Originally Posted by
Julio3000
In honor of the political season, I took the liberty of fact checking his statements.
"You can make an argument that we are actually a team that can win more games with Aybar,”
You can make that argument. He's 1-1 so far.
“Aybar is a career .276 hitter; Simmons has never hit .276 in a full season. Aybar’s a switch-hitter, 18 months back an All-Star,"
All true. A veritable tsunami of facts so far.
"he can hit (first or second in the order) for you."
He certainly can, particularly if you like a .300 OBP in the leadoff spot. But shut up because Kansas City Royals.
" I mean, Aybar’s a really good player."
Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
"I think we traded defense for offense in this trade."
We did.
"The fact that we got two huge-upside arms is great,"
Agreed.
"but as far as for 2016, I don’t think that’s a big step back for this Braves team."
Define "big"?
“I think where it will hurt is more in 2017, 2018, if Aybar ends up as a free-agent player."
Not able to determine veracity. Speculation. Also LOL @ "if."
"Maybe we can sign him long term; I think we need to find out more about him, he needs to find out more about us."
Hi Erick. We're the Braves. We like high-upside arms, aging Cubans, the surname "John," and suburban sprawl.
Hi Braves. I'm Erick. I like money.
Sounds like a good fit!
"But at the end of it, he’s a really good player."
Erm.
"He was a huge part of this deal."
No, he wasn't. Unless he's training with Gerald Laird. I rate it "reason to disbelieve."
"This wasn’t just some kind of prospect trade."
This statement earns our dreaded "liar, liar, suspenders on fire" designation.
"This was a value-for-value trade that had some really good prospects in it.”
That's just insulting.
“We can’t have a year like we had last year."
Factually inaccurate, except in the most literal sense.
"That’s why we had to get back major league value."
Please continue, Governor.
"Since we made the trade two or three hours ago, we have gotten three calls on Aybar already, from teams that want to trade for him."
I'll buy that.
"He’s a really good hitter, somebody that can play short."
He is definitely someone who can play shortstop. Half-true, gonna round it up.
"Somebody that our staff really liked and our scouts really liked."
Ok, I guess.
"He’s a good player. "
Aiight.
"So we’re very happy to have Aybar.”
No reason to believe otherwise.
I'm going to give him a final grade of "mostly true." Good call, Weso.