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Totally forgot about that angle. Braves would probably have taken Jacob Shumate Part Deux with the pick.

Does O'Brien write anything other than digital fellatio when writing about the Braves?

Quantrill's Baseball Savant page looks terrible. Braves have done a pretty good job with reclamation projects, but I can't see them wasting a 40-man spot with him.

FIFY.

Forgot about him. Agree 100%. Great minor league numbers and it's important to see if that translates even in a lost season.

He was so auspicious, I should have remembered his name. I remember that we had high (or at least semi-high) hopes for guys like Lillibridge, Brayan Pena, and Brandon Jones. Alas, we must have been high. For his deserved place in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Bobby Cox always seemed to need to...

There are 40-man issues with guys who still don't have to go on the 40-man until after 2026 and I don't know the front office's plans vis-a-vis how much space they want to leave open for free agent acquisitions. It's not like they don't have a half-dozen guys they can just give their walking...

I will see your Ledezma and raise you a Brett Lillibridge.

I totally whiffed on Gotay playing for the Braves. I had lost track of when the Braves dipped due to the dreaded (in John Schuerholz' terms) "economics of baseball." If you want to stump your pals, you can grab guys off those teams from the playoff drought from 2006 to 2009 for questions...

They have just missed the boat on a number of the bats they've drafted, Conley for one. They've hit big-time with Harris and Baldwin (to this point) and Alvarez, although he looks a bit like Grissom, is probably going to be a major league player. I don't think they thought guys like Conley and...

Yes. I think team performance can contribute to a post-season award (think 1991 MVP going to Terry Pendleton over Barry Bonds), but I think it has become increasingly less likely. I think Baldwin checks more boxes than his competition. If Waldrep ends the season with an ERA under 1.00 with 10...

They've really invested heavily on position players in the international market, but most of the premium signees haven't shown up. It's still early for a lot of them, but Benitez Tavarez, and to a great extent Glod are played out. Jury is out on Guanipa because he can't stay healthy. Curioius...

Possibly. So much of the team is feast-or-famine when it comes to hitting. I think that's where a lot of fans got misled by 2023 when it was feast all year long and pretty much the entire line-up hit like crazy for the whole season. Albies has been banged up and while he's more disciplined...

Former Brave 3rd-round pick from 2017 Freddie Tarnok takes the hill.

Marlins' pitcher Gusto is malo el gusto este la tarde. Thanks Google translate!

Agree on Harris, but worried that Albies might be fool's gold.

We are lucky Jacob Marsee thinks he's Ronald Acuna.

I don't know why they don't give him a day off. He's surpassed Murphy's consecutive game streak and although he takes pride in taking the field every night, he's been scuffling.

I think if anyone can re-invent himself (although he might not need to do that), it's someone like Strider. He's a cerebral guy and still has enough raw stuff to rely on in a pinch. Looks like a great mix last night. His repertoire is so good he can pitch backwards if he has to.

I would hope not if they are out of the race.