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Just wading into this; but I was thrilled when Wren left. The farm system had completely fallen off and you can't win sustainably like that when you don't have an enormous payroll. The FA signings, the mediocre drafting, he just wasn't a very good GM. Not terrible, but not very good. Jury is...

and who's fault was that? They didn't recognize quick enough the position they were in and the direction they were headed and because of that they missed a fairly sizeable opportunity in the international market. I think they have done very well overall though.

I'd be stunned if the Braves trade JT; its not going to happen.

I wouldn't call their rebuild 'almost perfect'. Frankly, I think they really misplayed their international market, they basically used up and went into the penalty for one high-profile signing; the Braves also went into the penalty but added seven high-profile signings. Massive difference in...

I wouldn't move RA Dickey. The dude is just fine as a 5th starter, eats innings and has been pretty solid of late. I like having him in that 2018 rotation at least to start the season.

yea, frankly I don't like it either. They are rushing themselves when they really don't have a reason to. Acuna has

Certainly possible that he is. I think highest realistic upside is either Wright, Allard, Gohara...... people will say Touki but I just don't see it very realistic he can reach his ceiling. I'm started to consider him a future bullpen arm; and he could be lights out in that role.

System is so loaded. Its #1 by leaps and bounds and Coppy deserves quite a bit of credit for that. Even after that first group, there's another wave behind them.

Soroka should be ahead of both Anderson/Gohara. I know Klaw has never been his biggest fan, but his stuff is better than people give him credit for, and he's got it between the ears. What he's doing at AA is really really amazing.

I'm there with you on this actually. Don't do anything stupid Coppy.

why? Whats done is done. Every team could probably point to a deal or two and say 'imagine if'.

I think this point gets really overplayed honestly. I don't see any issue with collecting pitching prospects, and then bundling a couple of them for a stud pitcher, I'm not talking specifically right now in our timeline, but big picture - you collect those assets so you can use them. pitching...

A couple thoughts; - I'm very against a trade for Q or Archer this year, I'd rather find innings for Sims/Wisler/Blair to see if we have anything there, there's no rush. Its not certain, but it seems likely that you could trade for a guy like Archer/Q/Gray... or someone else in the off-season...

I hope he reads this board and (at least in this case) listens to us crazy people. All of the intelligent fans are OK with losing a little bit more to set up a bigger future. Don't sabotage that.

Patience. FFS, patience. Don't do anything stupid.

No to Snit. More than anything else I just want the Braves to break ranks with this type of manager Cox -> Freddy -> Snit....... I don't need a guy who is at the cutting edge of analytics, but I want a guy who is more versed with them, I want a guy who is better with the bullpen and lineups --...

No to Snit. More than anything else I just want the Braves to break ranks with this type of manager Cox -> Freddy -> Snit....... I don't need a guy who is at the cutting edge of analytics, but I want a guy who is more versed with them, I want a guy who is better with the bullpen and lineups --...

The great thing with Carmago is he's starting to establish a floor as a good utility player, that by itself has quite a bit of value. Maybe he can be more than that; but if not we should still have a pretty valuable piece on our bench going forward.

Acuna is a stud, only saw his first two ABs, but he looked fine. In his second he fouled off several high 90s fastballs before missing on a good breaking ball, but I thought it was impressive to see him battle, certainly has the bat speed to catch up to good fastballs.

Acuna is a stud, only saw his first two ABs, but he looked fine. In his second he fouled off several high 90s fastballs before missing on a good breaking ball, but I thought it was impressive to see him battle, certainly has the bat speed to catch up to good fastballs.