Freeman, elite slugger

NinersSBChamps said:
He's pointless on a team this bad and so far away from competing. He's wasting away on this roster and sooner or later he is going to regress and his better years will be behind him and then what good is he if the Braves are ever close to being legit again?
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we aren't competing this year, but we definitely aren't far
 
Wren is a fine GM when it comes to player management and trading... he just fell short in the draft arena and signing free agents. That didn't end up working and with how barren the farm system was, it was a necessity to rebuild like it or not. Whether Coppy/Hart have gone about it the best way... definitely not, but they've put us in a solid position to improve and be a factor for many years.
 
zbhargrove said:
Wren is a fine GM when it comes to player management and trading... he just fell short in the draft arena and signing free agents. That didn't end up working and with how barren the farm system was, it was a necessity to rebuild like it or not. Whether Coppy/Hart have gone about it the best way... definitely not, but they've put us in a solid position to improve and be a factor for many years.
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If we could only combine Wren and Coppy. We would have a super GM.
 
I just hope too many of Freeman's prime seasons don't go up in smoke as the team flirts with being fancy mid-grade.
 
Preacher said:
This is a guy that many people on this board wanted to trade.
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thethe said:
Amd screamed that we kept the wrong everyday player.
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To be fair, a lot of the "Trade Freeman(?)" chatter occurred after the firesale, when it was argued (not without merit, in my opinion) that the Braves' next competitive window would be burgeoning as Freeman entered the decline phase of his career. As a skeptic of the current rebuild's "2017! (but probably 2018...)" timeline (I'm thinking 2019/2020 is much more likely for really fielding competitive teams), I still think the notion had merit—but, watching him day-to-day (or, for me, more like once every two weeks), I'm damn happy he's still with Cobb County. Even if he is entering decline when the Braves' window really opens, it'll have been awesome to watch his career with the team.
 
jpx7 said:
To be fair, a lot of the "Trade Freeman(?)" occurred after the firesale, when it was argued (not without merit, in my opinion) that they Braves' next competitive window would be burgeoning as Freeman entered the decline phase of his career. As a skeptic of the current rebuild's "2017! (but probably 2018...)" timeline (I'm thinking 2019/2020 is much more likely for really fielding competitive teams), I still think the notion had merit—but, watching him day-to-day (or, for me, more like once every two weeks), I'm damn happy he's still with Cobb County. Even if he is entering decline when the Braves' window really opens, it'll have been awesome to watch his career with the team.
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Heh. Yeah.

Seriously, he's a reason to tune in, which have been in short supply since Tron was traded.
 
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