Bowman’s latest

[msstate7]

I’ll be pissed if we trade gohara. If there is any team that should have a fat pitcher, it is the braves. Right, enscheff?

[jpx7]

I’ll be pissed if we trade gohara. If there is any team that should have a fat pitcher, it is the braves. Right, enscheff?

Don’t sleep on Ohio teams and obesity—especially Cincinnati, being on the border of two of the worst offenders (Kentucky and Ohio).

[Russ2dollas]

Not sure why bowman would say sell high....that doesn’t help the braves

Gohara has 4 red flags
Weight
Alcohol use
Lack of a consistent third pitch
Boras as an agent

If he gets you archer I’m in. But you’d have to give up more. I wouldn’t want to give up much more than gohara for most ppl.

[Braves1976]

Not sure why bowman would say sell high....that doesn’t help the braves

Gohara has 4 red flags
Weight
Alcohol use
Lack of a consistent third pitch
Boras as an agent

If he gets you archer I’m in. But you’d have to give up more. I wouldn’t want to give up much more than gohara for most ppl.

I remember Cincy didn't like his medicals as they called off a trade for him over that. So I'd suspect Gohara will need to stay healthy a bit and pitch well this year before one could talk about selling high on him. And I agree that you'd not get enough right now despite his potential.

[clvclv]

I continue to hope against hope where Folty is concerned, but I'm afraid I just don't see it.

The 7 Ks against 1 BB the other night were great, and I was willing to write his last spring start off to "working on things" or as a "tuneup", but 85-90 pitches and two gopher balls in 5 IP when they turn the lights on is just more of the same old *hit as far as I'm concerned - even with an entirely dominant camp other than the last start. It's great to hear all the talk from him (and others) about him learning, but he's got a LONG way to go to actually show me something and/or make me a believer in the least.

As of today, Newk and Gohara have longer leashes as far as I'm concerned - hopefully he does something to change my mind.

[GovClintonTyree]

I’ll be pissed if we trade gohara. If there is any team that should have a fat pitcher, it is the braves. Right, enscheff?

Yeah, but he's plantain and Polar beer fat, not fried okra and sweet tea fat. Not a true representation of the region.

[goldfly]

sell high on folty or newcomb

or don't sign julio

etc etc etc

i'm trying to find out when you guys actually want to compete instead of just always getting the best ranked prospects

[Southcack77]

sell high on folty or newcomb

or don't sign julio

etc etc etc

i'm trying to find out when you guys actually want to compete instead of just always getting the best ranked prospects

Well, if they are selling high, I would think it would probably be to acquire a proven major leaguer to address a hole.

[jpx7]

sell high on folty or newcomb

or don't sign julio

etc etc etc

i'm trying to find out when you guys actually want to compete instead of just always getting the best ranked prospects

Well, if they are selling high, I would think it would probably be to acquire a proven major leaguer to address a hole.

Exactly. The idea wouldn't be to trade Foltynewicz just to trade him; but to look at him—assuming a breakthrough 2018 (which is hardly guaranteed, obviously)—as a guy that'd have a lot of value to competitive but pitching-poor teams, and also as a guy set to grow much more expensive through arbitration. So for a money-poor team like the Braves, who also happen to have a lot of high-upside pitching in their organization, it would in such a light be sensible to dangle Foltynewicz as the centerpiece of deals to address some other deficit on the major-league roster (3B, LF, C).