Camp ends! Finals moves TBA for Opening Day.

[blueagleace1]

Armando Rivero released. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Was he released or re-assigned to Gwinnett?

[Chico]

AA doesn't have a 40 man roster crunch to walk in to. We're sitting at 36 and we have 2 to 4 guys to protect in Dpete, TD, Dirks, and Webb.

IMO Santana, Adonis, and Luke Jackson can all be gone ASAP creating 3 more roster spots.

[dak]

Braves have until 8 PM tonight to set their 40-man for the Rule 5 draft. Sounds like Ricardo Sanchez needs to be protected. I'm hoping they protect Demeritte too. On the fence on some other like Dustin Peterson, Pike, and a couple of the relief prospects.

[zbhargrove]

Sounds like it's Sanchez, Demeritte and Peterson

EDIT: sorry that was just Twitter speculation

[CJ9]

I'm a Caleb Dirks fan. I bet someone will take him from us.

[dak]

Welp, AA bring some surprises early.

[Enscheff]

List of players the Braves lost in the R5 draft recently:

2016:
Brian Moran
Zack Bird
Fernando Miranda

2015:
Mitchell Lambson

2014:
JR Graham

All of them are fungible pitchers.

I think it’s safe to assume there isn’t much to worry about with the upcoming R5 draft.

[dak]

Like the Grant Dayton move. Had TJ late last Summer, but high upside RP to stash.

[nsacpi]

McCreery over Dustin Peterson...dont get that one

[rico43]

Like the Grant Dayton move. Had TJ late last Summer, but high upside RP to stash.

Downside is that Dayton is 29. Upside is that he's a Southern boy out of Tim Hudson country (Madison, Ala, by way of Auburn). He is a lefty.

[rico43]

McCreery over Dustin Peterson...dont get that one

Been getting a vibe that the Braves feel the injuries have taken their toll on his game. Remember, he was in the bus crash in addition to some on-field injuries.

[Enscheff]

McCreery over Dustin Peterson...dont get that one

Odd because I was told DPete was going to be an everyday LFer for the Braves. I suppose that spot goes to Riley now?

[Southcack77]

Been getting a vibe that the Braves feel the injuries have taken their toll on his game. Remember, he was in the bus crash in addition to some on-field injuries.

It's pretty well established that hamate breaks tend to suppress power, I thought.

Who do I have to to choose between for the last spot?

[sturg33]

Odd because I was told DPete was going to be an everyday LFer for the Braves. I suppose that spot goes to Riley now?

I believe a certain poster already had him penciled in as a 2WAR player

[nsacpi]

It's pretty well established that hamate breaks tend to suppress power, I thought.

Who do I have to to choose between for the last spot?

I think it's an injury that takes a while to fully recover from...i think with Peterson you have to give more weight to his 2016 season in AA

[TheBravos]

DPete needs another full healthy year. That’s like giving up on Oz last year when he was slow to recover. I really hate to give up on TD also at this point. Both of these guys will be GONE if unprotected and chances are probably one will turn out to be a good player.

[thewupk]

DPete needs another full healthy year. That’s like giving up on Oz last year when he was slow to recover. I really hate to give up on TD also at this point. Both of these guys will be GONE if unprotected and chances are probably one will turn out to be a good player.

It's highly unlikely either will be a good player.

[TheBravos]

DPete pre-injury was looking good. TD is a long shot, but still one I would like to hang on to over 90 pitchers.

[CyYoung31]

DPete needs another full healthy year. That’s like giving up on Oz last year when he was slow to recover. I really hate to give up on TD also at this point. Both of these guys will be GONE if unprotected and chances are probably one will turn out to be a good player.

It’s nothing like giving up on Ozzie. One is a superstar caliber talent, the other is not.

[Southcack77]

DPete needs another full healthy year. That’s like giving up on Oz last year when he was slow to recover. I really hate to give up on TD also at this point. Both of these guys will be GONE if unprotected and chances are probably one will turn out to be a good player.

I don't really see how a team carries Demeritte on their major league roster all season. Can't make contact in the minors. Think its highly unlikely he gets picked.

Don't know about Peterson. You could theoretically carry him as a fourth or fifth OF if you were taking flyers. Try him out and send him back if you didn't like him. I don't think Peterson ends up being any kind of star, but thought he might be useful.

Guess the Braves were not ready to give up on Wisler, Blair, Jace Peterson.