Sounds like a Minor Leagaue deal. Organizational depth, and possible lefty option if he produces at AAA.
Sounds like a Minor Leagaue deal. Organizational depth, and possible lefty option if he produces at AAA.
Get off my lawn!
Adios, EOF.
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Good signing. It has been obvious for a long time now that we were short lefty pen options.
Like it. Better late than never. Hope he can show something at GWI. Looks like he allowed quite a few baserunners in his stint with the Dodgers AAA team.
#Braves optioning Gant to open spot for Foltynewicz, and calling up OF Matt Tuiasosopo
Braves1976 (05-02-2016), JohnAdcox (05-03-2016)
I was surprised when they didn't grab Burnett earlier.
JohnAdcox (05-03-2016)
Braves1976 (05-02-2016)
Tuiasosopo is there until we are able to call up Bonifacio. Not that this implies much in terms of pinch hitting options.
I think the plan du jour is still for Garcia to get most of the time in left. I suspect that Mallex will get sent down when Inciarte is ready and that Castro gets sent down when Beckham is ready. We need to give priority to long-term development, which means trying to find a way for Garcia, Mallex and Castro to get lots of playing time. Right now we can do this at the major league level for all three.
JohnAdcox (05-03-2016)
I'm hoping that Mallex does NOT get sent down. He seems to be having better at bats and is hitting over .300 in his last 7 games. He provides you more options with the line up. Using yesterday batting 9th as an example. Castro has been great since coming up, giving us a little stability on defense and offense. I'm hoping for a Beckham DFA.....not sure what the corresponding move would be to keep Smith
Get off my lawn!
Because he was called up so early in the season, this year would count as a full year of service time if Mallex remained in the majors. It does make sense to send him down for a few weeks, at least from the perspective of service time.
My guess is that once Inciarte is back, our everyday outfield will be him in center with Garcia in left and Markakis in right.
Braves1976 (05-02-2016)
Per the collective bargaining agreement, a year of service time is considered 172 days, and the Major League season generally lasts 183 days -- 162 games plus 21 off-days.
Mallex was promoted April 11. Regular season started April 4. I think if we sent him down for as little as five days, it would allow an extra year of contractual control.
Braves1976 (05-02-2016), jpx7 (05-02-2016)
Actually, I hope not.
I would hope Burnett could come up and be the go to lefty with EOF staying with the team and trying to work things out and get back close to where he was when he was good. I would feel differently if the Braves were contending but they're not. So, why not carry the guy and see if you can build some value.
**** YEAH
jpx7 (05-02-2016)
The dollars spent carrying him. Don't get me wrong, I love EOF as much as everyone else, but he's just toast. Bobby used both he and Venters up, and it's time to move on. Give some of the kids in the minors shots during this lost season and see if we might have anything with any of them. If not, we need to start looking for pen pieces for 2017 this winter.
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I can see sending him down for ONLY enough time to manage his clock, but only after explaining the situation to him completely and telling him you want him to see a few lefties and you're going to call him right back up. He's really started to turn the corner a bit over his last few games, and you can just see his confidence starting to build with every start. If he needs to move to LF with Ender back, that's fine (and a potential excuse to send him down for a week without coming right out and admitting it's only about service-time), but I really think he's starting to get much more comfortable. He's taken a little time to adjust with each jump in levels, and he looks like he's getting there at this level to me.
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?