1. Kemp is a 2 WAR player
2. Ender has the highest WAR on the team
3. Braves are playing meaningful games in September
1. Kemp is a 2 WAR player
2. Ender has the highest WAR on the team
3. Braves are playing meaningful games in September
Last edited by thewupk; 01-16-2017 at 09:38 AM.
1. Dickey is the biggest positive surprise relative to expectations
2. Colon goes to the DL early in the season to be replaced by Wisler who pitches well enough to hold his spot in the rotation.
3. We trade for Sonny Gray at the deadline.
bravesfanMatt (01-16-2017)
Division winners or bust.
I may may settle for a wild card birth.
Forever Fredi
JohnAdcox (01-17-2017)
1. Both Colon and Dickey have injury and inconsistency plagued seasons.
2. Kemp shows up "in the best shape of his life" a shortly thereafter pulls a muscle and spends a month on the DL.
3. Markakis begins to fade and is untradeable by mid-season.
4. Inciarte plays well at LO, good defense in CF, ends up ~4 WAR.
5. Freeman hits .300 with 30HR, ends up ~6 WAR.
6. J Garcia pitches well and is traded at the deadline.
7. Teheran starts slow, battles inconsistency, finishes strong for equivalent year 2016=2017
8. Swanson hits about .275 with 15HR over a full season and plays OK defense, ends up ~2-3 WAR.
9. Johnson implodes as closer and loses his job to Viz who implodes and loses his job to Lucas Sims
10. Kelly Johnson is signed for LH bench help and is traded to the Mets at the deadline.
11. Young pitching begins to come on.
Braves finish 75-87
I melt before the 3rd inning in the 1st game thread
1. Jaime Garcia has a tremendous season and we decide to keep him so we can offer him a QO and net a pick
2. Jose Ramirez becomes our new closer at some point
3. Aaron Blair is a big surprise and outpitches Wisler and Folty (as Folty spends half the season on the DL)
4. David Freitas becomes our backup catcher over Tuffy and Decker
5. Sean Rodriguez hits 25 homeruns
-Folty becomes an ace
-AJ Minter finishes the season as the primary setup man or closer
-Dickey's knuckle ball plays well back in the NL
-Colon runs out of steam
-Garcia plays well but gets injured before we can trade him for anything of value
-Inciarte becomes a star
-Freeman be Freeman