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First time I've watched baseball tonight in a while...

Kurkjian Olney and Stark. No host.

I love it! So nerdy no actual players!
 
Julio3000 said:
The aforementioned Chubbard hit his 7th HR yesterday. 12 XBH and 11 BB in 95 PAs.
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It's really more the patience he displayed when he left the Braves that shocked me.

Still to this day hated that trade. Braves love having excess defense off the bench. Juan should have been kept to play the position of bat. Sure 1/3 of the time he'll K, the other 2/3 when he doesn't walk he rips the tits off the ball. Juan also played 3B a position I pointed out last year we had no depth at.

Imagine if our bench was

Laird
Doumit
Francisco
Pena
Cunningham

Instead of what it is now? only weakness is we have only 1 SS backup and one CF backup, only time that hurts us though aside from maybe one game is if SImmons has a nagging injury that doesn't require DL time. CF Jason can cover in a pinch.
 
zitothebrave said:
It's really more the patience he displayed when he left the Braves that shocked me.

Still to this day hated that trade. Braves love having excess defense off the bench. Juan should have been kept to play the position of bat. Sure 1/3 of the time he'll K, the other 2/3 when he doesn't walk he rips the tits off the ball. Juan also played 3B a position I pointed out last year we had no depth at.

Imagine if our bench was

Laird
Doumit
Francisco
Pena
Cunningham

Instead of what it is now? only weakness is we have only 1 SS backup and one CF backup, only time that hurts us though aside from maybe one game is if SImmons has a nagging injury that doesn't require DL time. CF Jason can cover in a pinch.
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Or:

Laird
Johnson
Juan Fat
Pena
Doumit
 
El Juan might be doing great now, but like many before him and many after, their best days don't seem to come with the Braves.
 
UNCBlue012 said:
I was a Francisco fan too. lol I can understand getting rid of the guy, but I would of kept him. I guess I'm just butt-hurt over the bench right now, I don't trust it.
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Trading him last year wasn't teririble because we had Gattis to play Bat and Reed to be a quality hitter. Knowing that McCann was likely going to leave we should have taken the Chubby and had a slightly weaker defensive bench.

We could have gone

Laird C
Gattis C-LF
Francisco 1B-3B
Reed - OF
Pena - SS-2B

Weak bench because of MIF, but oru bench was pretty MIF weak last year anyway.
 
I'm guessing--and this is just a guess--that there's something about Francisco that will keep him moving around. Three organizations in less than a calendar year.
 
Dodgers signed RHP Jeff Bennett to a minor league contract.

Bennett, 33, has been mostly pitching in independent ball and the Mexican League the last four years. He hasn't appeared in the majors since 2009 and is merely organizational depth. May 16 - 1:31 PM

I remember really liking Bennett when he came along with the Braves. Didn't know he had been out of MLB that long.
 
Tapate50 said:
Dodgers signed RHP Jeff Bennett to a minor league contract.

Bennett, 33, has been mostly pitching in independent ball and the Mexican League the last four years. He hasn't appeared in the majors since 2009 and is merely organizational depth. May 16 - 1:31 PM

I remember really liking Bennett when he came along with the Braves. Didn't know he had been out of MLB that long.
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I like him as well.
 
Tapate50 said:
Dodgers signed RHP Jeff Bennett to a minor league contract.

Bennett, 33, has been mostly pitching in independent ball and the Mexican League the last four years. He hasn't appeared in the majors since 2009 and is merely organizational depth. May 16 - 1:31 PM

I remember really liking Bennett when he came along with the Braves. Didn't know he had been out of MLB that long.
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somebody actually signed Anthony Lerew off an Indy league team today. "One time top Braves prospect".
 
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