2018 Trade Deadline ROSTERBATION

[Chico]

I'd pass on Holland as well. St Louis is a top run organiziation. If they're releasing him he's probably done.

[nsacpi]

I’d give Holland a shot.

in AAA first...let him try to figure things out there

[UNCBlue012]

I saw where the Mets were seeking a teams Top 10 prospect in return for Wheeler. Would anyone do Allard, Demeritte, and Luke Jackson for Wheeler?

Absolutely.

[Southcack77]

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#Mets discussing both Wheeler and Cabrera with #Brewers, sources tell The Athletic. No indication a deal is close. NYM also talking about players separately with other teams. #DBacks one of several on Cabrera, as first noted by @Buster_ESPN.

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

Did Steckenrider ever get traded?

[thewupk]

Greg Holland is getting released...I know he's been terrible this year, but maybe he just needs a change of scenery. The would be able to get him for prorated min too.

What he needs is a time machine so he can take that contract offer

[BeanieAntics]

I'd be fine signing him to a minor league deal or something and letting him try to figure things out in AAA. I mean, would there be a downside to that?

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

I'd pass on Holland as well. St Louis is a top run organiziation. If they're releasing him he's probably done.

As long as he had an arm I'd take a chance on The Headless Horseman over Sam Freeman.

[Carp]

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#Mets discussing both Wheeler and Cabrera with #Brewers, sources tell The Athletic. No indication a deal is close. NYM also talking about players separately with other teams. #DBacks one of several on Cabrera, as first noted by @Buster_ESPN.

Sucks if they get them both. We could really use both players and we could beat a Milwaukee deal pretty easily, imo.

[Chico]

Wheeler would be interesting. With only one year left he shouldn't be too expensive and there's an outside chance he'd sign a favorable extension to be back home in Smyrna.

[jpx7]

I'd pass on Holland as well. St Louis is a top run organiziation. If they're releasing him he's probably done.

St Louis is a dump.

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

Apparently Steckenrider is still available.

[Acuña’s Bat Flip]

Only 96 hours left, this is beyond frustrating!

[Enscheff]

Only 96 hours left, this is beyond frustrating!

Are you 17?

Every trade deadline in the history of baseball has seen a flurry of traded in the last few hours.

[clvclv]

You don't seem to understand the difference between something being offensive to us and something not making sense to us. He was saying that trade ideas stemming from the idea of extension is unrealistic. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. And when you say something that doesn't make sense you seem to fall back to the idea that "we are just fans on a message board who don't know what is going on"... Of course that is true. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't at least try to come up with some ideas that make sense. This is a forum after all. Its purpose is (or should be) to keep us more engaged with the team and to collectively ponder potential ideas that might make sense. By doing this, we all (hopefully) will learn some stuff and gain a better understanding of the game and what the Braves could be doing. If I threw out a trade proposal like "Mookie Betts for Ryan Flaherty?", that would add nothing to the discussion because it is a ridiculous trade idea. Not saying that trades based off of extensions meet that level of insanity, but they probably aren't as realistic as one would hope.

But this idea that we are offended seems like a defense mechanism, much like some of your other posts about running out of porn and whatnot, because the collective here has looked at your ideas about trade, valuation, free agency, metrics, etc. and mostly found them to be not that good. So instead of the defense mechanisms, which I understand could be easily triggered by your arch enemy on here, maybe try to better your understanding of such things so that your posts will have more merit. Or don't. Its whatever.

And you (the group you lovingly refer to as "us") don't seem to understand that while EVERYBODY loves playing armchair GM, many of "us" could care less about making things line up with your valuation charts, etc.. No one's getting a raise here because their trade proposals or interest in a particular player fits neatly into your formulae that will no doubt give you a slam-dunk World Champion. Much of the information you guys use is reliant upon things working out that are completely out of anyone's control. TOR arms with $.10 heads like Folty never working out, 18 year olds developing great secondary offerings or power, etc.. You want to grade all these things on "Future Value" - the problem with all that is that you simply don't have any idea whether they will turn into anything resembling what you project for any number of reasons (including injuries you can't possibly project).

Many of "us" could care less whether we receive straight A's when your crowd grades our proposals, and to be honest we think it's pretty entertaining to sit here and laugh while watching you fall all over yourselves tell us how wrong we are when the truth of the matter is you don't have any better idea which prospects are going to work out than anybody else does - for every sure-fire TOR arm you hang high FVs on, there's a Dereck Rodriguez that comes out of nowhere that you scramble to tell everyone you "knew would succeed" even though you never mentioned his name.

[Orphan Black]

Eduardo Escobar to the DBacks...he was one that may have been worth picking up as a rental

[Enscheff]

And you (the group you lovingly refer to as "us") don't seem to understand that while EVERYBODY loves playing armchair GM, many of "us" could care less about making things line up with your valuation charts, etc.. No one's getting a raise here because their trade proposals or interest in a particular player fits neatly into your formulae that will no doubt give you a slam-dunk World Champion. Much of the information you guys use is reliant upon things working out that are completely out of anyone's control. TOR arms with $.10 heads like Folty never working out, 18 year olds developing great secondary offerings or power, etc.. You want to grade all these things on "Future Value" - the problem with all that is that you simply don't have any idea whether they will turn into anything resembling what you project for any number of reasons (including injuries you can't possibly project).

Many of "us" could care less whether we receive straight A's when your crowd grades our proposals, and to be honest we think it's pretty entertaining to sit here and laugh while watching you fall all over yourselves tell us how wrong we are when the truth of the matter is you don't have any better idea which prospects are going to work out than anybody else does - for every sure-fire TOR arm you hang high FVs on, there's a Dereck Rodriguez that comes out of nowhere that you scramble to tell everyone you "knew would succeed" even though you never mentioned his name.

For someone who claims, "I don't care what you think about my stupid ideas", you sure do spend a lot of time coming up with them and defending them. You have a blog devoted to documenting your terrible ideas (that you no longer have a link to in your sig due to how terribly your "ideas" are received here), and you expect anyone to believe you don't care whether or not those ideas are sound? Seriously?

Just a defense mechanism you're using to make yourself feel better. Clown. As usual.

[Enscheff]

Eduardo Escobar to the DBacks...he was one that may have been worth picking up as a rental

He was certainly a legit option.

I'm still holding out hope for Asdrubel though.

[nsacpi]

Eduardo Escobar to the DBacks...he was one that may have been worth picking up as a rental

Dang. He would have been a good get for us.

[clvclv]

in AAA first...let him try to figure things out there

The biggest problem Greg's having is physical (his hip). They rushed him back from the DL stint trying to get value out of the contract, and he's still not completely healthy. His hip problem is preventing him from geting fully into his turn and he's unable to clear it on release. He's been seeing a chiropractor, but needs to be shut down for at least 2 weeks.

Obviously that would keep him from providing any immediate help, but if someone can get him for nothing and give him until mid- to late-August to get healthy he could provide value at that point.

Somebody's (contenders) going to take a flier on him, the question for me is who?