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Actually it's pretty easy, you just let them spend a normal amount of time at each level. There are quite a few top prospects that destroyed levels like Acuna has this year, but teams don't typically promote them as aggressively as the Braves have Acuna this year. It's not like Acuna was putting...

Come on man, you respond with the one of the few examples where the guy didn't sign a remarkably super team friendly extension (at the time he signed that contract 30+ mil a season was more fair market value rather than a remarkably team friendly extension, though of course these days it looks...

Yep, exactly. Swanson wasn't performing great at AA at the time, there was zero justification for the move other than "the FO knows best and has access to things you don't". You weren't posting here at the time, but I was one of the people driving the bus on the Swanson callup being a mistake...

As much as clv was being kinda crazy a while back when he claimed FA and players might not sign with the Braves because we kept players in the minors/sent them to AAA, there is a human aspect to the game that matters in that respect. If we kept Albies in AAA for a third year simply to save money...

Albies is a completely different situation from Swanson though, there was no credible reason for Albies to be in AAA at the start of next season (outside of just trying to save money). Albies would have spent an entire season and a half at AAA by that point, so he was always going to be starting...

He's been making great defensive plays all year, not sure why his boneheaded plays (of which he has obviously made many this year) would make you think he wouldn't have upside.

Hell of a play by Dansby there, for sure. If they trade Albies after the way he hitting lately, the FO might find themselves without any supporters whatsoever.

Keith Law had Maitan as a done deal to the Braves before we even signed Pache and Cruz, we definitely knew about Maitan before then. Maitan was getting showcased by his trainer when he was 13. For reference: http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/kevin-maitan-venezuelas-next-great-prospect/

He had double the ABs at A+ that he has at AA right now, what you just said makes no sense at all. He seems to be a strong closer, as his second half numbers have been solid the past two years. But he'll need to show a full year of solid performance before I can take him seriously as a prospect...

For the year coming into this game he was hitting .266 with an OPS of .749, I think it's safe to say not particularly close. A hot streak in 140ish ABs at AA doesn't overshadow his subpar hitting at high A in just over 300 ABs, or his average scouting grades. The most positive thing to me with...

More like most realized we picked Muller 4 picks later, so we could have easily drafted Wentz then if we didn't have that pick. Guess it's hard to say whether we draft Muller or Wentz if we had to choose one, but given the Phils were going hard after Gowdy and the other two teams went barely...

Seems mostly reasonable, though I think Julio will either be boom or bust. If he gets his control back I think he can still be a solid 2.5-3 WAR guy, if not I doubt he even hits 1.5 WAR. Of course Swanson, Albies, and Acuna are the wildcards as to whether we can be a .500ish team or below after...

Long term (2019-2023) I'm pozzy right now, we have enough talent it would be difficult to screw things up too bad. Next year I don't see a good team, though if someone of the young pitching comes up strong and is performing well around this time next year 2019 could be fun. Of course this...

They have never criticized the front office that I can remember, only after the GM leaves (like Wren) have I seen them criticize really. Hell, thethe defended the Olivera trade endlessly before he disappeared from the board for his hiatus. Not that I think they truly think the FO is infallible...

This for me as well. Don't really consider myself pozzy or negative, I just celebrate the good things I see and criticize the bad. I love where our minor league system is at, but our manager is terrible (which was apparent last year), and our front office is making quite a few dumb decisions...

Nobody is, Anderson is an easy top 75 guy and has a solid shot to be a #3 starter with much more upside than that. Lewis is just a higher upside guy to many and has been ranked higher from the start (and would be a top 30 guy right now if not for his injury), and has a legit shot to be a 25+ HR...

And anyone could have seen that coming from a mile away as many of us were talking about it happening last season when he was doing this same thing last year. His management style is not workable for full seasons or for the health of a bullpen.

More like it haunted us by costing us 2 mil in bonus pool money we could have spent on drafting one more top notch prospect or multiple decent level prospects after round 10. Obviously didn't affect the top picks we made in rounds 1 and 2. The 2016 draft was more where winning one extra game...

There are no brakes on this bus, thethe is driving.

Add Dansby to that and it's what I'm hoping for.