cajunrevenge (08-18-2016), UNCBlue012 (08-18-2016)
Sample size = 1. I'll look forward to your update in 2 weeks.
Regardless, definitely worth the few extra folks in attendance in exchange for losing control of his age 29 season, during which he will be in his prime and the Braves window of contention will be wide open.
Is that the point you are trying to make? Or am I missing something?
Good work by the Barves to open up a five game lead for last place. Barring another September collapse we should coast to the number one pick.
jpx7 (08-18-2016), The Chosen One (08-18-2016)
Swanson not being ready is the next horse I am going to beat well past it's death. Just like Soroka and Riley being bad picks because mlb.com didn't rate them as where we took them.
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clvclv (08-18-2016), The Chosen One (08-18-2016)
I think it's fair to say Dansby will probably hover around a .500 average for his career! I can't wait to see what we have.
In all honesty, he looked poised, confident and like he has fun. I'm glad we have him!
On the other hand, I REALLY want the number one pick now... I mean, why not? It only helps our already full system.
cajunrevenge (08-18-2016)
It doesn't matter if he's a free agent at 29 or 30 ultimately if we don't have any money to pony up. If he's that good and we have no financial back in we're screwed anyways. I see it more as the FO not wanting to waste Freddie's prime anymore than they have to, to have a competitive team around him.
Forever Fredi
If Swanson has a good season next year he will no doubt be getting a long extension.
Like I stated in my original mockery post, let's wait for a sample size bigger than 1, OK?
A few thousand extra butts in the seats in no way justifies losing control of Swanson's age 29 season, which could very well be worth tens of millions of dollars. Anyone who thinks boosted attendance justifies his early call up in any way is wrong, regardless of last night's attendance number.
Now go mock Matt for saying Swanson would boost attendance by 5k per night for the rest of the season.
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?
it baffles me that everyone thinks that the Johns don't understand service time and how it works. That they called him up and in 6 years will be surprised when he becomes a FA. I am sure there is a plan behind all of this.. but let the bemoaning continue.. quite enjoyable personally.
cajunrevenge (08-18-2016)
So this is the kind of games I want the rest of the way. Good games from Freeman, Swanson, and Folty. Still lose.
jpx7 (08-18-2016), The Chosen One (08-18-2016)
As much as I and everyone else wants Swanson to be the man for the next 10 plus years the real truth is that his pre FA years are likely going to be most of the best years of his career. He's 23 and that's a big deal. The ideal scenario would be to extend him 2-3 years until he is 31-32 and let him play his decline years on a fat contract somewhere else. This is all assuming he becomes the legit player we want him to be.