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I don't like where he holds his hands, looks like pitchers will be able to jam him easily.

We haven't had a SB treat at the top of the order since Bourn left. If Young can get on base he can cause problems. Just something as simple as what we just saw. Runner on 1st and he hit a ground ball to 2nd and he beat the return throw to 1st. If he steals 2nd he puts himself into scoring...

I hope Young wins the CF job, I like what I'm seeing. It would be nice to have speed at the top of the order.

Only thing he said I really didn't like was this You don't need to worry about scoring runs when you're throwing a quality pitcher out there everyday. You know if you somehow get 1 or 2 across the plate you're gonna win more often then not." I know what he's saying but I don't like how it's...

and I might get banned for posting something positive but here goes. http://m.braves.mlb.com/news/article/109865010/atlanta-braves-open-spring-training-with-something-to-say

Good signing, would it kill people on this board to be happy about something for a change? It won't kill us to go through some rebuilding years. Sometimes rebuilding years can be fun. Nobody is expecting much from this team and it's possible they could overachieve. No that won't mean a playoff...

I think we should sign Langerhans and Davies too, bring Francoeur back while we are at it.

So we only care about the team when they are good?

I always wondered how people would have handled the 1980 teams. I think we are going to find out. This is going to be a very bad team. People have been spoiled and I don't expect this board to handle a rebuilding year or two very well. It'll probably be best to stay away from game threads this...

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What players have we traded that was signed to a long term contract? I can't think of any. The players we are trading are players this organization doesn't feel they can resign. I'm sure they have mapped out which players on the current roster they want to build around, my guess is Freeman...

Wren did some good things and some bad things. I don't think he was a terrible GM but his Free Agent signings did him in. Ultimately the signing of BJ and Uggla cost him his job, those are two gigantic mistakes that teams with our kind of payroll simply can't make.

I don't know and really don't care to be honest with you. I know the Braves would have been in bad shape in a couple of years if they didn't make these trades. Now not only have they rebuilt the farm system, they've also cleared a lot of payroll. By the time 2017 gets here BJ Upton's contract...

I'm excited about the rebuild. Is it going to be painful to watch this team? Yes it is but it was painful to watch last year as well. Even the year before when they won the division it was hard because of how inconsistent the offense was. I guess I'm like thethe, I like to focus on the positive...

I haven't posted much lately so that's probably what he's referring to. I've been pretty busy though, just recently got engaged so there is a lot on my plate right now. Also have intentionally posted less because this board is hard to read at times so it's better for me if I don't engage in it...

Exactly.

A star to me describes elite level production. I think the word is over used honestly. Very good players should not be referred to as stars in my opinion. In any event it doesn't matter, keeping one or both of them wouldn't have made us World Series contenders this year, it probably wouldn't...

Heyward was not a star, actually not even close to being one. He's a great defender that was an average hitter. Upton was a bad defender who hit a lot of homeruns. I wouldn't call him a star either. I'd rather spread out the money instead of giving it to 2 players. Build a team that can win...

They are trying to be good in a couple of years and rebuild the farm system. They were not going to resign Heyward or Upton so they used them to try and be good a couple of years from now. That's obviously the plan, it's not that hard to see what they are doing.