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Horsehide Harry (06-19-2019)
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
jpx7 (06-19-2019)
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
I think the Braves should operate under the assumption that multiple injuries could happen to their rotation in any given year.
I think it's reasonable to assume that a team will probably have to turn over at least member of their rotation on a nearly yearly basis.
If a club wants to devote other resources to addressing that need, that's cool. It's probably not realistic to expect a team to be able to keep up with the demand solely though the draft or international signings.
one per year...or 6 in 6 years...again I would allocate draft resources in a way that is tilted away from pitchers in the early rounds...it might leave us short in which case we can backfill by acquiring pitching that is already at the major league level
keep in mind the way I sketched things earlier, 1 member of the starting rotation comes from the international market and the fifth starter comes from outside the system
Last edited by nsacpi; 06-19-2019 at 02:47 PM.
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I said top prospects, not terrible draft picks and questionable signings.
By the time guys were considered good enough to appear on Top 100 lists, which is what we talk about with busts and hits as the context for everything we've been discussing, the Braves haven't had many position player flops.
jpx7 (06-19-2019)
He didn't. So its only Betancourt and Maitan. Schaffer was pre-rebuild. Not only have we had few flops, for the most part our top position prospects have increased in value as they have ascended through the minor league system. Swanson had some hiccups and Riley a couple times needed an adjustment period after a promotion. But guys like Albies, Acuna, Waters and Pache have rocketed through the system.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
jpx7 (06-19-2019)
I think sometimes our fanbase can overrate our positional prospects like Waters, Pache, and Contreras simply because we've had an extraordinary hit rate in the past few years. I like those guys too, but if all three of them hit, then we will have beaten some pretty insane odds from 2016 to 2020/21
Are we 100% ready to call Braxton Davidson a complete bust? I know he's a massive long shot, but he seemed to be making some strides before he went down with injury at the AFL and he's still only 23. I think he still has a chance, however remote, of being a late blooming MLB contributor at some point.