Would making him the defacto 5th starter be enough to manage his workload with skipped starts, etc?
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Would making him the defacto 5th starter be enough to manage his workload with skipped starts, etc?
Very well could be.
However, I would make getting him onto a MiLB roster top priority as soon as possible. If that shoulder issue pops back up and he goes to the DL again, that DL stint needs to happen while he isn't burning MLB service time.
Jaw
It's OVER 5,000!
Achies closed in November without much explanation. This was owned by a judge from the Top Chef tv show, Hugh Acheson, and received a lot of fanfare when it opened. Acheson also owns two other restaurants in The Battery.
FEED Fried Chicken + Such closed in December. Part of their explanation was blunt:
"Unfortunately, organic traffic is imperative to the success of any restaurant. Outside of baseball games, traffic is much lighter at the Battery than expected."
I have heard that a couple of others are struggling to hold on until baseball season returns.
Luckily, time has proven that a) these guys don't really know anything, and b) offseason moves are almost always overemphasized.
Case in point:
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/12334819/mlb-best-worst-active-offseason
That was the first article I found for ranking MLB offseasons. Go check out the way those teams with the best offseasons did that year.
To be clear...you are comparing the FG writers to the hacks at ESPN?
Do you still think Allard is going to be good as well?
zbhargrove
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Yeah they should have just signed him to the extension you advocated at this point right?
Southcack77
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haha, ouch.
I was told extending Freeman would give the Braves more flexibility, not less.
So confusing...
bravesfanMatt
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That article was 2015
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If you weren't going to transition some of the young SPs to the pen, sure. Locking up some of the pen arms made plenty of sense as a way to fix costs and save money for down the road.
If the decision has finally been made to turn some of the kids into relievers, Freeman's presence makes no sense. Apparently they're not going to be traded since including them in deals to upgrade other parts of the roster would be such shocking overpays, so it makes all the sense in the world to use them in that role since they're better Pitchers than Freeman - they're doing you no good in Gwinnett. The Braves were incredibly lucky to get through 2018 with no notable injuries other than the one to Soroka, that won't happen again - if you're not going to trade these guys you need to start getting something from them.
The Braves have almost exclusively operated under the premise that "once you're a SP, you're always a SP because we don't want you to lose value by sticking you in the pen." Maybe that stance is finally changing. If it is, keeping all the young arms makes plenty of sense if they're going to turn 3 or 4 of them into legitimate pen weapons - at that point, passing on all the relievers that have recently come off the board at reasonable prices makes plenty of sense. If AA's willing to give Snitker arms like Touki, Fried, Weigel, and Wilson to use later in games, it's not hard to see us with a lockdown pen - shortening games to 5 innings or two passes through the order. They've NEVER given any indication that was a possibility for the long run, and even DOB's post today doesn't indicate that's part of the plan - he said plainly that he hasn't been told that's an option.
If you put those MLB-ready arms in the pen, you'd still have Gohara, Wright, Anderson, Allard, and Parsons in Gwinnett with Wentz, Muller, Beck, and Davidson in Mississippi and you'd not only have no need for Freeman, you also wouldn't need to keep Carle, Jackson, or Dayton on the 40-Man Roster either.
People still read ESPN as if they know anything about anything?
"They do not have any luxury-tax penalties to worry about. Atlanta is one of those teams more than $75 million under the lowest threshold. "
It made me chuckle to read anyone suggest the luxury tax is something the Braves even consider haha.
Oh no! We can't go over the luxury tax threshold. Oh, wait, we didn't even spend any money...never mind.
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Passan usually has pretty good stuff but at this point in this totally crap offseason league wide speaking most outlets are just trying to throw **** up against the wall and see if it sticks. I definitely agree with your overall points, I’m just thirsty for any “news” possible like the media. The title of the alert was clickbait “Why Craig Kimbrel AND Dallas Keuchel could be fits for the Braves” then you read the article and he suggests CK makes the most sense.
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bravesfanforlife88
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rumor circulating around the internet from a washington beat writer that harper has chosen where to sign with. may be revealed tomorrow.....
of course it is only a rumor and not the first time we have heard it...
of course it is only a rumor and not the first time we have heard it...
nsacpi
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hearing its
35% chance Braves
30% chance Dodgers
25% chance Reds
25% chance Padres
please check my math
Heyward
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Not sure i'd trade Gohara if he figures it out, he has as good as stuff as anyone in the Braves organization. His stuff is electric.
Heyward
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Doubt we'd sign either but you could dump Freeman, Viz for some cap savings if you signed Kimbrel. Braves have a surplus of arms that not sure Keuchel makes a ton of sense.
Bluedevilruss
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Purely entertainment purposes
drewdat
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