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A couple other potential reasons he could've been moved: similar to catchers with advanced bats, he was moved off the position because the instructors thought his bat was far more advanced than his D at the time and wanted to fast track him; or possibly, they projected him to get even...

You may think that, but an MLB FO, the player himself, and one of the greatest infield defensive coaches of our era disagree.

That's the thing, though. Everyone on here is saying it's some foregone conclusion that Freddie can't play 3B when, in truth, it was an entirely different FO that originally moved him off the position in the first place, and after that we didn't have anyone beyond Joey Terdoslavich to replace...

For me, it's not even spinning it. I don't see any major increase in chance of injury at 3B compared to what he'd normally get at 1B. It's very unlikely we're a playoff team as it stands, and hopefully this would be the last year of that status for the club, so it's about the last chance Freddie...

I'll make my prediction that, for the season as a whole, he runs about ~19% HR/FB, somewhere in the 125-130 wRC+ range, with something like an .850-.860 OPS. I say this because when I look at his batted ball profile while with Atlanta, the best comparison over an extended period of time that I...

Why do people choose to be assholes

Eh. Looked like he was pulling up to avoid Ender. Still should make that catch at the big league level, but in general his defense is solid

Must be on their way to the GCL.

Kind of, but really it's hard to say. We still had Chipper at the time, and if the FO at the time thought they could fast track his bat to the majors with the position swap then I'd understand it. Similar to a lot of MiLB catchers with advanced bats getting moved off the position to advance them...

Sliding headfirst

I think the move I would want to see would be Garcia + Adams for Garrett Stubbs, Colin Moran, and hopefully a low A-ish flyer like maybe Jorge Alcala. Gives us a potentially good C target on a down year, a guy with HEAVY prospect fatigue that's played well at AAA but is completely blocked and is...

I think Garrett Stubbs would be an interesting target from the Astros. #11 in their prospect list according to MLB.com with 50 FV, he's having a down year after making the jump to AA at age 24, but he's getting hurt by a BABIP of .265 and a depressed HR/FB of 6.3%, below his career average...

Give me another Acuna please

I'm absolutely under no illusion that we'll even be close in the bidding, but damn I want to see Manny Machado in a Braves uniform.

I'll take one Miguel Sano please.

6 of the 16 guys taken so far today by the Braves have been catchers. Bridges wants that next Jonathan Morales really badly it seems.

Luke Heimlich, Oregon State. Nah, still undrafted.

It may not be Beck, but I'm thinking our 11th rounder is gonna be the next really interesting guy. We look to be going heavy underslot from now through round 10, we should have a good chunk of change relative to other teams at the top of the order to spend in the 11th/12th.

Just looking at slot values, a setup where he's still at least slightly possible could be signing Wright for $5.4 mil (300k underslot) and Waters for $2 mil (300k overslot). Sign Tarnok for 500k (200k underslot) and Bacon for 300k (200k) underslot. Draft Beck in the 5th (365k slot). Punt the...

We could probably find ~$1.5 million I'd guess if we punt every other round and sign Tarnok/Bacon super underslot, for about $200k each. Doubtful though.