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How I feel like responding to almost all of Matt’s and msstate’s posts these days.

Tank is on.

As bad as the bulk of catchers tend to be offensively, I don’t think ABS suddenly will mean “slightly above avg hitting catchers are going to become run of the mill.” Plus, I think smart teams will quickly find a new kind of post-ABS framing skillset that will become important/sought-after...

I’m going to go out on a pretty sturdy limb and say I don’t think you have a great grasp of catcher value in MLB.

I don’t think that’s inconsistent with what most of us have been saying, which is that Murphy won’t be moved unless a team grows desperate enough to bowl the Braves over with an offer that seriously upgrades the 2026 roster outlook.

Ten days until midnight. Hopefully Anthopoulos is working the phones having decided to sell around the margins. Holmes, Ozuna, Iglesias, Johnson, maybe Murphy (if the return is appropriately substantial); but also Mortero, de los Santos, even Suero, if there are lottery tickets to be had...

100%. Holmes’ value lies in Ks and controllability. That’s useful to the Braves—but mitigated by the presence of a bunch of developing arms in the upper minors, and more elite options that should be returning in 2026. Plus there’s Cease out there as a hopefully-legitimate FA option...

Agreed. I don’t want any false hope confusing the priorities. I want a Golden State Warriors mid-contention-window style one-year reset. Tank for a top pick, get an extra pick from a Baldwin ROY, have a massive draft pool, and trade smartly at the deadline to better set up 2026. That’s what...

Holmes had to get to six innings because it says “SP” next to his name.

This.

I guess … ? Final year of arb eligibility is next year, so there’s some 2026 value in play, I suppose.

Signed last year out of DR as a 17-year-old for $155k. Seems to have pretty good plate-discipline for his age, despite the 35-grade name. Could be a diamond-in-the-rough find if he’s taken a big step with contact.

Seems like that’s a rash characterization of Lodise.

First senior-sign. They may finish out with two more.

De Vries might be the exception—Top 40 overall guy, hitting pretty well at A+ at only 18, switch hitter, decent power, great BB rate, only Ks 20%, though his BAs leave a little to be desired thus far.

From MLB.com: Elite slider but needs to switch FBs. Seems like a typical Braves project with perceived high reliever-risk.

That’s why I’m more interested in gauging the overall strategy. But I do think the FSU SS was a bit of a coup, based on his college production (and his winning the baseball equivalent of the Heisman doesn’t hurt).

I know most of you complain just to have something to do, but this draft thus far has really answered a lot of my general concerns with strategy. A high-upside prep SS, prep OF, and prep LHP, plus two college SS, a 2B, and LHP, all with traits that can bring them to the big-leagues.

Hot dog-water take here.

Murphy trying to get traded to St Louis confirmed.