CrimsonCowboy
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I just remember watching the Royals in the A.L. Wild Card Game running wild against the A's. I remember thinking to myself that the Braves need to get some speed. Seems like they went a long way in doing so.
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You can only spend a dollar once. Nick's wasted money could have been spent on getting BJ out of town. That is worth more then two extra years of Nick Markakis in a rebuilding year. And the system has failed. What more is there to trust?
DirkPiggler
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If we're selling off players for the future might as well go full on fire sale mode and trade Gattis as well. There is no difference between winning 60 and winning 70 in my mind. Either way you aren't relevant.
To paraphrase noted philosopher Ricky Bobby, if you ain't first or the wild card, you're last.
To paraphrase noted philosopher Ricky Bobby, if you ain't first or the wild card, you're last.
The system failed because Wren chased away all of the quality evaulators. Even a guy like Law who is consistently pessimistic about the Braves have applauded their organizational moves the last couple of months.
A game they should have lost. With all that speed they were still below average offensively last year.
Well, Gattis you can keep for another year since he has many controlled years left. If he happens to have another stellar year he will get quite the haul from some AL team at the deadline.
Wren also took a team that JS gutted before he left and turned into one of the youngest and best teams in MLB before Hart came in and tore it down.
To what extent must one go to extend a player? See the difference????
sturg33
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Dep, its a running joke on this board to use "extent".
Metaphysicist
Not Actually Brian Hunter
I just can't extent my brain around that one.
It's not. He also made a lot of excellent trades for the team as well. The Braves were in a not so good spot when JS stepped down.
I was told all last year that the contract he signed would make it easy to trade him.
I don't disagree but the organizational depth in terms of scouts was fading and it wasn't a recipe for future success.
Neither is gutting your team and hoping for the future. It's going to be well after 2017 before the Braves can compete.
Getting a first round draft pick is possibly better than this package.
Trading two players with 1 year left on your deal doesn't equate to gutting your team especially when you have strong indications that they weren't going to resign (Heyward). What I find facinating is that when Beane makes moves like this he is lauded for his brilliance. It just seems a large portion of the fanbase dislikes Hart and JS. Thats fine and all I just don't think people are being consistent.
We will not be relevant this year. Its half assing a rebuilding year.
Thats outrageous and I strongly disagree.