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For the 2014 season it would be a good thing for the Braves but he's still has a few years left on his contract and he's reaching those years where players start to decline(unless your Barry Bonds).

The Dodgers minor league system is extrememly weak. they have like three guys who are decent prospects and after that just a bunch of minor league fodder but realistically what is the most the Rays expect to get? If they think their going to fleece another team like the royals for an up and...

Well he's doing as well as BJ Upton so maybe we'll give him a huge contract to be our catcher next year.

That's all I want. I don't care if his bat doesn't become Matt Carpenter or Dustin Pedroia's but I think it will be similar. We led the NL is home runs this past season and where did that get us? A ton of inconsistent hitters. Freddie Freeman is the size of a college DE and he's not mashing...

Ok, we keep hearing that he's a terrible defender like how Gattis was proclaimed to never be able to play C at the ML level by most scouts, right? He just miraculously became solid after winter ball and now no one questions him defensively? I also didn't realize that every position player in the...

I mean can you explain why they called up Bethancourt to get 1 AB? Made no sense to me really. Who knows what they are really thinking.

The Braves do have a tendency of not rushing players and it's not like La Stella has a ton of at bats in the minors. I think letting him the play in the AFL and playing in the post season in the minors may have been the right idea. Also, who is to say FG would have played La Stella over his man...

Yeah that's pretty ridiculous. There's no reason McDowell shouldn't be paid as one of the top 5 pitching coaches in baseball because he's definitely one of the best. He's done wonders with every pitcher he's ever coached.

You keep saying how Gosselin and Johnson were plugged in before La Stella. Maybe there was more reasoning's behind it than the organization thinking he wasn't fit to be at the ML level. Even Bruce Manno was quoted as saying La Stella's bat is special and I really don't see them trading him after...

While that may be true it is just facts. When you have played 1 full season out of 4 people are going to question if your injury prone. I mean the same could be said for a ton of Chippers injuries after he reached 30. No doubt we need him out there but can you really feel confident in getting...

When I saw that Lincecum contract I was like "WTF"? The guy has been down tight horrid the past two years and it doesn't take a genius to figure out his arm is wrong or something as he went from a guy who constantly hit 95+ to hitting 90 like Tommy Hanson. I mean it must be nice to give a guy a...

Cornely could be in our pen real soon and most likely will see time next year. I doubt he's ready by opening day but by mid season and definitely in September the guy should be in Atlanta. He must have some pretty good stuff as he's k'd quite a bit per inning in his couple years in the minors...

I've heard the Braves will only give McCann the QO to get compensation and with Bethancourt possibly ready by mid year and no later than the start of 2015 it's just not a smart decision. Bethancourt will never be a major thumper like McCann/Gattis but he will be good enough to be a #1 C for us...

I honestly don't want Reed Johnson back and if I was FW I would talk to Franklin Gutierez about a 2-3 year deal. He may be looking to start somewhere but I'm sure we could find a way to give him 300 AB's. He's nothing special but he's someone that can play all 3 OF spots and do it really well...

I agree to a certain extent. Simmons and Freeman will make a great young tandem that will be fun to watch for years and I feel Minor is a guy we need to keep and sign long term. He's still young and about to hit his prime soon and he's always been healthy and is the LHP we've needed since...

Good article. I hope we get Freeman to sign a long term deal as he's definitely our future but I don't see Heyward signing one. For some reason I get the feeling that Heyward will want to test the free-agent waters. Should be an interesting off-season to say the least.

Yeah I think FG likes to run as every time Schafer was on base he let him take off every time. It's more of who we have confidence in and Schafer was easily our best runner. Heyward did well in 2012 but he had only 2 SB's with 4 CS. Justin probably should of ran more but with him in front of...

Yeah it's rumored the O's are trying to upgrade their RF spot and want to get rid of Markakis. The only problem is while Markakis is a solid player his contract was given on potential(have those ever worked?see:BJ Upton) and made 15.35 Mil. while having a stat line of .271/10/59 in over 600...

Tim Hudson turning 39 kind of scares me but then again Bartolo Colon was 40 and had a dominant season. Also, how do we strengthen our bench? Do we rely on Schafer and hope he can get back to where he was the first half of the season? I do think Terdoslavich will have a good season if his career...

Not the best of showings for Braves prospects. Obviously La Stella has done well but so has Elmer Reyes and Kubitza has a nice average but the 14 k's in 33 AB's is alarming. Shae has dominant stuff and could be special if he learns how to keep those walks down. I thought Northcraft would of had...