Five Least Favorite Braves of All Time

[striker42]

Everyone knows who their favorite Braves of all time are. They know the players they loved watching. But which Braves players couldn't you stand? Who couldn't you wait to see leave the team? Here are my top 5.

5. Reggie Sanders- We gave up a lot to get this guy and he seemed to just be marking time. I never once got the feeling he enjoyed playing in Atlanta. About the only thing to improve during his time with the Braves was his skill at inspecting his bat walking back to the dugout after a strikeout.

4. Derek Lowe- He was given one of the largest contracts in Braves history and was terrible. He just about single handedly cost us a playoff appearance with his collapse. While I recognize that his decline was due to the unstoppable march of age and that it's not his fault that Wren was dumb enough to give him that contract, I still couldn't stand watching his fail and loudly blame everything but his declining ability. The DUI arrest didn't help matters.

3. Kenny Lofton- Unlike the others on this list, he actually didn't play poorly in his time in Atlanta getting on base at a .409 clip. That being said, I don't know if there was ever a worse fit than Lofton. The fact that Lofton couldn't play for Bobby Cox tells you something about him.

2. Melky Cabrera- Cabrera's hatred of playing in Atlanta was clear. He hated the fact the Yankees traded him and that he was no longer had the New York nightlife to enjoy. He let that affect his on the field performance. His play was so lackadaisical that he once caused an inside the park HR by throwing the ball sideways instead of towards the infield. I was happy the Braves didn't wait to non-tender him, instead releasing him after the season was over. Good riddance.

1. Hector Olivera- Between his lack of ability, sense of entitlement, and treatment of women, I can honestly say Olivera is my least favorite Brave of all time. To me, it's not even close. The only redeeming thing about his time in Atlanta was that it was brief, lasting only 108 PAs.

[thewupk]

Olivera, Fick, Sanders, Boone, and Cabrera.

[rawwr]

In no particular order:

Hector Olivera
Dan Kolb
Melky Cabrera
Reggie Sanders
Robert Fick

[nsacpi]

Kolb is the only one who really stands out for me.

[The Chosen One]

Fick really wasn't that bad until the NLDS dirty play. Unless I misremembered something else?

[Hawk]

BJ Upton.

Shortest honeymoon of all time.

[nsacpi]

Btw the most horrific performance in the post-season I've ever seen from a Brave came from a player I liked quite a bit. So I won't name him.

[thewupk]

Fick really wasn't that bad until the NLDS dirty play. Unless I misremembered something else?

That's all he really needed though

[rawwr]

Fick really wasn't that bad until the NLDS dirty play. Unless I misremembered something else?

I also blame him (probably not rightfully) for us not getting David Ortiz. But as thewupk said, the NLDS play alone was enough.

Also, can't believe I forgot about Rocker.

It's easy to hate on Kotchman, but I blame JS and Bobby Cox for that one. Insisting we get a major league 1B back in return for Teixeira back us into a corner and forced us to go with Kotchman.

[striker42]

I also blame him (probably not rightfully) for us not getting David Ortiz. But as thewupk said, the NLDS play alone was enough.

Also, can't believe I forgot about Rocker.

It's easy to hate on Kotchman, but I blame JS and Bobby Cox for that one. Insisting we get a major league 1B back in return for Teixeira back us into a corner and forced us to go with Kotchman.

IIRC, Wren was the GM when we got Kotchman.

[dak]

Kolb is the only one who really stands out for me.

Came in here to post this.

[Diesel]

For some reason, light hitting 1st basemen and relief pitchers are easy to dislike lol

[trob15]

Kotchman, BJ Upton, Melky, Jordan Schafer, John Rocker.

[DirkPiggler]

Vinny Castilla
B.J. Sureout
Melky Cabrera
Bret Frosted Tips Boone
Vinny Castilla


EDIT: To clarify, "B.J. Sureout" refers to Surhoff, not Upton. If Coppy tries to sign anyone with the initials B.J., fire him on the spot.

[AerchAngel]

Attitude

Cabrera
Fick the Dick
Caddilac
Lofton
Marquis

Ability compared to what we should have received

Sureout
Sanders
D. Lowe
F-Uggla
BJ Upton

[Nerfherders]

Melky, BJ Upton, Garrett Anderson

[PurpleBrave]

Who was that poor kid a few years ago who kept making errors against the Giants and Cox wouldn't pull him

Wasn't a big fan of Kolb, Boob Wickman, surhoff, Horacio Ramirez,

Rocker put some egg on the franchises face too

BJ Upton & Uggla

These guys may be decent human beings but sucked as MLB players

[Carp]

Kenny Lofton
Brett Boone
Garrett Anderson
John Rocker
BJ Upton

Honorable mention: Chris Johnson

[bravesfanMatt]

Kenny Lofton
Brett Boone
Garrett Anderson
John Rocker
BJ Upton

Honorable mention: Chris Johnson

Anderson was the guy I couldn't think of. He was awful in LF. Good call on CJ... although he did have that great season that led him to getting an extension that helped bring down Wren. so I am ok with CJ in a defacto way.

[Knucksie]

At Scout, it was daily ritual that somebody would launch into a rant about Brian Jordan v. 2.0 and Mondesi. Some goofballs even combined their names into Jordesi. As much raw suckage as there was, they were making minimal salary and didn't last that long. So, it seemed like wasted energy. Guys like Fick, Wickman and Melky, it was easy to see dislike with their attitudes.

[MENTION=21]rico43[/MENTION] :
Kind of confused about the Damaso Garcia mention. That came up previously in another thread. Not sure what he did that was so wrong, especially since he was there during the Dark Days. He was just another Bobby connection from Toronto, and didn't really cause any specific damage after Hubbard was gone with a void at 2B.



My vote goes to Ozzie Virgil. The guy never fit in and was basically a prick. The deal cost Steve Bedrosian. Bredrosian would go on to win a Cy Young as a Phillie, while the Braves were dedicated to the Ted-instigaged FA deal with all world closer Bruce Sutter, who promptly developed Bell's Palsy and at least one other ailment, as his career imploded in Atlanta. Pete Smith also was included in this trade, and did not amount to much. Milt Thompson have also gone to Phily. (Too lazy to verify if this was the same transaction.) Thompon was useful for a spell.