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Odd given the youth of the team and what could be promising futures for a few of the younger players. I believe Martinez was mentioned at one point concerning the Braves' managerial job. Maybe after Fredi was fired in 2016 and Snitker served as interim. Snitker is on record as saying he felt...

What people tend to forget is that the other team does scout you. Harris had back-to-back great seasons to start his career and although he fell off a bit last season, part of that was due to injury. The thing on Harris is that there's the strike zone for everyone else and then there's Harris'...

I just think 2023 was a bit of an aberration for the team as a whole in that everyone top-to-bottom in the line-up was hitting bombs and most guys had either their best or near-best career OPS. One or two guys have a bit of a downturn and overall team performance drops. Acuna missing more than...

True enough, but Anthopoulos' patten has not been one of trading veterans for prospects. Some level of high-AAAA player who isn't ready for Social Security is probably the return on Iglesia and maybe a bit more for Pierce Johnson. Braves could probably get a mid-level prospect for Ozuna...

My feelings as well. I don't think the team is toast but given the condition of the rotation until late-August, I can't see them putting together a big-time run. They are 7 back in the WC and there are a lot of teams bunched above them. As long as no one runs away with the last WC, there's...

I would probably just bring up Waldrep and see if he can gain more consistency at the major league level. At least they will get to see what they may have in him. Why prematurely burn a 40-man roster spot with Richie? I felt the same way about Fuentes. If you think you're still in it, it...

I don't do it for all his starts, but I usually check his S/B numbers and they usually aren't that great. I think Deester has pointed out that he can't use his supposedly superb "out" pitch if he's consistently behind in the count.

I think the front office thought for some odd reason that no one was going to regress and everyone was going to stay healthy. Some of the regression has been steeper than anticipated, but that's the biggest reason. I think some thought 2023 was going to be the norm instead of what looks to be...

Travis Demeritte is toiling in an independent league, so he is available. Seriously, I don't see Anthopoulos deviating from his "core" plan that involved all the extensions. Further, Albies' contract is a bargain and although he's really playing poorly, I don't see how they replace him at the...

Washington is on medical leave for the rest of the season. Who knows? He might be living in Atlanta. I've been more skeptical of the team than most, but it's still a good-to-very good team when the pieces fall together and everyone is healthy. I think a lot of folks are overreacting a bit...

Fortunate that Bobby wasn't giving Sesame Street their word of the day. I don't know how "motherf****r" would have gone over at PBS.

I'm here. Mostly just reading. Haven't had much to say.

I wade in hesitantly seeing I know (or in one case, knew) both of the legislators who were assaulted (and in the case of one murdered) and consider one of them to be a personal friend. It's really nice to see all the civil discussion surrounding this tragic event taking place here on the board...

Losing he and Sly two days apart was a gut punch of sorts (clearly more serious things to worry about in the world). Growing up in the 1960s and hearing what was coming out of the post-surfer Beach Boys and Sly and the Family Stone was such a delight. Wilson was an absolute technician and I...

He's fundamentally sound at SS but all I saw was routine plays. It's always hard to tell with the Braves under the Anthopoulos/Snitker regime what they expect out of their bench. Waddell's not an everyday SS and I've never seen Alvarez at the position so I have no basis of comparison there...

Saw him play one game at SS when Gwinnett was in St. Paul last summer. Hard to tell anything from one game. I will say he is extremely short and he has kind of a compact body. That doesn't scream "Shortstop!" in terms of physical characteristics. He made the routine plays. I was more...

I thought Riley's was the oddest contract extension. No arbitration to buy out and he's signed through age 35 at $22MM AAV. That's a below market AAV, but it will be curious to see how he ages. I will say this about Riley. He made adjustments to his game and really made himself into a very...

I'm not a huge Murphy guy, but I wonder if Ozuna moves on after the season whether Murphy and Baldwin could both be part of a revolving DH situation (along with a couple of other guys, particularly Acuna). If not, there should be a market for him. I like the Sagasse suggestion.

Casey Stengel was probably the first manager to use platoons extensively in the 1950s, but it wasn't practiced with any regularity for a long time after that and certainly not with the statistical angle that is employed today. Cox started using platoons in Toronto (Mulliniks/Iorg was the most...