicky.
This is terrible, and no spin makes it any better. We just ate the **** end of a terrible Murph trade proposal in exchange for the most valuable trade chip available.
Speaking of payroll, where will the Braves' payroll end up? Hart and Co. specifically said that the payroll wouldn't drop below the $112 million (or so) mark from 2014. I guess we are at about $88 million now?
mcollier (12-19-2014)
The return may be reasonable but if the goal is to rebuild the farm spending money on a 31 year old rf when we could have gotten several more serviceable shorter term options for less is astonishing.