2017 Opening Day Roster Taking Shape

Baseball America's latest transactions:

Braves have released RHP Andres Avila | RHP David Hale | RHP Navery Moore | RHP Isaac Sanchez | LHP John Danks | LHP Adam Kolarek | 3B Colin Walsh | SS Rich Rodriguez

Sent down: Luke Jackson, Anthony Recker
 
Interesting note from Heyman:

"Some scouts are calling third baseman Rio Ruiz the “most improved” player they’ve seen this spring."
 
CJ9 said:
No. Just thought it was interesting. I'm a lot more optimistic about the future if Rio can be our answer at third. Highly skeptical of that being the case, but we'll see.
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He doesn't have to be "the answer" at 3B to improve this team. If he can be a 1-2 WAR player (below average) at 3B for the next 2-3 years while making the league minimum, that would be a nice improvement over Adonis (terrible). If Ruiz can keep 3B warm until Maitan is ready to be "the answer", all will be well.

It's OK to have a couple cheap 1-2 WAR filler guys on a team like Jace was and Ruiz and DPete could be. Teams can and do win with a couple cheap filler players all the time.

What a team can't have is 6 positions on the field occupied by below average players, several of which are overpaid. That is the Braves current model, and is why they are going to be pretty bad. The scary part is the FO doesn't appear to understand how bad most of the position players really are.
 
So many options...how great would that gattis trade be if folly and ruin are starters for the next three years?
 
thethe said:
So many options...how great would that gattis trade be if folly and ruin are starters for the next three years?
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It would depend how good they are as starters. I mean Garcia is our starter right now at 3B but that's not really saying much.
 
rico43 said:
Baseball America's latest transactions:

Braves have released RHP Andres Avila | RHP David Hale | RHP Navery Moore | RHP Isaac Sanchez | LHP John Danks | LHP Adam Kolarek | 3B Colin Walsh | SS Rich Rodriguez

Sent down: Luke Jackson, Anthony Recker
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Adam Kolarek is another lefty I liked us signing and he looked good in camp, yet they sent him down early and now gone too along with Paco. I don't get dumping these good lefty bullpen options when you can stash them in the minors. We all know EOF could go down to injury again at anytime too.
 
Braves1976 said:
Adam Kolarek is another lefty I liked us signing and he looked good in camp, yet they sent him down early and now gone too along with Paco. I don't get dumping these good lefty bullpen options when you can stash them in the minors. We all know EOF could go down to injury again at anytime too.
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We don't always know the behind the scenes stuff. Sometimes guys want released to try to catch on with a club where they might be needed more. Sometimes the personality just doesn't mesh.
 
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