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You have a really high bar. For me, it's all about the journey and each year is its own story. Sometimes the road is smooth and sometimes the road is rocky.

Could be true, but look at their bat rack.

Pirates might not score a combined six runs for the rest of the season. What a terrible offense.

I get that, but both Collins and Durbin with the Brewers have higher bWARs and fWARs than Horton and they play for a team that PECOTA thought would finish 11 games behind the Cubs. I don't know how the whole notion of qualifying for the post-season figures in the heads of writers (it shouldn't...

Waldrep was due for a stinker so it doesn't mean much. I'll let someone who does the rise and drop analysis, but if you throw a sinker that doesn't sink, it usually gets tattooed.

Yep. Journeyman RHP relief pitcher who hung around for a long time. Actually had a decent season for the Braves near the end of his career.

They've done okay with pitchers (Chandler will probably be next in that line), but when former Top 100 guys like Davis and Peguero don't even look like good minor league players I agree that something is definitely wrong in the player development process for them.

That might be the plan. He and Brujan might make a nice bench combination along with a C and an OF. I think with the 4-man bench, everyone on it has to be able to hit at least some. If Allen isn't a starting SS, he's just a sore thumb on the bench. I think Alvarez could stand at SS for a...

Pirates are a great example as to not getting too excited about prospect rankings. They've had so many Top 100 prospects and high draft picks not develop into quality major league players that it's almost reached the point of being ridiculous. They have a terrible offense.

Agree on Alvarez. I imagine they are trying to get a comprehensive look at Jarvis. Clohisy has had a pretty good year. Hackenburg has missed time this season and they are probably trying to get him innings. Same with Sinnard especially because he didn't pitch at all in 2024 in his last year...

I don't think Baldelli wants to be around for a rebuild after looking like he had a team that two years ago looked like being on the verge of being pretty good.

They're forgetting Fredi. On a serious note, I hope it isn't Weiss. Ross somehow gets a lot of Teddy Bear points from Braves' fans. Schumaker would be a refreshing change, but if he takes the job I hope there are some organizational changes that accompany his hiring. Baldelli probably...

Nice to see Durbin get some attention. Don't know how his career will unfold going forward, but he's contributed quite a bit in Milwaukee this season.

Unfortunately for Vegas, the vote is taken among sportswriters and good luck to anyone who can make odds depending on the behavior of that group.

We have our Stan Laurel lookalike winner!

I'm trying to discern who the Braves might be sending to the Arizona Fall League. Characteristically, the haven't sent a lot of their top prospects out there over the years (Baldwin last year an obvious exception) and have used the league to get more ABs/IPs for guys who have missed part of the...

Call up Zebrowski!

This was no one's fault except Murphy's and the medical team. In a game of elite players, you have to admit when something is preventing you from being at your best. It's not fair to your teammates to hide an injury.

It's not exactly rare, but it also doesn't happen regularly, that sometimes a switch gets flipped with a pitcher and things turn around dramatically. It sounds like during Murphy's rehab in Gwinnett that he had a sit-down with Waldrep and helped with pitch selection and it has made quite a...

I totally forgot to add Southisene to the middle-infield discussion. Curious to see where he starts next year (both level and position). I imagine both he and Perdomo will be in the post-season instructional league and things will sort themselves out.