If the Braves wanted to contend in 2017, they could have held on to Alex Wood, Kimbrell, Simmons, Shelby Miller, and the likes of Mallex Smith any of whom were better bets to be major league players in 2017 than any prospect they could acquire.
I'm not even saying the rebuild will be successful. It may or may not be. I'm just saying it is blatantly obvious that the Braves were not willing to risk any aspect of the organization's health beyond 2019 on winning in 2017.
If they had been, their master strokes would not have been Bartolo Colon, RA Dickey, and Jaime Garcia on one year commitments. They would have cashed in prospects on major league wins. They didn't do that and apparently weren't particularly close to doing that.
All these guys that they "rushed" to the majors were in no way likely to be the backbone of a playoff team in 2017. They were interesting call ups. They are young players that might be part of a run at some point. But things to bank on in 2017? Don't be ridiculous.
Unlike you, I saw this going into to last offseason, I saw after the acquisitions, and I see it now. You have chosen to change your story as it suited your trolling efforts. Which is totally fine. I support your trolling efforts. It's pretty good stuff. You have to admire the determination of someone that manages to put himself at the center of the board every day. That takes a hell of a lot of effort. This board revolves around you, no question at all.
I thought the idea with the new stadium was to make more money off the surrounding area so even if they sold the same amount of tickets they would make a good bit more money. Once we start winning I think they could support a payroll over 150 million.
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