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All depends on the catch-and-throw aspect. Contreras is probably 3 years away as well.
Braves Catching Future (PART ONE)
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All depends on the catch-and-throw aspect. Contreras is probably 3 years away as well.
I am all for extending Flowers. However, I would look in to Lucroy this offseason if he is traded and does not cost a pick. He's averaged 3. 5 wins over 5 years before this year. I don't know what happened, but you don't fall of a cliff like that. Even with age regression he could come back and have a decent 3 to 4 year stretch. If we could get him in a buy low situation I'd go for it and trade Flowers at his peak.
I'm almost 100% sure Contreras is our catcher of the future. I feel like I need to change my name to something like Ventura stolen bases.
nsacpi
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catchers do sometimes fall off the cliff like that
i would re-sign Suzuki at a nice raise and extent Flowers
nsacpi
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that's a lot of pressure to put on a kid...don't do it
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Luckily Ventura's English is iffy according to the Talking Chop guys, so I doubt he knows about this.
nsacpi
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someday he will find out and require long-term care
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JohnAdcox
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This. THANK you.
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At least I didn't make my name Randy Ventura's All Star Teams, I guess.
rico43
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Don't need a stopgap if Suzuki is full-time (which I would consider).
Pretty amazing so many people are projecting Contreras (19) for catcher of the future with Gutierrez (17) blossoming. Last year, the chic catcher to discuss was Jonathan Morales (22). Herbert, as I pointed out above, is 20, hit .410 in June and has gone on to drive in 7 runs in 17 games so far in July.
With Cumberland, Jackson, et al, getting much more into the groove, it's plenty OK with me to have several guys with tools to do the job. But catch-and-throw is the toughest part of the game to find at the MLB level, and Herbert is closest.
Pretty amazing so many people are projecting Contreras (19) for catcher of the future with Gutierrez (17) blossoming. Last year, the chic catcher to discuss was Jonathan Morales (22). Herbert, as I pointed out above, is 20, hit .410 in June and has gone on to drive in 7 runs in 17 games so far in July.
With Cumberland, Jackson, et al, getting much more into the groove, it's plenty OK with me to have several guys with tools to do the job. But catch-and-throw is the toughest part of the game to find at the MLB level, and Herbert is closest.
We seem to be stockpiling C prospects and I'm ok with that. We'll hit on one or two. That's also where a lot of LF options come in to play. I'd do the same with 3B for the same reason. You don't groom a LF. One just ends up making sense.
SJ24
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Bump. Abraham threw out another base stealer today in the GCL.
Abraham is currently batting .266 in the GCL with a 17.1% K%.
He and Contreras are two of the best under-20 catchers in the world. Both from Venezuela: Gutierrez is from Caracas and Contreras is from Puerto Cabello (same as Kevin Maitan).
Contreras is the brother of the Cubs' Willson Contreras, who himself is a monster.
Will have to get him to agree to a number change - looks like we'll need #24 available for a young OF no later than June at this rate. LOL.
nsacpi
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young outfielder to get special 007 number...first tri-numeric number in major league history to mark ascent of the uber Trout