Man, the Dodgers look almost unbeatable.
Man, the Dodgers look almost unbeatable.
JohnAdcox (07-31-2017)
Why do people keep saying this? We didn't take a lesser prospect return. Yes, we could have gotten a better return had we paid the entire salary. But once again, that is not a standard thing in trades. We were moving backward to send any money at all. You would have to get a team willing to send more in assets in order to pay nothing. There may not have been a team willing to do that.
Mateo is not much.
Ultimately, I am fine not having moved any of the veterans.
If we trade Philips, then we call up Albies, whom we should protect service time, or Swanson who should get time to work on some stuff and not split work with Camargo.
If we ate Markakis or Kemp money this year then that likely means Acuna gets the call up.
Jim Johnson is a capable reliever who is in one of his annual slumps. It makes more sense for us to keep him and rehabilitate his value then give him away.
I would rather keep Flowers, then trade him to create a hole at catcher again. It makes so much more sense to keep the best receiver in baseball to pair him with the young starters who should eat a lot of innings the next two seasons.
There are a few players I would have loved to have moved like Matt Adams and Suzuki, but in this market we likely weren't going to get all that much.
JohnAdcox (07-31-2017)
JohnAdcox (07-31-2017)
Honestly, I was disappointed that they didn't (by any means)...trade JJ and one of (if not both of)...Kemp and Nick. DPete is probably ready (actually was before his injury and is now back to his old self), and Acuna will obviously be up soon also. Those corner outfield spots will KILL us next year.
So, I wasn't looking to acquire any amazing players, just really hoped we could get creative, eat "some" cash if needed and move these guys.
Most of the Braves tradeable assets should clear waivers. Movement still could happen over the next 30 days.
50PoundHead (07-31-2017), JohnAdcox (07-31-2017)
I like that the FO stays in the mix on guys like Q and Gray but I like even more that they had enough restraint this year not to make a stupid trade
JohnAdcox (07-31-2017)
My wish(which will never happen) is some AL team claims Kemp and we just give him away
Tankathon 2017 may be in high gear
Why people complain so much? So i guess everyones preferred to pay Hector Olivera and dont have a player to cover left field. Kemp he been playing ok for us and thanks to him Freeman been getting pitch. I wish we dont have Matt kemp but this team have way too many flaws.