Braves Acquire Matt Adams From Cardinals

lol at people going crazy because the Braves traded away a prospect. The Braves finally make a smart move acquire an actual major league hitter and people lose their **** because they dealt some unknown kid. Eventually these types of trades or signings need to happen if your pipe dream is to come true.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
lol at people going crazy because the Braves traded away a prospect. The Braves finally make a smart move acquire an actual major league hitter and people lose their **** because they dealt some unknown kid. Eventually these types of trades or signings need to happen if your pipe dream is to come true.
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I agree. Yepez is not even close to one of our 20-30 best prospects. For people to even question this trade as giving up too much is crazy. If your argument is what is the point based on how you perceive the teams chances this year and next then I get it.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
lol at people going crazy because the Braves traded away a prospect. The Braves finally make a smart move acquire an actual major league hitter and people lose their **** because they dealt some unknown kid. Eventually these types of trades or signings need to happen if your pipe dream is to come true.
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I haven't seen anyone lose their ***
 
FWIW, Cards fans in my life are pretty low on this one. Think they got the Braves 35th best prospect for someone who is a decent enough major leaguer.

They felt that Adams wasn't ever going to be a big HR hitter like they hoped and that the shift had really hurt him. But had thought he would get something better than Yepez. The thought was somewhat that the Cards were doing Adams a favor by letting him go somewhere he would get to play now that they had less use.

So that's that perspective.
 
zbhargrove said:
I haven't seen anyone lose their ***
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It's the same every trade the Braves make. People overreact and overrate incoming/outgoing prospects. Adams is good enough to be a guy who can spell Freeman from time to time (you know when he's not hurt). He's a proven hitter at this level and apparently that's frowned upon. He's relatively inexpensive and will be hands down the best bench asset the team has. He's on the right side of 30 and could be a bench piece moving forward.
 
NinersSBChamps said:
It's the same every trade the Braves make. People overreact and overrate incoming/outgoing prospects. Adams is good enough to be a guy who can spell Freeman from time to time (you know when he's not hurt). He's a proven hitter at this level and apparently that's frowned upon. He's relatively inexpensive and will be hands down the best bench asset the team has. He's on the right side of 30 and could be a bench piece moving forward.
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Yeah and I think everyone has that view mostly on here. There are people who are lukewarm on it which is hardly "losing their ****." Just made up by you can b*tch like always.
 
zbhargrove said:
There are people who are lukewarm on it which is hardly "losing their ****."
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Far be for me to rush to 9ers' defense, but every trade - no matter how big or small - includes the typical overreactions and cynical replies.

My personal favorite:

This trade makes little sense to me, why give up a 19 year old top 25 prospect in a deep system just so you can have a "legit" 1B for two months in a lost year?
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On the other side, there are those who already claim Yepez will never make the majors. He sucks...just because he's gone. So, you can't win either way! To be fair, most of the responses were positive, but the frustration of losing baseball always has to be vented in this forum with a minor trade as a lightning rod.

And if we're not planning on keeping Adams around for next year, this trade is even harder to defend.
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Yeah, the press corps will be calling for Coppy's head if Adams isn't on the 25 man roster next April. :Bowman:

Adams is a replacement-level player.
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Woof Woof!

It's the motivation for this move by the Braves that's laughable. He should've already been on our bench as pinch hitter/backup 1B/someone with a pulse. But, to make this move now because you want to keep up the charade is pathetic.
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Apparently, it wouldn't have been laughable and pathetic if he'd been a acquired 6 weeks ago. Maybe there weren't any reasonable offers?

Then somebody had to chime in about Kelly not being brought back. Yeah, let's just repeat that same pattern of bringing back ex-Braves/warm bodies, then trying to extract another shot in the dark when deadline day rolls around.
 
Knucksie said:
Far be for me to rush to 9ers' defense, but every trade - no matter how big or small - includes the typical overreactions and cynical replies.

My personal favorite:

On the other side, there are those who already claim Yepez will never make the majors. He sucks...just because he's gone. So, you can't win either way! To be fair, most of the responses were positive, but the frustration of losing baseball always has to be vented in this forum with a minor trade as a lightning rod.

Yeah, the press corps will be calling for Coppy's head if Adams isn't on the 25 man roster next April. :Bowman:

Yes

Woof Woof!

Apparently, it wouldn't have been laughable and pathetic if he'd been a acquired 6 weeks ago. Maybe there weren't any reasonable offers?

Then somebody had to chime in about Kelly not being brought back. Yeah, let's just repeat that same pattern of bringing back ex-Braves/warm bodies, then trying to extract another shot in the dark when deadline day rolls around.
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What I find more laughable and pathetic is the fact that you're the only one who missed the point of my post. Can't say I'm surprised though.
 
As someone who doesn't love this deal.... its not about value at all... Yepez is obviously fair value here, if anything we probably get the better end of this from a 'value standpoint'.

The issue I have is this almost certainly isn't a playoff team, this year or next... so how does Adams help us except to win a couple extra games? Not nearly enough to pull us into the playoff race, probably enough to cost us a draft spot and at the same time we give up a guy who MIGHT have a chance to be a good cost-controlled hitter.

Thats why I don't like. Win-now moves --- even small ones --- don't make a ton of sense to me. Its also not something I'm getting worked up about..
 
thethe said:
I agree. Yepez is not even close to one of our 20-30 best prospects. For people to even question this trade as giving up too much is crazy. If your argument is what is the point based on how you perceive the teams chances this year and next then I get it.
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You don't think Yepez is 'close to being in our top-30?' I'd argue that.
 
Preacher said:
As someone who doesn't love this deal.... its not about value at all... Yepez is obviously fair value here, if anything we probably get the better end of this from a 'value standpoint'.

The issue I have is this almost certainly isn't a playoff team, this year or next... so how does Adams help us except to win a couple extra games? Not nearly enough to pull us into the playoff race, probably enough to cost us a draft spot and at the same time we give up a guy who MIGHT have a chance to be a good cost-controlled hitter.

Thats why I don't like. Win-now moves --- even small ones --- don't make a ton of sense to me. Its also not something I'm getting worked up about..
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I think this move is indicative of the types of moves we will be making very soon. I predict some people are going to be very upset about some of the prospects that get traded this summer and again this winter.
 
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