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Not that age is the real measuring stick, but he is 21 so he could overcome Allard and become in the list of Gohara, Fried, Sims that are considered next year followed by Soroka, Allard in 2019.

He is playing like he is mad he got left in A+ when Fried, Soroka, & Allard all got to go straight to AA.

Every year we need someone who will make that meteoric rise up the minors...This year was Acuna (you could argue Soroka, & Gohara as well) but really Acuna. I predict next year will be Drew Lugbauer...Dude is on fire right now. Hitting for average, OBP, & power. Don't know what his defense is...

I could get behind a rotation for the remainder of the year as Folty, Teheran, Newcomb, Sims, Fried That is three rookies that are suppose to be part of the long term plan. If they show well, we have all kinds of options. If they implode, we can still send them down for more seasoning next...

Simple explanation for all of this....The Braves are managing the MLB team NOT the long term progression of the talent. Secondarily, this tell me that they were concerned with severally potential limitations that if they occurred would have caused them to send him down and almost immediately...

I 100% agree. Like many have said, don't negatively impact your short term rebuild (1-4 years), but outside of that, I say make the move to get into contention with guys that have 2-3 years on their deal. At first I was down on this because he would not be long term, but if the rotation 2018...

How can SRod be a better option than Adams?

He reminds me so much of Smoltz back in the beginning. Smotlz had great stuff, but he was emotional and couldn't always control it. Once he figured it out, he had great year after great year. You will never see Folty with a 1.40 ERA like a Kershaw or anything, but you can win any game he...

I really think Folty needs more love...He is shaping into a true TOR. In 18 starts he has a 3.77 ERA but if you take out the 2 crap starts he has (I know you can't take them out but that is why he is not there yet) he has 16 Starts & 2.67 ERA. If we had a SP that was sitting at 8-4 2.67ERA in...

I think he and Wilson could go to AA but he has had different health issues (dead arm) so they want him to gain strength without setbacks. I don't think it will matter which league he is in but likely on a pitch count in any of them.

mlbtr says we give 2 players

It doesn't happen in a vacumn though. 2 Years ago they traded Shelby Miller at the peak of his value because of 2 things...1) he had two very good seasons back to back and 2) JT sucked that year. Last year they could not sell JT at his peak for two similar reasons...1) he had only had 1 good...

I agree that vets may fill out the rotations. I also think we will sign another vet for the MLB rotation this offseason if we can't get a SP in trade, but what is exciting is that if next Sept we have 2-3 guys who should be ready for a rotation spot. Then we have the luxury of trading MLB...

Just paused to think about the minor pitching rotations next year and it is going to be supremely exciting and likely the talk of baseball. AAA - Allard, Soroka, Gohara, (w/ maybe Sims, Fried, other filler) AA - Wright, Wilson, Wentz, Touki A+ - Anderson, Sanchez, Rangel, Davidson A -...

I agree...I was being sarcastic since you can judge a trade at the time (Braves obvious overpay) or later (may be different results). People here want to trade Albies (Swanson), Allard/Soroka (Blair), and other (Inciarte) for Fulmer (~3.00 ERA pitcher in his 2nd year). Seems like we could be...

Funny "fact"... Dansby is a failure but suckered us into thinking he was the franchise...so the joke is on us AND Blair is not even a good AAA pitcher. So did Dave Stewart make a bad trade. A sub-.300 ERA SP coming off a second quality year for a small streaky platoon CF and a couple spare...

That is because we as fans think they will do something stupid....not that they would actually do something stupid. I a click grabbing blog writer says Atlanta is shopping Acuna, then we fans hope the team doesn't do something stupid. The fact that the team NEVER considered trading Acuna is...

The trend that I am noticing is that the price of RP has come back to normal (last year was insane) and the price of rental position players is very low. SP prices seem to be on the rise now. That is why all these deals seem like wins for the buyers except for Quintana. It really, really...

Funny how on one hand we say we should have torn it down to the ground and other the other hand we question every trade of a quality starter that was made...not bad, just curious.

Although not impossible, it is as close to impossible as it can be. To make up 8 games on Colorado while also overtaking Chicago is highly improbable. Maybe if it was just Colorado...but highly unlikely then as well. Once we have shown to have put up a fight (probably around trade deadline)...