Originally Posted by
Slippyjms
There have been a lot of great responses so far in this thread. I feel like the overall consensus so far is that it's too early to tell but that there have been missteps and that there are also some red flags.
While we have lots of good prospects in the system if the goal is to be a true WS contender here are some questions I have going forward.
Who is supposed to be our Ace?
I've heard lots of good things about several different pitchers but even Allard and Soraka seem like they project to be 2's.
Where is the power coming from?
We have Freeman at the MLB level long term but beyond that where do we find power hitters in the system that can contribute?
Who is our Catcher going forward? Do we want to stick with Flowers for a while. It seems like other than possibly Jackson our catchers in the minors won't have a future behind the plate.
Can anyone play 3rd base? I mean 3b has been a SVOD since Chipper retired and it looks like there is no help on the way.
The last thing that strikes me is even though we have a top farm system is the Braves FO seems to be consistently 10 years behind the curve. Coppy does seem to be helping a little with this but the team of John John and Cox not so much. There's too much of a it worked in the 90's so it still must be good today mentality that I feel will be an albatross for years to come.
It just seems like there are so many holes system wide that need to be filled if this rebuild is going be successful.