Playing Camargo at third while he is pretty arb is a no brainer.
Playing Camargo at third while he is pretty arb is a no brainer.
So if our 2018 offseason plans were to unload Kemp and tweak our AAA depth chart we have nailed it!
So far the players acquired who are a strong bet to be on our roster opening day are Brandon McCarthy, Charlie Culberson, and Anyelo Gomez.
I think that was a big part of it. To clear the books as much as possible for 2019. I believe they initially wanted to make a run at Yelich but if the demand was Acuna they wisley passed and moved on. With the Kemp deal it left them very little room for the 2018 team. Only thing left is a possible back loaded deal which AA has mentioned. Cain and/or Moose were targets for that but clearly the suggestions that Cain would go for 3/45-50 were off base and anything beyond that doesn't make sense for Atlanta.
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Tapate50 (01-26-2018)
brewerfan.net has a pretty solid contingent of intelligent posters, but there are plenty of folks over there who not only think Santana can get them Archer, but some who don't think that's a fair trade for the Brewers.
I also got a lot of "the Brewers aren't looking for win now pieces like Teheran for Santana" hours before they traded for Yelich and signed Cain. Needless to say those boards are full of clueless morons...same as all teams.
I don't see any path to the Brewers getting Archer without Brinson, but Odorizzi is a definite option. Santana is too much to pay for Odorizzi, so a trade like that would have to involve other players.
I did not want us to overpay for Yelich in prospects or Cain in dollars, years, and draft pick yet I'm still bummed.
I guess we neeed to accept that we're punting 2018.
Now go make a play for Realmuto...
Choice of Allard or Anderson, A-Jax, and Suzuki.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Its the right move though. The future is so bright if we dont **** it up. I think the moves made this offseason put us in great financial position to make significant free agent moves next offseason but to also be able to sign our young players that have success in the majors. I know the Braves never seem to make a big splash but I think a big move to reignite fans interest makes sense. Signing Machado would signify to fans the rebuild is over and I think if we move Riley to LF we would have a pretty good team. The rotation should have no lack for candidates. I still think we could be pleasantly surprised this year if a few of the pitching prospects hit the ground running but we need another development year while riding off the bad contracts.
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It’s over."
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Anyone read anything Rangers related as to their plans for Profar?
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Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
I said it back at the beginning and many times since. If you are going to rebuild then accept up front that it will take a minimum of 5 years, sell your good assets for best package available, tank for at least three years and build waves of young talent that will have a chance to be ready at the end of your rebuild process.
The Braves didn't do that so now instead of having a couple of bad years left as part of a plan they've got a couple of bad years left that will be forced on the team without the benefit of the moves in the plan or the added talent that could have been acquired.
Now you've got a aging and value diminishing Teheran and Markakis, a player in Freeman passing his prime years and heading into an ultimate decline phase and end of contract, the remnants of bad contracts still hanging around that limit what you can do and players being rushed to the ML, burning their control, with no significant impact on the W/L total.
Their plan sucked from the beginning and likely will lead to a very short lived window of opportunity that quickly leads to another rebuild.