Are the Braves as hopeless as it may seem?

gilesfan said:
If the Braves win 80, Fredi gets manager of the year.
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He managed better with the **** teams in Florida than with the winning teams Wren gave him. I think a 73-win team is something he can really take a bite out of. There is an argument to be made that when all your options are bad ones, there are no bad decisions.
 
Millwood1Hitter said:
Reinvent the game as we know it, bat the pitcher 1st to get him out of the way.
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That's basically what he did with the good teams. He'll probably make a reasonable decision this year (like Markakis), at least at the beginning. But don't worry, BJ will be hitting at the top before you know it.
 
zitothebrave said:
BJ at cleanup, Simmons in the 2 hole, Alberto Callaspo playing 2nd and hitting 5th.
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That will work one day, just you wait and see, at least 1 out the 162 you'll have Simmons get a hit, BJ walk, and Callaspo hit a bomb (one of his few all year).

It will be the game of the season and very exciting! :)
 
Braves1976 said:
That will work one day, just you wait and see, at least 1 out the 162 you'll have Simmons get a hit, BJ walk, and Callaspo hit a bomb (one of his few all year).

It will be the game of the season and very exciting! :)
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Wren makes the best lineups.
 
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zitothebrave said:
We traded 2 of our best OBP guys.

In fact of players with 200 PA (we had 8) 2 through 5 are gone. Leaving 1, 6, 7, and 8. Markakis would probably slot around where Justin was so in the 3-4 range from last year. We still have Simmons who doesn't get on base, we still have Christian Bethancourt, a man who hasn't walked more that 5% of the time at any step in the minors since he was 17. Chris Johnson, same thing. Callaspo is a solid walk guy who could replace what we got from say TLS. I hope Peterson gets a long look he could be a good OBP and maybe come close to replacing Jason. Overall I don't see aside from BJ having a high average season, the idea that out OBP will be higher is very unlikely.
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I think some of the young guys will surprise. I may be wrong, but I think there are a lot of young players who, given an opportunity can and will put up good numbers. I think the Braves scouting department has and will find some of them. I think we are in for an entertaining season as we find out who breaks out this year.
 
mfree80 said:
I think some of the young guys will surprise. I may be wrong, but I think there are a lot of young players who, given an opportunity can and will put up good numbers. I think the Braves scouting department has and will find some of them. I think we are in for an entertaining season as we find out who breaks out this year.
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I mean if we went with say Jace at 3B and Peraza at 2B and they replicated their minor league results to a point then there would be some optimizing shot of our offense. But we really don't have much young guys who should be good hitters. I hope I'm wrong and I hope our hitters do well. I love the Braves and want them to win. But Idon't think they will do a ton of that.
 
I think we will be average. Our rotation and bullpen will keep us from being God-awful in my opinion, but the offense definitely keeps us from being relevant. Fill a few holes and improve here and there; we could contend for a WC this year.
 
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