Apparently AA kicked the tires and asked the Giants about Buster Posey before the July 31 deadline.
Apparently AA kicked the tires and asked the Giants about Buster Posey before the July 31 deadline.
Meanwhile, in Tampa Bay, Mallex Smith has produced 3.1 WAR with an .810 OPS.
He will most likely be a 3.5 win player with an OBP well north of .350 and 30+ SBs by the end of the season.
Mallex had nowhere to play for us.
jpx7 (08-26-2018)
I’m not concerned about group think.
When the trade was made, my criticism was trading a guy who profiled as a 2 win CFer with the potential for a bit more before the Braves knew if they’d get that little bit more. I wasn’t ceazy about trading him before they needed to for an arm that was even more risky than pitchers usually are.
I'm not sure how many here have lost a parent at a young age, but I assure you it's derailing. Gohara has had a bad year but he's still working and hasn't gotten into any off field trouble. That shows quite a bit of character. I expect a resurgence next year.
Go get him!
Founding member of the Whiny Little Bitches and Pricks Club
Common sense tells you the Braves were not keeping both Mallex and Ender.
If they picked wrong they picked wrong, but when I suggested Ender wasn’t that great a month ago people didn’t take it well.
It may be that I'm turning in to a big ole softie the older I get, but I wrote off Gohara's season as sooon as I heard the news.
It'll take some time off and someone he trusts getting in his head and teaching him hwo to use the pain, until he's anything more than going through the motions.
Jaw (08-27-2018)