MINORS FINAL THURSDAY 5/11 ... Two more lunch specials

Russ2dollas said:
I honestly think he needs a chance like they gave Cabrera. He's old enough. Put him in MLB after the deadline at the latest and see what you've got. He has options if you need to bring him down. See if the mental part works itself out when he is facing better hitters and has better (still bad) umps.

We controll him until he's 30 now anyway, right? Let him play and if he sucks then we can move him into the pen.
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Speaking of the mental part, he sure seemed to handle adversity well today. When I first took a second to look at Gameday, it was after three. No way I thought he'd go seven after looking at the line after three.
 
Honestly, I'd be ok with calling Newcomb up pretty soon. I feel like the rest that he has to learn he might as well go ahead and start learning at the major league level. I wouldn't expect him to have tons of success right away, but he'll turn 24 next month. Might as well give him a shot and see what he can do.
 
Ditto for Sims and "maybe" Blair if he can put some starts together. Wisler needs to be traded....needs a reset if he has any chance.
 
TheBravos said:
Wisler needs to be traded....needs a reset if he has any chance.
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Not sure I see the wisdom or the point in trading Wisler, at this juncture—though it's certainly been bandied about plenty around here.

The shine's off dude in a major way; he's all but worthless to any organization but the Braves, but he does still hold value to them, since they've sunk substantial trade-value and time into him. Meanwhile, it's unlikely any team trades anything but stinkier garbage for Wisler, so the Braves might as well be patient and see if he can ungarbage himself for their roster.
 
jpx7 said:
Not sure I see the wisdom or the point in trading Wisler, at this juncture—though it's certainly been bandied about plenty around here.

The shine's off dude in a major way; he's all but worthless to any organization but the Braves, but he does still hold value to them, since they've sunk substantial trade-value and time into him. Meanwhile, it's unlikely any team trade's anything but stinkier garbage for Wisler, so the Braves might as well be patient and see if he can ungarbage himself for their roster.
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I guess....as long as he is not blocking anyone in AAA in the future.
 
smootness said:
Just an FYI, in the most recent Longenhagen chat, he said when he saw Riley late last year, his bat speed seemed fine. He said his issue with him is more about his aggressive approach and that he projects as a 1B.

So if he can stick at 3B, that would be big for him. And perhaps the concerns about his bat speed aren't quite what they seemed to be.
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Hmmm, I wonder if there is another position we could try him at.
 
weso1 said:
Hmmm, I wonder if there is another position we could try him at.
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We heard gattis couldn't catch and he's catching for a first place team

We've had ajp catch for us.

I think he can get a full yr or two before we say he can't do it
 
Been a pretty disappointing start to the season for Fried after all the spring training hype. Hopefully he gets it turned around.
 
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