I mean, with our limited budget, what was the alternative to fixing the OF and the rotation? There were no obvious upgrades out there for prices we could afford. If we didn't pay Duvall, who was going to play CF? If we didn't sign Rosario, who was a viable alternative that would have been better? The rotation options were discussed but none ever seemed realistic or like an upgrade, again based on our budget and resources.
JohnAdcox (05-10-2022)
I do not understand lots of the stats that have become so prominent so help me out here. Just how bad is Wil Myers in comparison to our other sub standard OFers? Padres are loaded with excess SPs as has been mentioned so what kind of deal (if acceptable) would it take to get say Snell and not give up any of the few prospects on board? How much money would Padres be expected to eat?
Myers is pretty bad
I think the GM is pretty good at what he does, as is the manager.
If two of your top 3 struggle your rotation is going to struggle.
Right, but when 1 of your top 3 is 38 and coming off a broken leg, you might want to protect against him struggling a bit more than usual.
When you know you are going to use a 6 man rotation, suddenly your top 3 only represents half the starts.
AA is not above criticism.
The team is 13-9 when one of our four main starters pitch. The team is 1-7 when one of the 5th/6th starters pitch. This is telling me those four guys need to pitch more, and need to skip the 5th man on off days, the 6th man should never return.
JohnAdcox (05-10-2022)
Perhaps. Or perhaps the 4 SPs wouldn't perform as well without that extra rest.
The point of contention isn't whether the Braves should use 4, 5 or 6 SPs (load management is something I think AA stole directly from LA, and the Braves have been doing an excellent job with it...for pitchers at least). The point of contention is that AA knew the Braves would be using 6, and he still didn't get another legit SP, thus allowing 8 starts to be taken by horrible options...leading to that 1-7 mark in those games.
JohnAdcox (05-10-2022)
Other than not signing a scrap heap veteran, I'm not sure I would have done much differently as far as SP.
I was not too crazy about the OF - probably should have remembered that those guys were available for nothing at the deadline.
I'm afraid Freddy probably froze them and then they had to do some things for fans that maybe they wouldn't have otherwise done. But all in all not a great market for what the Braves are weak in.
Reds are willing to move Castillo and Mahle now.
Question is how much do you value them and what will they cost? We don't have much to trade. Mahle may have just been a flash in the pan last year. Castillo has had some big swings in value and some injuries IIRC.
Getting out of Reds park is a bonus for any pitcher. Harris I would not move for either guy.
Harris is untouchable in any of this. At least to me.
JohnAdcox (05-10-2022)