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But money is money and you can only spend a dollar once. There's all this barking about resetting the luxury tax and the like (which is not directly related to the Kelenic adventure), but the bottom line is unless you don't have payroll concerns ala the Dodgers, Yankees, Mets, etc., you have to...

Miniscule sample size in the post-season, but when Javy Baez is dialed in he can still play.

You are on to me. Here's my high school graduation picture. I was already well on my way to robbing the life force of those around me.

Wilbo! I forgot all about him. I remember there was a Mets' fan that also passed away. He was a lot of fun. He was already helping Wilmer Flores and Jeurys Familia with their Hall of Fame induction speeches. Firm in his love for the Mets but not as abrasive as the standard Met fan.

Anthopoulos pretty much scrubbed the player development and minor league managing and coaching staffs when he came on board. It didn't happen overnight, but he brought in guys that weren't steeped in what the Braves had been doing previously. I still think Gibbons is in the mix having worked...

If it worked so well, you'd see a lot more teams going in the direction of the college ranks for managers. I know that teams swoop into the college ranks for coaches and instructors. Wes Johnson who was the Twins' pitching coach from 2019 until 2022 comes to mind and he came to the Twins from...

Given where the team is at in the window, I have to believe they will try to get someone with both experience managing a contender and an open-mindedness toward employing more strategies than simply having legible handwriting for filling out the line-up card. I just don't get the Ross love...

Same here. The jockocracy doesn't enjoy valid criticism. Whether Shanks' criticism is backed up by solid sources is a legitimate question, but beat writers have become supplicants to the company line and it really sucks. I was actually surprised when Bowman took some harsh swings at the...

Jimy Williams is in the great beyond but he was only 81 went he exited the mortal coil. Could have been a candidate?

Reds clearly aren't that good as the 162-game performance illustrates, but they've got some lightning in the line-up that can strike. They had their chance when Sheehan was scuffling and a couple of swings could have tied things up. The things I found questionable in the Reds' strategy last...

Did the Dodger bullpen's performance in the 8th answer your question?

Well, at least we got some minor ABs and IPs out of David Fletcher after we flipped Evan White (part of the Kelenic deal) to the Angels. Let me never harp again about one of the most ridiculous moves I have witnessed as a Braves' fan and being a Braves' fan since the late-1950s, I have seen a few.

Mason Miller looks like Goose Gossage minus the stache.

No way he could put up a stop sign if he were on base. Genius!

I tend to agree. This was a painful year and while next year shouldn't be as painful, I think Snitker was out of gas. So many injuries and maybe it's just me, but the team just seemed so flat even when healthy. I may be alone in this theory, but Freeman and Swanson (and maybe d'Arnaud) could...

He's tight with Anthopoulos from their time in Toronto. The Braves hired him to either do some work with minor leaguers or advance scouting before he landed with the Mets as their bench coach.. I wasn't kidding when I posted it. It would be a totally different clubhouse.

Same here. People tend to forget all the money Hampton absorbed. Two decent seasons followed by four injury-riddled years (two in which he never pitched at all). It was the era when the Braves were trying to extend the 1990s and starting pitching had always been front-and-center in the team...

Don't count out John Gibbons.

Add to that the fact that Jesse Chavez spent more than one day collecting a major league baseball players' paycheck in 2025. I know Anthopoulos walks on water for some, but he's got his foibles like everyone else.

Elvis Andrus never did turn into Alex Rodriguez. From a couple of DMs we exchanged, Bill had some connections with the player development group and he seemed to get a lot of insider info from Roy Clark.