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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio3000 View Post
    Said it last year and will repeat it: I knew FF could hit the ball a mile but never really saw him as a 35+ HR guy. Blissfully wrong.
    I wanted to trade him. so..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    Yes. Freeman just doesn't know how to drive in runners. It's his only flaw as a player actually.
    Its a shame we dislike each other so much, because there's so much we agree on... and your sarcasm is quite enjoyable most of the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NinersSBChamps View Post
    He's pointless on a team this bad and so far away from competing. He's wasting away on this roster and sooner or later he is going to regress and his better years will be behind him and then what good is he if the Braves are ever close to being legit again?
    we aren't competing this year, but we definitely aren't far

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    Wren is a fine GM when it comes to player management and trading... he just fell short in the draft arena and signing free agents. That didn't end up working and with how barren the farm system was, it was a necessity to rebuild like it or not. Whether Coppy/Hart have gone about it the best way... definitely not, but they've put us in a solid position to improve and be a factor for many years.

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    Sucks his prime peak is being wasted with this rebuild team.
    Forever Fredi


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    Quote Originally Posted by zbhargrove View Post
    Wren is a fine GM when it comes to player management and trading... he just fell short in the draft arena and signing free agents. That didn't end up working and with how barren the farm system was, it was a necessity to rebuild like it or not. Whether Coppy/Hart have gone about it the best way... definitely not, but they've put us in a solid position to improve and be a factor for many years.
    If we could only combine Wren and Coppy. We would have a super GM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Forever Fredi View Post
    Sucks his prime peak is being wasted with this rebuild team.
    Like Murphy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    If we could only combine Wren and Coppy. We would have a super GM.
    A powerhouse... if you will

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    A powerhouse... if you will
    He would be "Da Bull of Da Woods, Daddy!!!" See if any of you get that reference...if you will

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    Quote Originally Posted by VirginiaBrave View Post
    He would be "Da Bull of Da Woods, Daddy!!!" See if any of you get that reference...if you will
    Thertainly nobody would want to thtep in the thquared thircle with him.

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    I just hope too many of Freeman's prime seasons don't go up in smoke as the team flirts with being fancy mid-grade.
    "For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Preacher View Post
    This is a guy that many people on this board wanted to trade.
    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Amd screamed that we kept the wrong everyday player.
    To be fair, a lot of the "Trade Freeman(?)" chatter occurred after the firesale, when it was argued (not without merit, in my opinion) that the Braves' next competitive window would be burgeoning as Freeman entered the decline phase of his career. As a skeptic of the current rebuild's "2017! (but probably 2018...)" timeline (I'm thinking 2019/2020 is much more likely for really fielding competitive teams), I still think the notion had merit—but, watching him day-to-day (or, for me, more like once every two weeks), I'm damn happy he's still with Cobb County. Even if he is entering decline when the Braves' window really opens, it'll have been awesome to watch his career with the team.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    To be fair, a lot of the "Trade Freeman(?)" occurred after the firesale, when it was argued (not without merit, in my opinion) that they Braves' next competitive window would be burgeoning as Freeman entered the decline phase of his career. As a skeptic of the current rebuild's "2017! (but probably 2018...)" timeline (I'm thinking 2019/2020 is much more likely for really fielding competitive teams), I still think the notion had merit—but, watching him day-to-day (or, for me, more like once every two weeks), I'm damn happy he's still with Cobb County. Even if he is entering decline when the Braves' window really opens, it'll have been awesome to watch his career with the team.
    Heh. Yeah.

    Seriously, he's a reason to tune in, which have been in short supply since Tron was traded.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio3000 View Post
    Thertainly nobody would want to thtep in the thquared thircle with him.
    Long live "The American Dream!!!" To bring it back to Freddie, he is laying Hard Times on pitchers right now.

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    Lost in all this hype for Freeman is the guy truly responsible for Freeman's success...Matt Kemp...providing protection...from the DL.

    KEMvP!! KEMvP!! KEMvP!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    Kudos to Wren for extending him when he did!
    Didn't Hart advise Wren to do this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Didn't Hart advise Wren to do this?
    True.... the only thing Wren really did was draft his son and sign BJ.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    True.... the only thing Wren really did was draft his son and sign BJ.
    And Kawakami.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunrevenge View Post
    We should probably go ahead and trade Maitan too. By the time we are ready to compete in 2050 he will already be retired.
    According to much of the board logic, you are entirely correct.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimsnores View Post
    According to much of the board logic, you are entirely correct.
    Concrete proof you are unable to follow said logic.

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