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Man. Excellent trade by AA. First time in a long time I wasn't nervous at the deadline. Truly nice to have an intelligent FO in charge.

Even if they did sell, this wouldn't happen. The amount of groundwork necessary for a Harper trade would be weeks if not months (I'm sure the Os spent a long time scouting several different teams' prospects before pulling the triggers on these deals). Unless they were considering selling a...

$5 he says “acuna ma-tater”

Rough, but here you go (embedded within link). Pretty fun article to read too. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-dream-on-cristian-pache/

Hilarious. Enscheff is right- the team has no money left. Even if Mous were to fall significantly, I doubt this team has the current resources to pull anything off.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/02/braves-nearing-acquisition-of-outfielder.html 1) Confirms Acuna won't open at the MLB level and 2) seems like a depth / short term move - not going to be an impact player from the sound of it

I thought it was solely the fact that Markakis is a fellow Greek like AA? I kid. I think AA will focus on getting up to speed this offseason without making a huge splash unless something falls into his lap. I do think he'll focus on organizational systems like improving player nutrition...

Like most, AA has his strengths and his weaknesses. He is definitely a strong believer in advanced analytics, having built out the Jays first analytics department with Joe Sheenan and then plucking Jason Pare from the Indians and strongly recommended the retention of a programmer to build out...

Excellent hire. I cannot stress enough how much of a bullet we avoided given some of the other names in the running. Thank goodness that McGuirk and the bean counters took heed of the fact that the overwhelming trend in baseball is to hire progressive thinking FOs instead of going JS's Hendry...

I didn't know where to put this but I guess this is as good a thread as any since we're all talking about the ineptitude of this organization generally. So... even if we got an analytically savvy GM and/or staff, our tracking data is so bad it can't be relied upon. Laughable...

It all boils down to this: "The Braves Way" has evolved into an idiom for blame projection and scapegoating. The sad part of all of this is it seems as if McGuirk and the Two Johns, feeling pressure from the public and the press to become more progressive in their analytical approach within...

http://www.macon.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/bill-shanks/article176793871.html As if it's any surprise what his cro-magnon take is (for those who wish to avoid giving Bill Shanks clicks, it boils down to Dayton Moore is our sole savior and suspenders was not involved in the infractions).

Sure it did. Moved on up from regular petty thefts and the like around Turner Field to high dollar, WorldCom style white collar crime in Cobb. Enhancement.

Survivors Guilt after Olivera.

The part of that article that troubles me the most isn't what was said but what wasn't - yes he alludes to Albies in reference to mentioning Acuna forcing his way into the majors but heaps praise on Swanson's post-demotion play (without nary a reference to his struggles against sliders) but...

He's clearly fatigued from the workload this season- but no reason not to remain excited about him going forward. I agree he ought to be shut down for the remainder of the year, though.

This is the same article I posted in the Snitker thread for those wondering - a good article and probably one that deserves it's own thread. The fact that they want "yes" men frightens me given their decisionmaking to date for the most part.

Rosenthal at his new outlet (the Athletic- subscription required) doubles down on his prior article about some muted turmoil in the Braves FO. The more I read, the more I'm increasingly critical of current management. Their promotions scream of pressure out of desperation - as others here have...

Eh. I'm not a fan of Posey but I think two things were at play here: first, as has been already noted, I think he didn't approve of Strickland's decision to hit Harper in the first place (and didn't feel the need to intervene thereafter); and, perhaps more importantly, Posey's been instructed to...

You got your wish. Wisler up, Josh DFA'd.