2018 Trade Deadline ROSTERBATION

Slippyjms said:
No way. At worst he’s a lefty arm who’s made it to the majors with 6 years of control and with no guaranteed money. A less competitive team would probably take him and put him in their rotation to let him take his lumps and see if they can make him a #3 starter eventually. If he can’t hack it he could be put in the bullpen. I think the move for the Braves is to move him before everyone knows for sure what Allard is.
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Getting rid of him before he loses all value as a starter is an idea I can get behind. He got rocked by the Marlins and Nationals.
 
Slippyjms said:
No way. At worst he’s a lefty arm who’s made it to the majors with 6 years of control and with no guaranteed money. A less competitive team would probably take him and put him in their rotation to let him take his lumps and see if they can make him a #3 starter eventually. If he can’t hack it he could be put in the bullpen. I think the move for the Braves is to move him before everyone knows for sure what Allard is.
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Everyone already knows for sure what Allard is.

Do you think there’s a single MLB FO incapable of looking at the same statcast data I used to grade his stuff?
 
Enscheff said:
Everyone already knows for sure what Allard is.

Do you think there’s a single MLB FO incapable of looking at the same statcast data I used to grade his stuff?
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We can still hope there's a Dave Stewart out there who saw enough value in Phil Gosselin to give us Touki.
 
Enscheff said:
Everyone already knows for sure what Allard is.

Do you think there’s a single MLB FO incapable of looking at the same statcast data I used to grade his stuff?
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The data is constant but how it is interpreted by each individual front office is different. There is still a lot that is unknown about Allard. I suggested a package of Newk Swanson and Allard however and what that could potentially get us. An upgrade at SS would be ideal
 
Scouting was down on Allard before he came up. I'm sure he can be traded but it's not going to really be for good value at the moment unless you make him a throw in.

Honestly its a real shame because when you look at what he was doing when he was 16, you can see why almost every scout was drooling all over him. At that point before the back injury, he was a lefty with a 92-94 fastball, a big curve, and screamed projection to those scouts (not just the Braves scouts). He looked like he had big league stuff in that video right then and there. Somehow even the curve he was known for is nowhere near as dominant as it looked then. The changeup is much better, but the fastball and curve took major steps backward after that game.
 
I think Allard is a secondary piece in a deal but one that holds a fair amount of value. He’s more than just a throw in but definitely not a headliner.
 
Daniel Murphy is a guy to keep an eye on. The Nats just stuck him on waivers.

Would the Braves accept below average defense at 3b to get an .850 OPS bat in the lineup vs RHP?
 
Sucks the Braves had to go cheap for bullpen help at the deadline. Hope this is not what costs the team. The Rockies series should be an eye opener.
 
Rockies are crazy hot. Despite that, we still should have split with them if not for 2 crazy flukey 9th inning comebacks.
 
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