50PoundHead
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I think one of the main reasons for mid-season promotions is to make sure everyone gets enough ABs. Severino and Encarnacion won't be in a rotation now.
SATURDAY MINORS FINAL 7/15 ... Anderson (brief) sighting
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I think one of the main reasons for mid-season promotions is to make sure everyone gets enough ABs. Severino and Encarnacion won't be in a rotation now.
Why?
Does anyone get worried when Freeman struggles at the beginning of spring training? Rodriguez will be fine after a little time.
No need to rush him - the bench has been great.
msstate7
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Apparently he suffered a serious injury. I haven't watched the games, so he may be barreling up balls that just aren't finding grass. I'm not worried about him, but I would like to see him start hitting some at the AAA level
bravesfanMatt
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Yeah.. If Anderson goes down, then I am not as concerned. He is what 19. He has a ton of time to get healthy and be back strong. Weigel was the one I was more upset about. He was much closer to contributing.
Yeah. Every time a pitcher gets hurt we can look at is as "oh man, glad we have a whole bunch more" or "oh man, we should've built up a ton of depth with position prospects." Neither is definitively the correct call. Which is why the argument is very tired at this point.
I'm very thankful you aren't my financial advisor lol.
sturg33
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Monday in the GCL... Tarnok Tuesday
sturg33
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Sorry I don't see how anyone can rationalize it.
You build up safer assets to use to acquire established pitchers. Rather than building up a bunch of risky assets that might yield 20% if we're lucky
They are trying to rationalize it because the Braves are doing it. If any other team was doing this they would agree that it's sub-optimal.
You seem to think this step is far more simpler than it is.
Established SP usually costs 1. A lot of money 2. A lot in the way of prospects.
Look what the Cubs just traded for Quintana. Now imagine you need another 2-3 SPs because you haven't been to able to develop any. Add to that, you didn't get a guy like Lester when he was on the market.
There's no one right answer.
It's high risk/high reward. I would rather us be a tad more 50/50. In saying that (Wright being a given), our second round pick was a bat. Our highest International signing last year was a bat. You could say two of the last three big signings we have had we're bats. That's not exactly ignoring that area. If we "did" have a ton of position players...where would you put them? We have a log jam in the infield as is (and most of them young or in their prime guys). We will have to move or bench a high payed player in the outfield to play Acuna next year. There just aren't that many spots. Pitching...you have five starters and a bunch of relievers. That why people are always looking for pitching ...it only takes one out of ten guys to go down for you to have a hole.
Established pitchers are no less likely to get injured than pitching prospects. Obviously I understand the argument - that you are reducing the risk of them busting due to ability by getting them once they're established. But you're also going to pay a serious premium in hitting talent at that point, like the Cubs did. And hitting prospects have their own risk of busting, though it is slightly lower than pitching prospects.
The Cubs paid $2.8 million for Jimenez and eventually flipped him for Quintana. From that standpoint, it's obviously a huge win. But Jimenez's value had dramatically increased since his signing. Could they have spent that $2.8 million on multiple pitchers and ended up with a similar likelihood of eventually ending up with a pitcher like Quintana? I really don't know. They had to pay more for the premium hitter on the international market than they would for a pitcher, then they had to pay more in hitting talent for an established pitcher.
I'm sure this can be determined, and I would like to see it. But every team in baseball, the Braves included, is taking a similarly-talented hitting prospect over the pitcher. That's really not the discussion.
The Cubs paid $2.8 million for Jimenez and eventually flipped him for Quintana. From that standpoint, it's obviously a huge win. But Jimenez's value had dramatically increased since his signing. Could they have spent that $2.8 million on multiple pitchers and ended up with a similar likelihood of eventually ending up with a pitcher like Quintana? I really don't know. They had to pay more for the premium hitter on the international market than they would for a pitcher, then they had to pay more in hitting talent for an established pitcher.
I'm sure this can be determined, and I would like to see it. But every team in baseball, the Braves included, is taking a similarly-talented hitting prospect over the pitcher. That's really not the discussion.