Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
It's beyond all doubt that the Braves need to add at the deadline. They are contenders now. Not next year...now.

Any professional sports GM can tear down a MLB roster to acquire young talent, or trade away a farm for win now pieces. It takes true talent to determine how much of the future to give away, and which parts to give away, to improve the club now without closing the window of contention early like the Cubs appear to be doing.

I think we have identified the areas of clear need that can be filled fairly cheaply (help in the BP vs LHers, and a 3B bat that hits RHers well) that can improve the team by 1-2 wins RoS without giving up too much future value. Those moves certainly won't turn the Braves into the Astros/Yankees/BoSox/Cubs, but that improvement will come as the young players mature naturally.

Hopefully AA has done the same exercise and drawn the same type of conclusions.
I think AA's comments regarding Camargo's exit velocity and power when hitting right handed are pretty good evidence that he'd like to find a left handed bat at third base for a platoon if it isn't too expensive.