Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
JohnAdcox (05-20-2017)
Not bad. We have a million yepez in the org. Wonder how much they are sending.
JohnAdcox (05-20-2017)
Awesome
Ugh
WhyOriginally Posted by smootness
This trade makes little sense to me, why give up a 19 year old top 25 prospect in a deep system just so you can have a "legit" 1B for two months in a lost year?
Making moves for the playoff push I see.
jpx7 (05-22-2017), The Chosen One (05-20-2017)
Matt Adams means 0 for this team. It's not a move to win, it's a move to placate the fan base. And Matt Adams doesn't placate anyone.
Yepez may never be anything, but he's got a chance. Just no reason to make this move.
JohnAdcox (05-20-2017)
Silly move, though Adams is the backup 1B/pinch hitter we should've had on the bench all along.
bravesnumberone (05-20-2017), DirkPiggler (05-20-2017), jpx7 (05-22-2017)
Whoa. Yepez is not that special. We can flip Adams for another yepez at the deadline. Yepez is terrible at 3B. So we traded a so so 1B prospect for a legit MLB 1B player. This is a good trade.
I can see both sides. Braves probably feel that Yepez won't be able to stick defensively at 3B and won't hit enough to play 1B. I'm not an Adams fan by any means, but he's a decent bench piece for when Freeman returns. Can we finally release Bonifacio now?
Interesting trade. I think the cost is fair, though I'm probably not as high on Yepez as some given it's hard to see where he plays defensively.
Hawk (05-20-2017)
Matt Adams is not a legit MLB 1B.
What a great deal.
Neither are jace and loney
He will be a 1B. 8 errors at 3rd already this year. Wondering how much cash is coming to offset salary. I hope they trade Adams when FF is healthy. He has no versatility and would be just a DH/pinch hitter.
I have no complaints. Big lefty hitter who can hold the fort down until Freddie comes back. Who knows, if Adams plays well, perhaps he gets traded for another good prospect at the deadline.
Chopping With The Braves And Rolling With The Tide
I only watch highlights unless it's a free game and it's pretty obvious that Jace hasn't played much 1B. People think you can throw any slug over there and he'll field the position with no problem. Lots of footwork issues around the bag and some other little quirks that make it tricky.
We need a good PH to follow boni though
JohnAdcox (05-20-2017)
He is far better than what we have internally. He is an above average hitter.
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