Swanson getting the call...
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Braves1976
It's OVER 5,000!
Exactly. That is what I was calling moronic.
He will declare WAR on the National League.
dak
Well-known member
Yeah, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw this announcement. The mysterious days off in recent weeks are now making sense. We executed to the baseline plan. Readiness of the player was not the primary factor.
NinersSBChamps
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br> 2015 (Co-Winner)</BR>20
People spazzing out over the greatest prospect of all time being called up to the majors?!! He is amazing and is a can't miss player. At least that's what I have been told.
But they go to the FanGraphs site every day.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
Are there any GMs or de facto GMs like Friedman you consider non-baseball men? Preller maybe?
And if so what makes JC a baseball man and them non-baseball men?
cajunrevenge
Well-known member
What's your definition of ready? Stats are only a portion of the overall.
msstate7
Well-known member
Maybe not the greatest of all time, but certainly top 5 and a HOF lock. If Crawford or Russell want to start at the ASG, they better go to the AL. With Swanson, we're a lock for a 100 wins next season. Chipper will be wanting swanson's autograph soon
Hmm, I wonder if you were making the same type comments back in 2011-2014 when people like myself were being annoyed by the FO's drafts and moves. The wannabe GMs were definitely right back then, using the same logic we are right now. Just because a person runs a baseball team doesn't mean they aren't capable of royally screwing up, and acting like they have some sort of immunity from critique because of their job is straight out idiotic and lazy logic.
I would never make any claims to scouting better than our scouts, but I don't need to when simple common sense applies.
Horsehide Harry
<B>Mr. Free Trade</B>
He wasn't going to have to be on the 40 man. Now he will.
His clock shouldn't have started until sometime mid next season, regardless of how well he's playing (which can be unpopular with the player and their agent except for the fact that the Braves are covered in that he hasn't played that well to earn a call up). This move will likely end up costing the Braves several million dollars and a year of control and that's IF he doesn't flame out from being rushed.
And all for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON. Even if you buy in that 2017 will be a competitive year (what flavor cool aide do you prefer?), calling Swanson up now serves NO PURPOSE.
It's a foolish, foolish move from an asset management POV and a team building POV.
His clock shouldn't have started until sometime mid next season, regardless of how well he's playing (which can be unpopular with the player and their agent except for the fact that the Braves are covered in that he hasn't played that well to earn a call up). This move will likely end up costing the Braves several million dollars and a year of control and that's IF he doesn't flame out from being rushed.
And all for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON. Even if you buy in that 2017 will be a competitive year (what flavor cool aide do you prefer?), calling Swanson up now serves NO PURPOSE.
It's a foolish, foolish move from an asset management POV and a team building POV.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
That would be totally unrealistic. But we were expecting a mere two players to make their MLB debuts in May 2017, which is obviously a lot more realistic.
Performing well at the level he is playing at, showing consistent improvement. Rather than consistently going in the opposite direction like Dansby has the past couple months. I think he'll be fine defensively, and I don't think he has the mentality that he's going to be hurt by struggling badly, but you never know with that. Lets get real here though, nobody supporting this move has any reasons to support why he should be up now, they just are blindly supporting the move because the FO is doing it.
msstate7
Well-known member
That's certainly why I'm supporting it. I've only seen a few MBraves' games, so it would be hard to say I know more than our FO when all I know is found in a boxscore
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
I dunno. I think the FO must think he's ready, and think--with reason--that he's equipped to handle success or failure. Still, though...
A 65 WRC+ isn't a high bar, but this is a kid who isn't exactly lighting up AA.
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
Yeah, this.
CrimsonCowboy
Moderator
Welcome to the show, Dansby! Go get 'em kid!
50PoundHead
Hessmania Forever
Yes, and like a few of us are saying, that's the real downside to the move. I'm not all that bent out of shape on the "ready/not ready" question. My guess is he'll do fine. The bigger issue, at least to me, is that he takes up a 40-man roster spot that could go to someone else. We have so many impending free agents that we won't be bringing back, so there may be plenty of room, but if they have to pass on a reasonable FA because they don't have a spot on the 40-man roster to absorb the signing, this will have turned out to be a goofy move.