They completely gutted the position player scene except for Freeman. Whats left on the pitching side is 3 guys that have pitched in the majors that have a chance to be pretty good major league starters and a few minor league prospects. (which 50 points out, maybe 1 in 10 work out). I would call it a pretty full on rebuild when you are only left with Freeman, Wood, and Teheran plus the acquired Miller. (and Kimbrel, which will be a wasted asset until traded)
How many teams are loaded with young talent, but still can't reach the playoffs? or are loaded for a number of years before reaching the playoffs?
Last edited by gilesfan; 01-15-2015 at 01:58 PM.
"Yes, I did think Aldrich was good UNTIL I SAW HIM PLAY. "- thethe
I'd came around to accepting that we'd be punting in 2015 because with Fredi still managing I didn't see us going anywhere with him anyway. But this off-season outside of a few trades has been a total nightmare. Further, we are not just punting 2015 with this tear-down. We have put ourselves in a position to lose at least the next two years if not longer.
BremanFan88 (01-15-2015)
So there are people that think we have a better chance of competing in 2017 by trading for a lot of injured prospects and hoping they turn into something in two years so they become trade worthy for good position players rather than trying to hold on to the good position players we had and adding around them? I'm selling jars of air if any of you are interested. Seriously why would any of you think this team is going to surprise anyone and be in the wild card hunt? You do realize that our OF defense being significantly worse is going to hurt the performance of our FLYBALL pitching staff right?
All you need is Hart and Cox.
Braves1976 (01-15-2015)
When an organizational lifer who learned the ropes with the team leaves during a new GM's tenure and then immediately comes back after said GM is fired I think I have very good reason to believe that was the reason. I've heard some other things as well but that isn't worth mentioning here because it will be dismissed.
Natural Immunity Croc
I think BJ killed us on JUp. It can't be comfortable to play for an org where your brother is the albatross. BJ's contract is a big reason for all of these trades.
Hard for me to see him signing on long term knowing we'd pay someone 25 million to take his brother. He's a person, not just a baseball player.
I'm hoping that we somehow land some college hitter who can get to the majors in a year or two like Wood did......I don't think it will happen, but I'm going to hope.