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Don't overlook that Prado is really smacking the ball around now. His OPS is over 700 now (closing in on the amazing Justin Upton). He has an OPS of 945 in July.

All I am going to say is thank God for Chris Johnson.

The D-Backs are tickled pink they made that deal.
 
thethe said:
Don't overlook that Prado is really smacking the ball around now. His OPS is over 700 now (closing in on the amazing Justin Upton). He has an OPS of 945 in July.

All I am going to say is thank God for Chris Johnson.

The D-Backs are tickled pink they made that deal.
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They very well may be, but 1 year of Prado got us 3 years of Justin. That's pretty much always a win.
 
zitothebrave said:
They very well may be, but 1 year of Prado got us 3 years of Justin. That's pretty much always a win.
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No....1 year of Prado + 5+ years of Delgado got us 3 years of Upton and maybe 2 years out of Johnson.

This is not a Tehearn vs Delgado debate because I'm happy with kept Teheran but Delgado was a fine pitcher in his own right.
 
Martin Prado is exactly the type of hitter this team needs. Who knew that Chipper Jones words would have been prophetic.
 
thethe said:
Martin Prado is exactly the type of hitter this team needs. Who knew that Chipper Jones words would have been prophetic.
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We're what 9 games clear of first place, 5 games better than last year with Prado and Chipper.

The sucking of the Braves has been greatly exaggerated.

That's with the real player we are missing from last year (not Prado or Chipper, but Bourn)
 
The Braves haven't sucked and Upton was otherworldly in April. If he was just a 750-800 OPS guy since that point in time the Braves would have been 12-15 games up. He has been dreadful and you still haven't said anything about your ridiculous comment of a natural correction. I know you are waiting for Upton to hit again and I think he will at some point but you have to admit there is room for concern.
 
thethe said:
Don't overlook that Prado is really smacking the ball around now. His OPS is over 700 now (closing in on the amazing Justin Upton). He has an OPS of 945 in July.

All I am going to say is thank God for Chris Johnson.

The D-Backs are tickled pink they made that deal.
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We won that deal. Upton has been awful lately, but he's the biggest reason we started off smoking. Most of our lead is due to that hot start. He has been valuable. He's struggled on O and D lately, but I think he'll be good. CJ has been pretty good.

I miss Prado. I think he signed a fair extension. But it appears the braves didn't think he was worth that money. So we would have lost him after this year. Delgado is a good pitcher....but I don't think he'll be above a 4 for a playoff team. Valuable piece, no doubt, but the Braves seem to generate that type of pitcher almost yearly.

If I had my magic wand I'd keep Prado. I still think he's a 2B, that's his best D spot and where you maximize his value.

Going forward we need to get a Prado-type hitter in the line up. No idea where that person fits in. As much as Uggla has hit HRs, LaStella could be that guy. But we'll probably have to package uggla with a stud like Kimbrel to open it up.

We also need Simmons to go back to last year's approach and not try to hit a HR every time.
 
Russ2dollas said:
We won that deal. Upton has been awful lately, but he's the biggest reason we started off smoking. Most of our lead is due to that hot start. He has been valuable. He's struggled on O and D lately, but I think he'll be good. CJ has been pretty good.
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Yeah but we'd have a bigger lead if he hasn't completely sucked since that hot start. I can't fathom how he only has 16 homers. That's pathetic when you consider what he did in April. And he looks awful at the dish. I'm concerned, big time.
 
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how do the rays do it??
 
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