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Agree. It's kind of the baseball law of thermodynamics that if you only have so much to spend given constraints a team that doesn't want to blow out every level of the luxury tax has, you're not going to have an all-star at every position. That said, there's no column on the stat sheet that...

Durbin has done really well since moving to the Yankees' system. He went on their 40-man this fall after tearing up the AFL for the second time. Has been banged up a few times, largely because he plays so hard and he's not very big. Probably fits best as a 2B (Cashman had him in the...

His numbers in the big leagues pre-2021 were a bit better than that. He looked like he was going to be a force when he pitched with the Nationals, but that's a ways back in the rearview mirror right now. Missed 2022 and I'm guessing that was due to a major arm injury. Like Tapate50 wrote...

Reminds me that Charlie Morton was one of the players we sent to Pittsburgh in the McLouth deal. We also sent OF Gorkys Hernandez and LHP Jeff Locke. I seem to remember that it was the inclusion of Locke that drove some folks to the precipice. McLouth joined the stellar OF of Garrett...

I think they'll both get good shots at making the team. Braves were interested in SS Nasim Nunez in the Rule 5 a year ago before he was drafted by someone else. He's all glove and speed. He's faster than Cairo, but if Cairo shows he can hold up as the back-up SS, it will probably come down to...

White Sox are clearly betting on Montgomery's upside. Highly-regarded prospect, but they sometimes burn out as well. Meidroth and Alvarez are comparable but Meidroth has had some injury issues in the past. Braves aren't trading Caminiti or Baldwin and other than Smith-Shawver, I don't know if...

Yes. Minor league guys don't have to be offered back. RHP Abeyta, OF Snider, and C Shockley are all older than 25 so they will probably be vying to fill out the High-A and Double-A rosters. RHP Mejia is only 22 but hasn't pitched above A-Ball. Good K and K/BB numbers.

They weren't listed at mlb.com. My bad: I see they are listed. Didn't see them the first time through.

Christian Cairo is the son of former major league utility IF Miguel Cairo. Hasn't hit much as a professional, but looks like he can hold down SS. Braves did not draft nor lose anyone in the Minor League phase of the Rule 5. Former Brave minor league pitcher Ricky Devito (traded to the Pirates...

Buxton ranks pretty high among Low-IQ ballplayers. He may be a Phi Beta Kappa for all I know, but the guy really hasn't developed his tools into skills. He reminded me of Kenny Lofton in CF in that he could run down a lot of balls without getting a great jump. But he never came to grips with...

Anthopoulos is more of a needlepoint guy.

Are they cutting payroll to put together a big offer for Sasaki? Gray fits the Anthopoulos' pattern to some extent, but like Hudson2 said, the backloading of his contract is really ugly. Wonder how much of the contract the Cardinals would absorb and what they might want in return. Braves have...

Agree and I've always seen that as somewhat of a problem with him. I think there are times when he and the deep stats staff zero in on a guy because of some isolated measurement and get too clever by half. He's generally right on the big furniture part of the job although I think the long-term...

Fried was one of my favorite Braves of recent vintage. Great athlete. I remember one game he was put in as a pinch-runner because the Braves were out of position players. He came barrelling around third and did a head-first slide (that wasn't really necessary) to beat the throw and score the...

Doable, but the scouting department can't make big mistakes if a team goes that route. Prospect failure rate remains fairly high, so a team needs to both draft well (and hang on to their better prospects) and know the quality of the minor league prospects (and younger major league players) they...

Up here in Minnesota, nothing would surprise me what the Twins might do (or not do). They have playoff success in 2023 and the fan base is really excited and then they cut payroll. The Twins are on the market, so ownership may be cutting payroll even more to make selling easier. Not much of...

Now we just have to bring Jaime Garcia out of retirement and sign him. Circle of life baby!

I conjectured about Tucker a couple of months ago. Braves would have to get an extension, but even without an extension, send them Kelenic and a couple of our pitching prospects. P.S. Saw the Padres' Soto deal posted. Braves could do something similar without including Baldwin. Tucker is...

First player in history to go from the diamond directly into the nursing home. I don't know how well he's going to hit in his late-50s.

Cousins will break your collective hearts. He'll rack up some big-time stats, but he just lacks some qualities that top-tier QBs possess.