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    Suzuki... 6 homers in last 8 starts

    Lol, where in the hell did that come from.... Ride on

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    If only we threw money at jason castro

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    But can he play SS
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    pixie dust...but I'll take it
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    We can't develop young catchers, but we can really get the best out of 30-year-old (and older) catchers

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    I liked the signing and couldn't understand the barking about it (and a number of folks barked about it). I never envisioned this level of hitting, but Suzuki is a decent back-up at a very reasonable price. He's no defensive whiz, but for $1.5 million he's turned out to be a pretty good deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    We can't develop young catchers, but we can really get the best out of 30-year-old (and older) catchers
    Ross...Laird...AJ...

    it is really a very distinguished lineage
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    Suzuki is also the stat of the day, his 9 home runs have all come in different innings, 1,2 3,4,5,6,7,8, and 12th.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    If only we threw money at jason castro

    kemp is a better investment

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    kemp is a better investment
    BURN!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    kemp is a better investment
    Agreed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Agreed.
    It is the Braves way to pay for below replacement level production

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    We can't develop young catchers, but we can really get the best out of 30-year-old (and older) catchers
    You must have missed the 20 years of young, all-star catchers behind the plate.

    Lopez > Estrada > McCann > Gattis.

    Flowers came up through our system too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CyYoung31 View Post
    You must have missed the 20 years of young, all-star catchers behind the plate.

    Lopez > Estrada > McCann > Gattis.

    Flowers came up through our system too.
    You're right. We must also be great at developing 3B since we had Chipper. (Although we have clearly found a new way to develop star 3B, just have them be a 1B their whole career first)

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    Quote Originally Posted by mqt View Post
    You're right. We must also be great at developing 3B since we had Chipper. (Although we have clearly found a new way to develop star 3B, just have them be a 1B their whole career first)
    Well the Braves do have 2 of the top 5 3B of all time. Going to be 3 when Maitan's career is over.

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    Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
    We can't develop young catchers, but we can really get the best out of 30-year-old (and older) catchers
    What kind of nonsense is this? We have had some of the best catchers in baseball come through the system.
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    We develop young catchers. Just once like every decade. Lol. Javy came around in the mid 90's. McCann around in the mid 2000's

    I wouldn't really put Estrada on that list...One, because he wasn't really "ours" as most of his developing was in the Phillies organization. Two, b/c he only had like 3 or 4 good seasons and has been outta the league for a decade.

    Gattis, he can hit that long ball. But has never been an elite all star type like Javy and McCann.

    We need to get someone cooking though. Flowers and Suzuki ain't gonna last that long.

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    Lopez, McCann, Salty, Flowers, Perez to a lesser degree Gattis, Bethancourt, Pena
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tino25Dynasty View Post
    We develop young catchers. Just once like every decade. Lol. Javy came around in the mid 90's. McCann around in the mid 2000's

    I wouldn't really put Estrada on that list...One, because he wasn't really "ours" as most of his developing was in the Phillies organization. Two, b/c he only had like 3 or 4 good seasons and has been outta the league for a decade.

    Gattis, he can hit that long ball. But has never been an elite all star type like Javy and McCann.

    We need to get someone cooking though. Flowers and Suzuki ain't gonna last that long.
    Going way back, the Braves also drafted a bunch of catchers pretty high and had trouble getting them into the bigs. Catching is such a tough position and it's really hard to gauge which prospects are going to be able to handle the position both offensively and defensively at the major league level. I don't know if the Braves do better or worse in the long run on that score than other organizations. No question both Lopez and McCann were great for us (although Maddux didn't think much of Javy's work behind the plate).

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