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Tapate50

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EY Jr to a minors deal

Braves signed OF Eric Young Jr. to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
It's a good landing spot for Young, as he'll have a real chance to see ample playing time in left field as a potential platoon mate with Jonny Gomes. Young can certainly provide fantasy value with his wheels if he sees enough starts, as he's stolen 76 bases over the last two seasons. The problem, of course, is that he offers essentially nothing else.
Source: Mark Bowman on Twitter
 
I used up my allotment of "off on the wrong foot/stepping on toes" jokes the last time his name came up.
 
MadduxFanII said:
I had basically decided against re-upping with MLBTV this season, but the prospect of watching an Eric Young/Jonny Gomes platoon every day is enough to sway the heart of even the most stalwart man.
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This team was in dire need of another marginal outfielder.
 
EY Jr is very good at stealing bases, but he isn't good at hitting and getting on base. He has been 4th outfielder quality at best in recent years. He is a good defender in left field so he's at least good defensively. Personally, I am hoping Cedric Hunter or someone else with more potential than EY Jr. gets the final outfield spot.

That said, I am fine with giving him a minor league deal and Spring Training invite.
 
MadduxFanII said:
I had basically decided against re-upping with MLBTV this season, but the prospect of watching an Eric Young/Jonny Gomes platoon every day is enough to sway the heart of even the most stalwart man.
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Where's that "dripping with sarcasm" emoticon when you really need it? :icon_biggrin:
 
Braves main outfield options update:

Locks barring injury:

Markakis
BJ
Gomes

Favorites due to contract status, etc:

Almonte - Major league deal

Other OF's with a shot:

Hunter
Joey T
EY Jr.
Perez
Cunningham

Long shots:

Toscano
Constanza
 
Well we need to roster him no matter what. Really sick of him owning us while he wears a Mets uniform.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
Well we need to roster him no matter what. Really sick of him owning us while he wears a Mets uniform.
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He hasn't really owned us, he hit only .216 with .577 OPS against us last season. The main damage he did was due to us walking him 7 times. He stole 8 bases against us last year but it was more due to us walking him more than him hitting his way on base.

That said, EY Jr's 8 steals against us was the most he had against any team (3 more than he had vs Miami).
 
I was going to go with an "Oh, snap!" one, but decided on this instead.

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Braves1976 said:
He hasn't really owned us, he hit only .216 with .577 OPS against us last season. The main damage he did was due to us walking him 7 times. He stole 8 bases against us last year but it was more due to us walking him more than him hitting his way on base.

That said, EY Jr's 8 steals against us was the most he had against any team (3 more than he had vs Miami).
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That's pretty impressive that you knew all that off the top of your head. :YDS:
 
@jcrasnick
Eric Young Jr. gets a $1M base salary with $750K in easily attainable incentives if he makes #braves big-league roster.

@jcrasnick
The #Braves plan to use Young in LF, CF and at 2B. He could be a nice fit for a team that's short on outfielders
 
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