Braves1976 (03-28-2018), GovClintonTyree (03-29-2018), jpx7 (03-28-2018)
And when I made my comments about Wren leaving our farm system in shambles, I did forget about Albies and Acuna.. But, our system was still a wasteland.
And even with our current stocked farm system, those players could turn into nothings. But, we have the rankings in our favor for when we do some trades in the future.
Braves1976 (03-28-2018)
That's too simplistic. There are legacy systems that run without any involvement of those in charge. But as opposed to naming a new assistant gm or a farm director that is part of the new gms tree.
It's very likely that Albies and Acuna are signed even if wren was never gm since those Latin American departments wrnever changed.
imagine where the rebuild would be if we only had just albies and acuna.
jpx7 (03-28-2018)
Braves1976 (03-28-2018)
I think, more realistically, wren's international scouting dept. just happened to hit the $5,000 square on two $2 lottery tickets. his admin gets credit for it, but i'd still consider it more of a luck thing than wren's team and him (especially) having a great eye for talent.
i'd more inclined to criticize coppy for the international thing than give big kudos to wren for albies and acuna. i prefer the strategy of giving a little bit of $ to as many guys as possible due to how young these kids are and how impossible it is to see how their bodies/attitudes will develop.
Evad (03-28-2018)
I can understand sympathy for Wren’s situation but I can’t really understand support for the results.
At the end of the day he had a maxed out team that missed the playoffs, without adequate pitching, without any prospects other than peraza within five years of the majors, and huge commitments to objectively bad players.
You can argue that he got there through rational decisions made to accomplish his marching orders but the end result was the same.
To point that out doesn’t require celebrating Coppy, who ultimately ended up simply being a liquidator.