2026 ST Thread

Elder’s perfectly acceptable as the 5th/6th guy to open the season.

The question is whether we have an acceptable backup plan if he sucks (or when other guys get hurt). 🤷‍♂️
 
sturg33 said:
A fully health roster entering the season would be quite lethal (Murph, Kim, Profar, SS2, Waldrep, AJSS)... while we've given AA some shit about depth in the rotation, the actual roster he has built top to bottom is quite strong. Health still needed though
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Conversely, anybody forming a strategy on “hope” is a loser. I have no issue with the sum of the core, but I’m not wanting to rely on the youth yet. They need to cook more. So yes.. I’m looking at it from a youth standpoint and a WS standpoint. AA has proven he’s not infallible, but I’ll give you the fact he’s not completely left this team devoid of a “chance.”
 
This is how fans always act when their team is at the end of their competitive window. If 3 guys bounce back, and 4 other guys stay healthy, and the low end FAs the team can afford play well, this roster has a chance to contend for a title. This is literally the exact conversation people had about the Phillies at the end of the Utley core's window.

The next conversation in 1-2 years becomes some form of "run it back one more time with this core or initiate the rebuild?".
 
sturg33 said:
A fully health roster entering the season would be quite lethal (Murph, Kim, Profar, SS2, Waldrep, AJSS)... while we've given AA some shit about depth in the rotation, the actual roster he has built top to bottom is quite strong. Health still needed though
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Stop with logic - He should have predicted catastrophic pitching injuries!
 
cajunrevenge said:
And how many Braves rebuilds have you seen in your lifetime?
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One. Believe it or not, other teams have gone through rebuilds in the last 35 years. I literally mentioned one that very closely tracks what the Braves are currently experiencing.

That "gotcha" attempt was like a 2/10 effort.
 
thethe said:
Stop with logic - He should have predicted catastrophic pitching injuries!
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Not even close thethe. It's not about AA being Nostradamus, but hedging your bets on established veterans is not a wrong answer no matter how much faith you put in the healing powers of medicine. ONE starter would have been better than relying on a litany of recovery projects. Come on now. We all can't be right, but we can be realistic. AA fumbled the bag. I'm not harping on that because I'm a minor league snob, but we should NEVER...and I mean NEVER rush a prospect like Didier, JR just because we weren't forward thinking enough to add to the mlb squad. Could just be me though.
 
Enscheff said:
This is how fans always act when their team is at the end of their competitive window. If 3 guys bounce back, and 4 other guys stay healthy, and the low end FAs the team can afford play well, this roster has a chance to contend for a title. This is literally the exact conversation people had about the Phillies at the end of the Utley core's window.

The next conversation in 1-2 years becomes some form of "run it back one more time with this core or initiate the rebuild?".
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So glad you stopped by to ensure that nobody accidentally feels optimistic.
 
Enscheff said:
This is literally the exact conversation people had about the Phillies at the end of the Utley core's window.
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This is such a bizarre comparison.

The 2012 Phillies—the year they fell off—didn’t have a single member of their offensive core who wasn’t old as balls. Ruiz/Howard/Utley/Rollins/Victorino had an average age of 32.4. The conversation was explicitly “how long can this OLD ASS TEAM hang together.” (link)

The only member of our offensive core who is even in his 30s is Olson. We have a future HOF superstar entering his age 28 season. We have two recent ROYs entering their age 25 seasons. This is a complete apples to eggplants comparison.
 
Metaphysicist said:
This is such a bizarre comparison.

The 2012 Phillies—the year they fell off—didn’t have a single member of their offensive core who wasn’t old as balls. Ruiz/Howard/Utley/Rollins/Victorino had an average age of 32.4. The conversation was explicitly “how long can this OLD ASS TEAM hang together.” (link)

The only member of our offensive core who is even in his 30s is Olson. We have a future HOF superstar entering his age 28 season. We have two recent ROYs entering their age 25 seasons. This is a complete apples to eggplants comparison.
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I’m so glad someone pointed this out so I didn’t have to.
 
Metaphysicist said:
This is such a bizarre comparison.

The 2012 Phillies—the year they fell off—didn’t have a single member of their offensive core who wasn’t old as balls. Ruiz/Howard/Utley/Rollins/Victorino had an average age of 32.4. The conversation was explicitly “how long can this OLD ASS TEAM hang together.” (link)

The only member of our offensive core who is even in his 30s is Olson. We have a future HOF superstar entering his age 28 season. We have two recent ROYs entering their age 25 seasons. This is a complete apples to eggplants comparison.
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right?

my point was that, the Braves are basically a projected 88-90 win team in it's current format... and we're missing, what? ~12 expected WAR? Being conservative? (SS2 - 3, Murphy 2 (due to playing time), Kim 2, Waldrep 2, Profar 1.5, AJSS 1.5)

Yeah, the injuries suck... and it would be nice to have another 1-2 WAR SP or two... but reality stands that the 40 man roster as currently constructed is pretty loaded
 
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