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  1. 50PoundHead

    2025 Trade Deadline Thread

    I didn't realize that Laureano was having such a solid season, but he may be on his way to the highest bWAR of his career. As for Anthopoulos, he built this team for the Acuna window by assuming that signing almost the entire offense to extensions would assure success. No question the Braves...
  2. 50PoundHead

    2025 Trade Deadline Thread

    Curious to see if this starts things moving. Hard to know where everyone's sweet spot is in terms of when to make a deal. Go too fast and you don't get fair return or go to slow and lose at musical chairs. I honestly wonder about what Ozuna's value actually is, but there are teams in the wild...
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    Rasslin' Thread: Sponsored by the Oz Man

    I don't know if he was truly a shitty person, but when you watch all of these wrestlers do post-retirement interviews it's pretty clear that he wasn't liked all that much. He was a company man for the most part, but he even had a falling-out with McMahon (which probably shows that McMahon is...
  4. 50PoundHead

    2025 Trade Deadline Thread

    They have had some exceptions with Harris (at least until this year) and Baldwin, but they haven't had widespread success developing hitters in the draft. Jury is out on Alvarez and he's young. Langeliers got traded and is doing alright as is Durbin (who developed in the Yankees' system). And...
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    2025 Around The League Thread

    I think the closest to Baldwin would be Caleb Durbin at 1.6 fWAR/2.1 bWAR. He's not playing every day and Baldwin will likely be playing between 80% and 90% of the games the rest of the way, so he's probably the odd's on favorite for ROY.
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    Rasslin' Thread: Sponsored by the Oz Man

    He was all the rage when he hit the scene. He wrestled up here in Minnesota for Verne Gagne's AWA and was all the rage. McMahon saw the potential and Gagne was notoriously stingy and missed the boat. Gagne also didn't think the "muscle" guys were great wrestlers (and truth be told, most of...
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    AJC And Braves Beat Writer Justin Toscano Part Ways

    The problem for beat writers these days is that the teams basically want them to be part of the franchise's PR arm. It's only when things turn into a turd salad that the writers can point out some of the issues.
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    GDT 7/20 -Grant Holmes in: Take the Series From These Damn Yankees

    Impossible to do Occam's Razor with Anthopoulos, but this could mean two things: (1) the end of the Ozuna era, or (2) putting Murphy in the line-up every day to showcase him. I tend to think it's the first, but I've quit trying to figure out Anthopoulos.
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    GDT 7/20 -Grant Holmes in: Take the Series From These Damn Yankees

    It's not. I just think Snitker's approach is "No big deal to me so I don't know why it's a big deal for anyone else."
  10. 50PoundHead

    GDT 7/20 -Grant Holmes in: Take the Series From These Damn Yankees

    There aren't any answers to quadratic equations rolling around his noggin, but my guess is he's making sure Eddie isn't thrown under the bus.
  11. 50PoundHead

    2025 Trade Deadline Thread

    Once Ozuna and Snit are gone, they can probably do a bit of roster-restructuring and cycle guys through the DH role and have a couple of bench guys that are better than the current set. I know I harp on this more than others and Snitker has generally been a "write the line-up in my sleep guy"...
  12. 50PoundHead

    Minor League Thread Part Deux

    My rule of thumb is bascially "Have the player playing in AA by the time the 40-man decision on him has to be made." When they went from 4 years to 5 years for guys younger than 19 to be protected on the 40-man, it was a bit of help for the international guys but when you eliminate short-season...
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    GDT 7/20 -Grant Holmes in: Take the Series From These Damn Yankees

    We'll see what happens with the Giants' series. They don't win the series (or maybe sweep the series), it's time to sell. It looks like the Padres are going to win today, so that would put them 10.5 back in the wild card. I think if it stays double digits after the Giants, the phone will...
  14. 50PoundHead

    Minor League Thread Part Deux

    FCL season ends on Friday and I wonder if they will move Perdomo up to Augusta. On the one hand, he needs swings in competitive situations, but on the other I'm guess that Lodise will start there shortly along with Miller and Williams. Not a lot of room. It's only one game, but it's...
  15. 50PoundHead

    GDT 7-19: Marcell Rides the Pine Again

    An upside-down game. I think most thought Wentz would struggle and the pen would have to do some heavy lifting to win the game. Instead, the pen brought the "heavy water" that combined with the Yankee bats to create a nuclear explosion. Bummer and Iglesias doing a great job pimping their...
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    GDT 7-19: Marcell Rides the Pine Again

    I always thought Tommy Lasorda was a jerk, but he did have one good joke in him. Someone asked if he thought former Braves' catcher Bruce Benedict was slow. Tommy responded something to the effect "Benedict raced a pregnant woman and came in third." But you're right. Ozuna's presence alone...
  17. 50PoundHead

    MLB Draft Thread

    Everyone probably knew the range of McKenzie's bonus demands, but I wonder if those demands change somewhat as the draft unfolds. I mean, anyone could have taken McKenzie at any point so while pre-draft conversations were likely there was still going to be a lot of territory to cover before the...
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