Shanks Follows Up On His Heyward Article

It really is a question of "How long do we wait?" with Heyward... The Braves felt they had seen (and heard) enough of Franceour thinking he wasn't going to be that player we all thought he was going to be... So far, they seem to be right

Basically right now, with Heyward, we're kinda doing the same thing. We're wondering "is he just not going to be as good as we thought he was gonna be" or "Is he STILL just trying to find himself at the big leagues and he'll put it together"

Some take longer than others... Bernie Williams always comes to mind for me. But I don't think we have till Heyward hits 28 years old.

I'd say if he's still doing what he's doing now at mid-season next year, ya HAVE TO think about trades.... Because it will have been his 5th season. And for all the talent we know he has, he just might not be able to get it together for us in time. He may be nothing more than a .240 avg, 15 to 20 homer, 70 RBI guy who plays good defense for his career. Instead of the 5 tool player we all thought he'd have a great chance to turn out to be.
 
I just don't think it's anywhere near time to give up on a guy with the skills Heyward has. Not even close.
 
Tino25Dynasty said:
It really is a question of "How long do we wait?" with Heyward... The Braves felt they had seen (and heard) enough of Franceour thinking he wasn't going to be that player we all thought he was going to be... So far, they seem to be right

Basically right now, with Heyward, we're kinda doing the same thing. We're wondering "is he just not going to be as good as we thought he was gonna be" or "Is he STILL just trying to find himself at the big leagues and he'll put it together"

Some take longer than others... Bernie Williams always comes to mind for me. But I don't think we have till Heyward hits 28 years old.

I'd say if he's still doing what he's doing now at mid-season next year, ya HAVE TO think about trades.... Because it will have been his 5th season. And for all the talent we know he has, he just might not be able to get it together for us in time. He may be nothing more than a .240 avg, 15 to 20 homer, 70 RBI guy who plays good defense for his career. Instead of the 5 tool player we all thought he'd have a great chance to turn out to be.
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Wat
 
Right, the point is.. no one is going to give you what you want for him because he's struggled. When he's not struggling, he's worth the world but no one wants to trade him when he's raking. Hence why he won't get traded and we should give him a lot more time.
 
Tino25Dynasty said:
It really is a question of "How long do we wait?" with Heyward... The Braves felt they had seen (and heard) enough of Franceour thinking he wasn't going to be that player we all thought he was going to be... So far, they seem to be right

Basically right now, with Heyward, we're kinda doing the same thing. We're wondering "is he just not going to be as good as we thought he was gonna be" or "Is he STILL just trying to find himself at the big leagues and he'll put it together"

Some take longer than others... Bernie Williams always comes to mind for me. But I don't think we have till Heyward hits 28 years old.

I'd say if he's still doing what he's doing now at mid-season next year, ya HAVE TO think about trades.... Because it will have been his 5th season. And for all the talent we know he has, he just might not be able to get it together for us in time. He may be nothing more than a .240 avg, 15 to 20 homer, 70 RBI guy who plays good defense for his career. Instead of the 5 tool player we all thought he'd have a great chance to turn out to be.
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Uh, No.
 
thethe said:
Its like the whole gang is back together!
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LOL... Yeppers, can tell. Got a couple beauties in here acting who thought I said we need to trade Heyward when I said IF he's still doing what he's done for the season at NEXT YEAR'S deadline (hitting .220 and what not being his 5th season in the bigs) then I say you may want to consider it. Some may disagree. Some may want to give him till he's 30 years old. But some are gonna have to face that he may or may not become the player we know he can be. Francouer is the best example of that. He came out, was gonna be our next "Chipper Jones". I can remember Skip Carey in a telecast saying "next time you probly won't see Francouer in a Braves uniform might be 2020. He didn't even last to 2010. Some guys come out not hightly touted like Martin Prado and become great (I say he's been better and more consistent than Francouer has) and some bust like Jeff.
 
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