Official 2017 Trade Deadilne Thread

[Preacher]

Folks who believe the same FO that brought in HO, Kemp and the trio of Garcia/Colon/Dickey to make the Braves competitive in 2017 is going to suddenly start making awesome decisions with the MLB roster are....not smart.

They've also made plenty of good moves. You tend to focus almost incessantly on the bad ones.

This is the same front office that found great value with Flowers, brought us Inciarte, flipped Gattis for Folty and smartly held onto Freeman during the rebuild when his value was much lower.

Colon/Dickey/Garcia were brought in to eat innings and keep some of our young arms at AAA, they weren't brought in to lead the team to the playoffs; and frankly Garcia and Dickey were/are fine.

[TheBravos]

Folks who believe the same FO that brought in HO, Kemp and the trio of Garcia/Colon/Dickey to make the Braves competitive in 2017 is going to suddenly start making awesome decisions with the MLB roster are....not smart.

My hope is that Coppy was pressured into earlier (partial rebuild) moves. He was firmly "kicked in the teeth", and has not only learned from the mistakes made, but now has more freedom to do what he wants to do. That's my hope. The deadline and off season will "tell the tale". If they are going to make big, rebuild damaging moves...it will be this deadline and this offseason. Plenty of help will be here in 2019, so we will see if they are danged and determined to speed the rebuild by handing away major future assets.

[bravesfanMatt]

They've also made plenty of good moves. You tend to focus almost incessantly on the bad ones.

This is the same front office that found great value with Flowers, brought us Inciarte, flipped Gattis for Folty and smartly held onto Freeman during the rebuild when his value was much lower.

Colon/Dickey/Garcia were brought in to eat innings and keep some of our young arms at AAA, they weren't brought in to lead the team to the playoffs; and frankly Garcia and Dickey were/are fine.

Shh it is easier to say blah blah blah.. haha.. look at the Bad FO.. something about narrative and fitting..

[Southcack77]

They've also made plenty of good moves. You tend to focus almost incessantly on the bad ones.

This is the same front office that found great value with Flowers, brought us Inciarte, flipped Gattis for Folty and smartly held onto Freeman during the rebuild when his value was much lower.

Colon/Dickey/Garcia were brought in to eat innings and keep some of our young arms at AAA, they weren't brought in to lead the team to the playoffs; and frankly Garcia and Dickey were/are fine.

Nothing at all wrong with Colon/Dickey/Garcia/Phillips/Suzuki signings. They gave up zero part of their future and fielded a competitive team. Dickey and Garcia have been more more or less ok and as the song says, two out of three aint bad.

I'm much happier that they did that than commit long term dollars to overpay someone for years to come that still wouldn't have made them a good team.

[smootness]

Folks who believe the same FO that brought in HO, Kemp and the trio of Garcia/Colon/Dickey to make the Braves competitive in 2017 is going to suddenly start making awesome decisions with the MLB roster are....not smart.

Who believes that? You seem to be the only one who either believes it or pretends to believe it.

[bravesfanMatt]

Nothing at all wrong with Colon/Dickey/Garcia/Phillips/Suzuki signings. They gave up zero part of their future and fielded a competitive team. Dickey and Garcia have been more more or less ok and as the song says, two out of three aint bad.

I'm much happier that they did that than commit long term dollars to overpay someone for years to come that still wouldn't have made them a good team.

every one bitching about the FO right now would completely agree with this.. however, the pile on mentality is starting to build. so now signing these guys has become a negative... funny really.

[Hawk]

so now signing these guys has become a negative... funny really.

I'm still reservedly optimistic about the FO and the general direction of the team headed forward, but I have no problem criticizing (or reading legitimate, constructive criticism of) the Colon/Dickey/Suzuki/Phillips/Garcia acquisitions. They were, generally speaking, questionable allocations of resources simply designed to prop up the facade of the Braves contending in 2017. I agree with the notion that they didn't hurt the Braves, per se, but perhaps those resources could have been better utilized in a fashion which positioned the Braves toward legitimate contention in 2018 and beyond.

[TheBravos]

every one bitching about the FO right now would completely agree with this.. however, the pile on mentality is starting to build. so now signing these guys has become a negative... funny really.

I don't count Colon as a bad move. It was a calculated risk that we lost, but was totally worth the gamble to bridge the gap. I think the last thing I disagreed with was promoting Dansby so soon and not trading Julio at max value last year. Wasn't a fan of Kemp, but that was noting more than a PR move to mop up the HO debacle.I can name many more "good" moves they have made. Most of the big mistakes came earlier on when they thought they could rebuild and compete at the same time. I don't know who was really behind those early moves as I feel Coppy was still answering to the John's.

[sturg33]

I'm much happier that they did that than commit long term dollars to overpay someone for years to come that still wouldn't have made them a good team.

But this is what happened with Kemp. We are stuck with him because of a really stupid, short sighted decision

[mfree80]

Folks who believe the same FO that brought in HO, Kemp and the trio of Garcia/Colon/Dickey to make the Braves competitive in 2017 is going to suddenly start making awesome decisions with the MLB roster are....not smart.

I guess it comes back to your definition of competitive. I don't think anyone thought those guys were going to make this team competitive for a championship. You can just drop that narrative.

I do believe they wanted this team to be improved, more interesting, and to show progress. They did want to give the fans a reason to come besides the new ballpark. So, by competitive... they wanted to have a chance to win more games, show progress in the rebuild, be fun and interesting to watch. By that definition they succeeded. Had things gone perfectly, they might have been sniffing a WC slot (not likely, but in the conversation).

I agree, if they thought this team was going to compete for a title they failed... but I don't think they or anyone ever thought that.

Different definition of competitive I guess.

[Super]

I'm happy they're not a completely terrible team this year.

[TheBravos]

But this is what happened with Kemp. We are stuck with him because of a really stupid, short sighted decision

The HO trade is an example of how only ONE short sighted move can hurt you. I put it right up there with the Shelby trade. The Dodger knew they had made a mistake, and flipped the crap out of it. Note to the FO: No one trades a guy they just won a biding war to sign for 60 mil, unless something is up.

It cost us so much young talent and then resulted us making the Kemp PR move. It was a double whammy.

[Hawk]

Joel Sherman
@Joelsherman1
#Yankees have also stayed engaged with #Braves on Adams, but nothing seen close and NYY's big focus is to get a SP

[ixiXSolidXixi]

Who say no first?

Teheran for Kyle Lewis +?

[WaitingFor2017]

Twins are contemplating selling off Jaime Garcia.

[bravesfanMatt]

Twins are contemplating selling off Jaime Garcia.

Did I-Me even pitch for the Twinkies yet?

[Russ2dollas]

Who say no first?

Teheran for Kyle Lewis +?

I hope the Braves. The problem is the Mariners don't have a plus.

[Oklahomabrave]

Who say no first?

Teheran for Kyle Lewis +?

Sure if it was Matt Kemp and Teheran for Kyle Lewis.

[Hudson2]

Joel Sherman
@Joelsherman1
#Yankees have also stayed engaged with #Braves on Adams, but nothing seen close and NYY's big focus is to get a SP

Adams and Teheran would bring back what from the Yankees?

[SJ24]

Adams and Teheran would bring back what from the Yankees?

I'd imagine Florial + a few lesser pieces. Law compared Florial to Cameron Maybin today, and I think that's a good comparison at this stage.