No Acura costs $800k bro
I'm not saying the guy is a bum. But there's an important thing to temper expectations. His reports aren't super glowy and he's not acknowledged by anyone as being a special talent. Of course he's a catcher and sometimes a catcher can really fly under the radar and be special. Lucroy never hit the BA top 100, nor did any Molinas.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
I really don't understand this. We're rebuilding and refused to even give the guy a look. Most likely won't miss him but never understood Fredi's treatment of him last year. We had every opportunity to just give him a look to see if he would develop and we refused to. Now we have a crap pitcher for him
Lol....if he would have played regularly the Braves would have had to pay money to get rid of him.
Can't believe some of you are butt hurt over CB....I am surprised we got anything of value for him.
I'm just disappointed we didn't try and fleece the Padres yet this offseason. They have restocked, time to make another trade with them. If we trade with Diamonbacks and Padres 1-2 more times we could easily compete in 2017
Coach_Chris (12-11-2015), rico43 (12-11-2015), The Chosen One (12-11-2015)
I think I do. He's a lazy dickhead.
You gotta watch "reports on his defense..." It's hard to quantify. And every time I hear "great arm," I wonder about the other 80%.
Kelly does look like crap. Somebody must have seen something. The other guy is the return. Another young lottery ticket, but this one catches.
The Chosen One (12-11-2015)
I'm not sure whether to go with:
"G Laird broke the mold"
or
"G Laird isn't afraid of a little mold."
Freshmaker (12-18-2015)
GovClintonTyree (12-16-2015), The Chosen One (12-11-2015)
Or, when the Lairdness was born, they threw out the mold. Unfortunately, some of it grew back.
We can harp on Fredi and company for Bethancourt's failure to develop, but there are times when a guy needs, as Deester said, a kick to the behind to wake up. Guys who find themselves in the doghouse usually have a way to work their way out of it. It appears Bethancourt never found the exit sign. That can get to be a clubhouse problem when guys who are coasting get a free pass or the opportunity to keep screwing up with no change in their ardor toward application. Bethancourt looks like one of those guys who was born to play baseball. The old "more talent in his little finger, but he has to choose to lift it" kind of guy. This happens all the time in the baseball at all levels. You see teams release or trade guys all the time because of real or imagined attitude issues. It just seems that Bethancourt's time in Atlanta had come to an end.