Guess the penalty

I have a bad feeling about this. If we lose all of those prospects I hope Manfred and anyone who snitched die and burn in hell.
 
clvclv said:
To be fair, sometimes those negative statements aren't so much sour grapes as an admission that the player might've been a bit over-hyped by those within the organization and fans with their Braves-colored glasses on at an earlier date.

Not always the case, but that's certainly part of it.
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Too early in his development to make that determination. Coupled with the timing of statements from unnamed sources, draw you own conclusions.
 
I still wouldn't be the least bit surprised if when the official announcement comes, we lose our first pick. If MLB is going as far as declaring prospects FAs based on violations that have never before warranted a prospect being declared a FA, then MLB will take the must easier step of taking away our first pick.

We're getting the baseball equivalent of the death penalty.
 
Declare all Braves’ minor leaguers FAs, all home games played in Gwinnett, and snit receive a 10-year guaranteed contract
 
Knucksie said:
Too early in his development to make that determination. Coupled with the timing of statements from unnamed sources, draw you own conclusions.
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That's never stopped people from jumping off the ex-Braves' bandwagons en masse before - this isn't just a Maitan thing.

As for "drawing my own conclusions", I think we've seen way too much of that recently - and I even warned about doing so when everyone was speculating about what the potential losses might be. What I will go out on a limb and say is that the transgressions were obviously major and widespread. Are they making an example out of the Braves for this mess? Sure. But the people in charge were pretty obviously bending and/or breaking just about every rule in the book - MLB's not levelling these penalties if they don't have the evidence it was that bad (whether we've seen it or not just yet).
 
clvclv said:
That's never stopped people from jumping off the ex-Braves' bandwagons en masse before - this isn't just a Maitan thing.
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That was kind of my point with the sour grapes comment and the other replies about former players, coaches and GM's. It just seems to happen frequently, and it's been going on for years.

This was just the new regime's way of tipping off yesterday that they knew Maitan would be lost. Then, "Oh, we didn't think he was worth the money or the hype."
 
Knucksie said:
That was kind of my point with the sour grapes comment and the other replies about former players, coaches and GM's. It just seems to happen frequently, and it's been going on for years.

This was just the new regime's way of tipping off yesterday that they knew Maitan would be lost. Then, "Oh, we didn't think he was worth the money or the hype."
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It also probably tips that they aren't going to protest or appeal the penalties, either, or else they'd be saying, "Losing Maitan is a huge blow," which would help make the case that the penalties are excessive.
 
Braves have just lost every international prospect of any real value. Blakely made sure the Braves burned after Hart tried to **** on him to save his own ass.

I think it’s safe to assume the Braves are in no position to deal any prospects to improve the MLB team any time soon.
 
jpx7 said:
It also probably tips that they aren't going to protest or appeal the penalties, either, or else they'd be saying, "Losing Maitan is a huge blow," which would help make the case that the penalties are excessive.
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It sure appears that way.
 
Enscheff said:
Braves have just lost every international prospect of any real value. Blakely made sure the Braves burned after Hart tried to **** on him to save his own ass.

I think it’s safe to assume the Braves are in no position to deal any prospects to improve the MLB team any time soon.
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It really is fairly catastrophic. Anthopolous is going to have to draft really well, think outside-the-box (but inside-the-rules), and consider trading established players to bring young talent into the system over the next several years.
 
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