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.
Sucks his prime peak is being wasted with this rebuild team.
Forever Fredi
Julio3000 (04-20-2017)
VirginiaBrave (04-20-2017)
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."
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.
Last edited by jpx7; 04-20-2017 at 03:10 PM.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
Julio3000 (04-20-2017)
jpx7 (04-20-2017)
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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