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Some possibles for the rotation might be Teheran, Matz, Eovaldi, Perez, Harvey, Boyd, Lynn, Bundy, Walker, Cueto, Gausman Not a great list. Some can be had for nothing because of expense. Some are really worth nothing and you'd have to hope they rebound. Pretty ugly all the way around.

We got a week - August 31. Things that are clear for the Braves: Pen = good, Offense = OK but could be great with a 3B fix and health for some guys. SP = horrendous No one knows how teams will value the season much less trade pieces. My guess (only that) is that nothing much happens. The...

I just don't see a fit with the Indians. First, I don't think they see Clevinger and/or Plesac as surplus. Second, they need immediate ML OF help. The Braves don't really have that. Even IF Pache were made available, and he would likely have to be to get Clevinger, that is no immediate help...

Some possibles for the rotation might be Teheran, Matz, Eovaldi, Perez, Harvey, Boyd, Lynn, Bundy, Walker, Cueto, Gausman Not a great list. Some can be had for nothing because of expense. Some are really worth nothing and you'd have to hope they rebound. Pretty ugly all the way around.

You have to believe that Pache not being up is about clock management at this point. Maybe AA just doesn't think 2020 season is worth burning control.

To a certain extent they are parrots repeating what they hear from the organization

Where's Carter Stewart when you need him? Seriously, how bad do you need to be as a pitching organization to go through years of rebuild and trot out what we're seeing on an everyday basis. Sure, Soroka has paid off well, until injury. And Fried looks to be pretty solid, maybe even approaching...

Many here will have no idea what you're talking about. Braves traded Brett Butler, Brook Jacoby and Rick Behenna plus $150K to Cleveland for RHP Len Barker. Butler was a CF/LO guy and a 49.7 career fWAR player, 47.2 came with clubs after he was traded by the Braves. Jacoby was a 3B/1B guy who...

I don't disagree. I do think that IF the season falls apart you need a strategy. From an opposite POV, trading for pitching in this season is a non-starter for me.

I guess people read what they want to read. I never said that they should go into immediate rebuild mode. I said they should consider a bridge rebuild as a real alternative. Who knows, Touki and Wright may suddenly become good enough to replace Soroka and good Folty, Newcomb may suddenly become...

Do I expect the Braves to trade Freeman? No. I included him because he's only got one more year. Would I trade him? Only IF the return was good enough to justify figuring out how to replace him for 2021. And face it, it's expected from me. The rest is something that should be considered no...

3 of the 4 engines are on fire. There's a hurricane building over the carrier. But yeah, no need to even think about bailing out and flying another day. Fly that plane on in. We got a battle to win....and maybe a war to lose.

From MLBTR: "The trade deadline is August 31st. ONLY players in the 60-man player pool may be traded. Any player that is traded must go into an acquiring team’s player pool. (As a practical matter, it seems there’s nothing to stop teams from adding prospects to the 60-man player pool...

With great power comes great responsibility

I just don't believe in half measures. Sure, winning the division the last two years is better than being horrible. However, the point of rebuilding (or in this case reloading) is to create a team that can win championships. The Braves are on a current run of not advancing past the first round...

No. He had value if for not but potential alone. But, the decision was made to keep him as a cornerstone of the future. That has failed miserably. Face it. They went with a "reload" strategy. Some has worked. A lot has not. Folty definitely didn't work.

Good thing the Braves didn't trade that Folty guy when they were rebuilding....:Sad:

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You can't truly explain or explore anything in 15 second sound bytes. Social media has brain washed most into not being able to handle more than 15 seconds of anything. Let's just play baseball.

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