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You make me wonder if the diminutive Caucasian man in the Native American costume with warpaint will stroll around Suntrust like he did the Ted?

Is there any indication that he can or would be willing to play third base?

Southside is laughing. They want a king's ransome.

Interesting that he usually follows through with both hands, but occasionally doesn't, even with what seems to be similar contact. Lots of movement, but lots of batspeed, at least to my untrained eye.

Thanks for the write up. Hope the Braves hold onto him. Sometimes (rarely), a hitter figures it out later than seems possible.

I suspect Pagan would have a major league offer from the Braves if they weren't set on the eight man bullpen. They think the whole bench has to be able to play multiple positions, aside from carrying a second catcher.

Encheff, I agree with your first paragraph. It makes logical sense. I wish you'd not follow good information like that provided in the first paragraph with comments that downgrade others. This is not intended as an attack on you, but as a plea. You have an analytical mind that often allows...

"Not hurting their teams" sounds kinda depressing, until you realize that "not hurting their teams" would have been a significant upgrade in some recent times.

Even so, it's a little depressing to make a cursory look at the box and see the numbers. I did quickly look for the BB column, though. Not as depressing for either Newk or Wisler.

To be fair, .715 is barely serviceable, and you'd certainly like to have better. It's better than "replacement level", but "adequate" doesn't win championships. That said, I do like Jace. I just hope Albies will be a lot better. For this year, at least at the beginning, I hope Phillips will...

That clip was absolute awesomeness. The funny thing is, Maddux acted like himself the whole time, personality-wise, except for a little of the unsolicited advice. Makeup guys did a good job. "This guy's throwing curveballs"...LOL.

Not to mention that he's about replacement level or lower as a hitter as a leftie.

I hate to agree, but much of this sounds reasonable. Hopefully, it will work our way, and people can trumpet this as a "no risk, no reward" success. I don't discount the possibility that the Braves evaluators saw something in him, as far as potential, but the injury risk is a bit scary. On...

Does that work for projected WAR, too? (Just kidding. Some of the discussions on here seem to indicate that you can. If that were the case, you'd never have the 91 Braves, but you wouldn't have the 2014 Braves, either.)

Really interesting. Very few seem to be viewing it like that from the Braves perspective. Most seem to be saying "another lottery ticket, small chance of cashing", but these (unnamed) scouts seem to be saying something very different. Perhaps the first unnamed scout is given to hype and the...

You think Jennings is an upgrade over Mallex, or just that Mallex will develop better in AAA as opposed to being the fourth outfielder?

The 54 Indians lost the World Series in a sweep. "The Catch" by Willie Mays in the Polo Grounds was a famous part of that. Dusty Rhodes, who wasn't a star was the big bat.

At least he keeps getting claimed. Even if he doesn't pitch in the bigs again, if he can be AAA depth for someone, he can make some bucks. With his personality, he might be offered a job in somebody's organization, too. Of course, he still might find something and have some sort of big league...

All of the above is encouraging about Newcomb. I am petty excited about Fried, too.