Roster moves for tuesday

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bravesfanforlife88

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My guess is that we will hear more tomorrow, but it sounds like there are moves coming.

Ian Anderson is rumored to be getting the call up to make the start. Acuña is rumored to possibly be coming back as well as Neck Markakis. Assuming those 3 are added to the ML roster, who is sent back to the alternate site?

You can make the case for Pache since he is getting no starts. Should Inciarte be worried about his spot? I’d imagine Camargo would be safe, At least until Albies comes back
 
bravesfanforlife88 said:
My guess is that we will hear more tomorrow, but it sounds like there are moves coming.

Ian Anderson is rumored to be getting the call up to make the start. Acuña is rumored to possibly be coming back as well as Neck Markakis. Assuming those 3 are added to the ML roster, who is sent back to the alternate site?

You can make the case for Pache since he is getting no starts. Should Inciarte be worried about his spot? I’d imagine Camargo would be safe, At least until Albies comes back
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Bowman basically already said Pache will go back when Acuna comes back. Boggles my mind why Inciarte is playing instead of him now that he's started his MLB time.
 
They have to make a 40 man spot. So dfa sobotka? Call up Anderson and send down sobotka.

Call up acuna and send down pache

Calm up neck and send down Adams would be my move. Probably send down Jackson instead
 
Russ2dollas said:
They have to make a 40 man spot. So dfa sobotka? Call up Anderson and send down sobotka.

Call up acuna and send down pache

Calm up neck and send down Adams would be my move. Probably send down Jackson instead
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Would be nice if DOB or Bowman would pick up the phone to call the alternate site a couple of times a week to at least find out who's working out - haven't heard the first peep abot Jeremy Walker in weeks and weeks. If he's not throwing, there's no reason he can't be transferred to the 45/60-Day IL to create a spot for Anderson.

Not much of a reason to keep 3 Catchers active since Jackson can be placed on the taxi squad and travel with them anyway - might as well carry both Markakis and Adams with the short RF porch for the first two games.
 
I'm thinking Toussaint gets the Newcomb/Foltynewicz treatment. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go to the alternate site and I wouldn't be shocked if they flat-out DFA'd him. Folks are conjecturing about a deal with Seattle and if that has any legs at all, I'm buying Touki a gift certificate for Pike Place Market.
 
50PoundHead said:
I'm thinking Toussaint gets the Newcomb/Foltynewicz treatment. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go to the alternate site and I wouldn't be shocked if they flat-out DFA'd him. Folks are conjecturing about a deal with Seattle and if that has any legs at all, I'm buying Touki a gift certificate for Pike Place Market.
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Mentioned earlier that I think they'd be someone that might be a little higher on him than other teams - they seem to have made significant progress with Sheffield, and Dunn's control appears to be improving as well. If they think Woodworth deserves a chunk of the credit for that, they'd really be interested in Touki/Newk/Wright. So much so that Touki and Newk might net you Walker and a significant chunk of change to pay down Seager's deal.
 
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50PoundHead said:
I'm thinking Toussaint gets the Newcomb/Foltynewicz treatment. I wouldn't be surprised to see him go to the alternate site and I wouldn't be shocked if they flat-out DFA'd him. Folks are conjecturing about a deal with Seattle and if that has any legs at all, I'm buying Touki a gift certificate for Pike Place Market.
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Taking him out mid AB was pretty telling.
 
I don’t see us making a trade for a 3rd baseman. I think Touki will be sent down if Ian gets the call. Jackson and pache for acuna and neck. Then when ozzie is ready will be the interesting one. As far as the 40 man there will be someone they can move to the injured list or DFA. I wouldn’t do Sobo though. He would get claimed.
 
Riley's been improving consistently over the last few weeks, I'd be a little surprised if Atlanta makes moves for a 3B at this point.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
I don’t see us making a trade for a 3rd baseman. I think Touki will be sent down if Ian gets the call. Jackson and pache for acuna and neck. Then when ozzie is ready will be the interesting one. As far as the 40 man there will be someone they can move to the injured list or DFA. I wouldn’t do Sobo though. He would get claimed.
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Culberson would seem to be the guy there. At this point he can’t even get on the field
 
UNCBlue012 said:
Riley's been improving consistently over the last few weeks, I'd be a little surprised if Atlanta makes moves for a 3B at this point.
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not much. It's still a small sample size. And it's a big whole in our lineup.

The issue with Seager is that he's a big upgrade over current production but he's probably a 1.5-2 WAR player making 18 million for at least another year.

If Anderson is up there has to be a 40 man move.
 
I think maybe fans need to realize that the Braves don't think Pache is an offensive option vs RHP and the reason he is up is solely to provide depth. He isn't up because he earned the promotion in the org's mind.

He'll go back down soon.
 
I've already disclosed I'm all in on Riley for this season. I agree the sample sizes are small, but the eye test says he is improving and his stats say the same thing. In a small sample size item, Riley is really struggling in 20 ABS vs. lefties (.245 OPS). In 2019, he had a .984 OPS against lefties (65 ABs). Gotta figure that will average out.

Last year Riley K'd in 39.4% of his official ABs. He is at 32% for 2020 overall; 29.3% for the past 30 days; 25.0% for the past 15 days; and 16.6% for the past 7 days. That's a good trend line even with small sample sizes.

On the season as a whole, Riley is making a better case for regular time than Camargo, Inciarte, and Adams. In August, Riley is .255 with a .760 OPS. That probably makes his case better than 31 year old Duvall as well. Point is, even with Acuna and Markakis coming back, Riley should still get regular ABs at the expense of Camargo, Inciarte, Adams and Duvall.

I'd rather spend capital (Players and money) getting a Lance Lynn type over Seager.
 
OcalaBrave said:
I've already disclosed I'm all in on Riley for this season. I agree the sample sizes are small, but the eye test says he is improving and his stats say the same thing. In a small sample size item, Riley is really struggling in 20 ABS vs. lefties (.245 OPS). In 2019, he had a .984 OPS against lefties (65 ABs). Gotta figure that will average out.

Last year Riley K'd in 39.4% of his official ABs. He is at 32% for 2020 overall; 29.3% for the past 30 days; 25.0% for the past 15 days; and 16.6% for the past 7 days. That's a good trend line even with small sample sizes.

On the season as a whole, Riley is making a better case for regular time than Camargo, Inciarte, and Adams. In August, Riley is .255 with a .760 OPS. That probably makes his case better than 31 year old Duvall as well. Point is, even with Acuna and Markakis coming back, Riley should still get regular ABs at the expense of Camargo, Inciarte, Adams and Duvall.

I'd rather spend capital (Players and money) getting a Lance Lynn type over Seager.
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This is understandable - but only up to a point. The problem here is that Lynn or one of the Cleveland arms is at the top of EVERY contender's list since everyone needs pitching - and there's absolutely no reason for Texas or Cleveland to give them up unless they're hitting the jackpot with the return they receive because each team controls those guys inexpensively next season as well (when they're still going to be highly sought after). They probably don't listen on those guys if names like Wright/Anderson/Waters/Contreras or Langeliers aren't being discussed.

Seattle would be cashing in on a cheap buy-low, sell-high investment in Walker - and would likely love to get out from under as much of Seager's money as possible.

You're talking about assets that will have immensely different costs to obtain - Seager and Walker can likely be had for names in the Wilson/Touki/Newk range while you're going to have to REALLY step up if you want a Lynn/Clevinger/Plesac-type. The point you make about Riley is fine - and relevant - but you might not need to include him in a package to pick up the Seattle guys.

Keeping him and playing him in LF isn't the worst idea in the world if AA and company believe the improvement will continue. The lineup then becomes insanely deep (when healthy) with Acuna (CF), Albies, Freeman, Ozuna, Seager (3B), d'Arnaud, Markakis (RF), Riley (LF), and Dansby and Ender, Pache, and Duvall as defensive replacements in tight games (DFA Culberson). If he continues to improve, maybe you get lucky and he's the RH bat behind Freddie in 2021 without having to pay Ozuna and you could spend big on another rotation piece.
 
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Duvall needs to play vs every LHP. He's been our 2nd best hitter vs LHP this year by a good margin.

Riley isn't playing as terrible as he was a couple weeks ago. But we could definitely stand to upgrade 3b.
 
OcalaBrave said:
I've already disclosed I'm all in on Riley for this season. I agree the sample sizes are small, but the eye test says he is improving and his stats say the same thing. In a small sample size item, Riley is really struggling in 20 ABS vs. lefties (.245 OPS). In 2019, he had a .984 OPS against lefties (65 ABs). Gotta figure that will average out.

Last year Riley K'd in 39.4% of his official ABs. He is at 32% for 2020 overall; 29.3% for the past 30 days; 25.0% for the past 15 days; and 16.6% for the past 7 days. That's a good trend line even with small sample sizes.

On the season as a whole, Riley is making a better case for regular time than Camargo, Inciarte, and Adams. In August, Riley is .255 with a .760 OPS. That probably makes his case better than 31 year old Duvall as well. Point is, even with Acuna and Markakis coming back, Riley should still get regular ABs at the expense of Camargo, Inciarte, Adams and Duvall.

I'd rather spend capital (Players and money) getting a Lance Lynn type over Seager.
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At some point you also have to consider the kid just needs to learn and develop at the major league level. Unfortunately teams contending for a title don't have the same patience as do teams rebuilding. We know who Camargo is, he's not going to turn into a superstar. Riley might not either, but he at least know he has the potential to be an important piece of the future.
 
Carp said:
Duvall needs to play vs every LHP. He's been our 2nd best hitter vs LHP this year by a good margin.

Riley isn't playing as terrible as he was a couple weeks ago. But we could definitely stand to upgrade 3b.
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Side note, but is it just me or do we seem to never face lefty SPs this year??
 
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