SJ24
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Imagine if the Braves had acquired each of the following:
1. Ace starter. Bauer was dealt to Cincinnati, Greinke to Houston, and others were reportedly shopped around. Greinke did not even cost Houston their top two prospects, and he has two more years of control left. He would be more valuable next year than freakin' Melancon. More expensive, yes, but you wouldn't need to do any shopping for another starter, and the Snakes are kicking in money to Houston, anyway.
2. A corner OF. Franmil Reyes, Yasiel Puig, and Nicholas Castellanos were all moved without the Braves even being mentioned as serious contenders.
3. A dynamite bullpen piece. Vazquez in Pittsburgh was the big one- Braves were not serious contenders.
We could have had Greinke for 2 50s and 2 40s. So let's say Waters, Wilson, Beck, and Weigel.
We could have had Castellanos for a 45 and filler. So let's say 1 of Wentz/Muller/Jenista plus a lottery ticket.
That would have left us with Wright, Anderson, Riley, and Contreras to address the bullpen with Vazquez, who is signed through 2023 (and he's 28 years old)
We could have done this all without losing Pache.
We ended up with 3 "okay" bullpen pieces, one of whom is a FA after this year, and one of whom will cost us $14 million next year when we should be targeting upgrades at corner OF, catcher, and in the rotation.
Disastrous day for those of us who want championships. These next two years as opportunities are now gone.
A quarter century and counting.
Enjoy your next world title, Houston fans. Crane and Luhnow are badasses. You're the shining city on a hill.
Look at this roster:
C- Flowers
1B- Freeman
2B- Albies
SS- Swanson
3B- Donaldson
LF- Acuna
CF- Inciarte
RF- Castellanos
SP- Greinke, Keuchel, Soroka
Vazquez closing.
Then Castellanos and Keuchel come off the books.
Pache slots into OF, Langeliers soon to catcher, and you resign Keuchel for a cheap deal.
I think that team can beat the Dodgers two years in a row with a chance at the Astros w/o Greinke.
1. Ace starter. Bauer was dealt to Cincinnati, Greinke to Houston, and others were reportedly shopped around. Greinke did not even cost Houston their top two prospects, and he has two more years of control left. He would be more valuable next year than freakin' Melancon. More expensive, yes, but you wouldn't need to do any shopping for another starter, and the Snakes are kicking in money to Houston, anyway.
2. A corner OF. Franmil Reyes, Yasiel Puig, and Nicholas Castellanos were all moved without the Braves even being mentioned as serious contenders.
3. A dynamite bullpen piece. Vazquez in Pittsburgh was the big one- Braves were not serious contenders.
We could have had Greinke for 2 50s and 2 40s. So let's say Waters, Wilson, Beck, and Weigel.
We could have had Castellanos for a 45 and filler. So let's say 1 of Wentz/Muller/Jenista plus a lottery ticket.
That would have left us with Wright, Anderson, Riley, and Contreras to address the bullpen with Vazquez, who is signed through 2023 (and he's 28 years old)
We could have done this all without losing Pache.
We ended up with 3 "okay" bullpen pieces, one of whom is a FA after this year, and one of whom will cost us $14 million next year when we should be targeting upgrades at corner OF, catcher, and in the rotation.
Disastrous day for those of us who want championships. These next two years as opportunities are now gone.
A quarter century and counting.
Enjoy your next world title, Houston fans. Crane and Luhnow are badasses. You're the shining city on a hill.
Look at this roster:
C- Flowers
1B- Freeman
2B- Albies
SS- Swanson
3B- Donaldson
LF- Acuna
CF- Inciarte
RF- Castellanos
SP- Greinke, Keuchel, Soroka
Vazquez closing.
Then Castellanos and Keuchel come off the books.
Pache slots into OF, Langeliers soon to catcher, and you resign Keuchel for a cheap deal.
I think that team can beat the Dodgers two years in a row with a chance at the Astros w/o Greinke.
