Acuna to AAA

[msstate7]

What makes you think he won't hit? His .718 OPS in A+?

Acuna's ops went up .081 making the jump from Florida to Mississippi. Riley will finish .799

[CrimsonCowboy]

Thank you Braves for waiting a week to promote him so I got the chance to see him play.

[Pugfan]

I'm sure it's just the negi in me talking, but I have a bad feeling the Braves are about to do something devastatingly bad for the future competitiveness of the ball club.

The FO thinks the team is better than it is, and they are about to make a huge mistake because of it.

I'm afraid that 2-3 years from now we will look back at the next few weeks as the exact point the rebuild failed.

I think it would be dumb to bring him up this year but I think he should start next year in Atlanta. Same with Albies. Go out and sign a 3rd baseman and a couple of good relievers.

[Enscheff]

I think it would be dumb to bring him up this year but I think he should start next year in Atlanta. Same with Albies. Go out and sign a 3rd baseman and a couple of good relievers.

Which is precisely the type of moves I'm afraid will happen. Sacrificing an 8+ year window of contention by rushing it and reducing it to a 4-5 year window of contention.

[Preacher]

I'm sure it's just the negi in me talking, but I have a bad feeling the Braves are about to do something devastatingly bad for the future competitiveness of the ball club.

The FO thinks the team is better than it is, and they are about to make a huge mistake because of it.

I'm afraid that 2-3 years from now we will look back at the next few weeks as the exact point the rebuild failed.

I'm there with you on this actually.

Don't do anything stupid Coppy.

[EstebanBugatti]

Which is precisely the type of moves I'm afraid will happen. Sacrificing an 8+ year window of contention by rushing it and reducing it to a 4-5 year window of contention.

You know that makes no sense right? Acuna will be an instant upgrade over whoever he replaces. Signing a 3rd Baseman would only be a bridge to Maitan. Signing a couple decent relievers isn't going to make or break anything at all.

[Pugfan]

Which is precisely the type of moves I'm afraid will happen. Sacrificing an 8+ year window of contention by rushing it and reducing it to a 4-5 year window of contention.

It's not Ideal but Coppy and his staff can't afford to have 4 bad years in row. I'm pretty sure they will be starting opening day next year. Unless Acuna craps the bed in AAA

[Enscheff]

It's not Ideal but Coppy and his staff can't afford to have 4 bad years in row. I'm pretty sure they will be starting opening day next year. Unless Acuna craps the bed in AAA

I definitely agree there might be some extra pressure to win in the very near future. A true 5 year rebuild may have never been a real option

[thewupk]

You know that makes no sense right? Acuna will be an instant upgrade over whoever he replaces. Signing a 3rd Baseman would only be a bridge to Maitan. Signing a couple decent relievers isn't going to make or break anything at all.

Like Swanson is an upgrade over Aybar currently. You don't know what rookies will do. Not maximizing their service time is really dumb in a season you aren't expected to contend.

[clvclv]

Like Swanson is an upgrade over Aybar currently. You don't know what rookies will do. Not maximizing their service time is really dumb in a season you aren't expected to contend.

Funny thing about that argument yet again...

nobody argues the people making it are wrong in a vacuum, but exactly what in the hell difference does it make if you're planning on locking these kids up LONG before they reach arbitration?

Always hate it when the genius makes things personal, but there sure are a lot of folks around here that are going to have egg on their faces when the organization locks Dansby, Albies, and Acuna up through age-30 soon.

[thewupk]

Funny thing about that argument yet again...

nobody argues the people making it are wrong in a vacuum, but exactly what in the hell difference does it make if you're planning on locking these kids up LONG before they reach arbitration?

Always hate it when the genius makes things personal, but there sure are a lot of folks around here that are going to have egg on their faces when the organization locks Dansby, Albies, and Acuna up through age-30 soon.

Like they locked Heyward up? No player is guaranteed to do what Freeman did. Also it still costs the Braves an extra 10-15 million or so by not maximizing service time even if they do sign extensions. Things like this matter to mid market teams.

[thewupk]

Maitan is probably 3 maybe 4 years away. Do you want -1.0 WAR player at 3rd for the next few years? Signing a 2.0 WAR 3rd baseman and a couple of 1.0-1.5 relievers adds up. That's an extra 5 wins.

Maybe Sean Rodriguez is that guy.

[Pugfan]

Like Swanson is an upgrade over Aybar currently. You don't know what rookies will do. Not maximizing their service time is really dumb in a season you aren't expected to contend.

Coppy needs to win soon. He knows they can't do it with scrubs like Markakis and Philips. You Would make those moves too if you were the Braves GM coming off 4 bad years in a row. This isn't Baseball Mogul

[thewupk]

Coppy needs to win soon. He knows they can't do it with scrubs like Markakis and Philips. You Would make those moves too if you were the Braves GM coming off 4 bad years in a row. This isn't Baseball Mogul

What upper management forces Coppy to try or not has no real bearing on what the correct move actually is. You could be right that there is pressure on him to do things like that and I understand it. It still doesn't make it the correct move as far as maximizing long term success. And really holding a player back a couple of weeks really isn't going to have much bearing on a given season.

[auyushu]

Funny thing about that argument yet again...

nobody argues the people making it are wrong in a vacuum, but exactly what in the hell difference does it make if you're planning on locking these kids up LONG before they reach arbitration?

Yeah, like we locked up Heyward, and Franceour, and Furcal. Just because we want to extend them doesn't mean they will, and it certainly doesn't mean they will give us a break on the deal.

[auyushu]

Like they locked Heyward up? No player is guaranteed to do what Freeman did.

And even in Freddie and Kimbrel's case they didn't really give us deals that saved us money, that basically just signed fair market deals at that particular point and time. Julio, Simba, and Inciarte are they only ones who have given us deals on extensions really, and in Simba and Inciarte's cases defense first players typically get undervalued anyway.

[Pugfan]

What upper management forces Coppy to try or not has no real bearing on what the correct move actually is. You could be right that there is pressure on him to do things like that and I understand it. It still doesn't make it the correct move as far as maximizing long term success. And really holding a player back a couple of weeks really isn't going to have much bearing on a given season.

I agree that Acuna and Albies
Shouldn't play in the MLB this year. 2018 they should

[UNCBlue012]

As agressive as his promotions have been, I'm not surprised. Dude has been so incredible. It's pretty viable to think he and Albies will be on the major league roster next year.

[Russ2dollas]

I don't like it. Albies has years of MLB at bats at the same age. Acuna doesn't have a year of at bats.

If he plays next year he'd have less at bats than Swanson in milb

[UNCBlue012]

I don't like it. Albies has years of MLB at bats at the same age. Acuna doesn't have a year of at bats.

If he plays next year he'd have less at bats than Swanson in milb

Personally, I'm with you. But Braves' scouts see something to be THIS aggressive. Like, this has been insane.

I'll give it to the kid, he just doesn't struggle very much. AAA will be a legit test.