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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Mar 10, 2018 22:02:37 GMT -5
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Post by bravesfanmatt on Mar 10, 2018 22:51:40 GMT -5
I do hope the Braves are the surprise teams, I just don't like banking some minor spring training successes as a predictive formula. We beat up the Pirates B team today.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Mar 10, 2018 23:13:08 GMT -5
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Post by jryanw on Mar 11, 2018 11:13:30 GMT -5
I do hope the Braves are the surprise teams, I just don't like banking some minor spring training successes as a predictive formula. We beat up the Pirates B team today. It's a good list but I disagree about KC. They have given every indication that they are attempting to start rebuilding this year. I expect they'll be trading away older assets at the deadline .
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Post by bravesfanmatt on Mar 11, 2018 11:20:53 GMT -5
I do hope the Braves are the surprise teams, I just don't like banking some minor spring training successes as a predictive formula. We beat up the Pirates B team today. It's a good list but I disagree about KC. They have given every indication that they are attempting to start rebuilding this year. I expect they'll be trading away older assets at the deadline . I expect Moose to be traded too. obvious this is a pillow deal that benefits Moose, but can also net a prospect that KC was hoping to get when he signed. There is a rule however, about trading FA signings, but I don't remember exactly what it is.
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Post by Cheaters2 on Mar 11, 2018 12:38:43 GMT -5
I think the Reds might be the sleeper team they had a good offense last yr with lots of injuries to the rotation.
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Post by Larrys HOF Jersey on Mar 19, 2018 13:23:11 GMT -5
I think the Bravos will be closer to .500 this year, but don't expect sniffing a wild card spot. The Royals won't amount to much in my opinion, even with moose returning. I don't like basing what a team will do in the regular season off of their performance in spring training. There are too many variables to account for.
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Mar 19, 2018 13:38:28 GMT -5
I think the Bravos will be closer to .500 this year, but don't expect sniffing a wild card spot. The Royals won't amount to much in my opinion, even with moose returning. I don't like basing what a team will do in the regular season off of their performance in spring training. There are too many variables to account for. I agree about ST... different teams have different goals in the spring, so you can’t judge much. One team may just want to get a pretty set lineup into playing shape where as another team may be experimenting and really trying to find out what they have.
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Post by Larrys HOF Jersey on Mar 19, 2018 14:19:38 GMT -5
I think the Bravos will be closer to .500 this year, but don't expect sniffing a wild card spot. The Royals won't amount to much in my opinion, even with moose returning. I don't like basing what a team will do in the regular season off of their performance in spring training. There are too many variables to account for. I agree about ST... different teams have different goals in the spring, so you can’t judge much. One team may just want to get a pretty set lineup into playing shape where as another team may be experimenting and really trying to find out what they have. And I think that last sentence is exactly what the Braves are doing. The bullpen will not allow us to make a serious push for a wild card this year alone.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Mar 19, 2018 16:13:36 GMT -5
I agree about ST... different teams have different goals in the spring, so you can’t judge much. One team may just want to get a pretty set lineup into playing shape where as another team may be experimenting and really trying to find out what they have. And I think that last sentence is exactly what the Braves are doing. The bullpen will not allow us to make a serious push for a wild card this year alone. The starting pitching is an unknown as well. We may have several guys blossom this year, or not. We could have a great staff of not. We don't know what to expect form Dansby or Camargo, Markakis is a weak link in my opinion....I just don't see us competing this year. It will be a much different story in 2019. We may not make the playoffs in 2019, but we should have the pieces in place to expect to make it.
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Post by bravesfanmatt on Mar 20, 2018 11:18:31 GMT -5
I think spring stats shouldn't matter to a point. If a team is 7- 8 below .500, then I would not expect a good season from them. same as if a hitter or pitcher struggles profusely, I would not expect much of a season from them. But there are exceptions of course.
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Post by Cheaters2 on Mar 20, 2018 12:16:21 GMT -5
And I think that last sentence is exactly what the Braves are doing. The bullpen will not allow us to make a serious push for a wild card this year alone. The starting pitching is an unknown as well. We may have several guys blossom this year, or not. We could have a great staff of not. We don't know what to expect form Dansby or Camargo, Markakis is a weak link in my opinion....I just don't see us competing this year. It will be a much different story in 2019. We may not make the playoffs in 2019, but we should have the pieces in place to expect to make it. i think the I think the most important thing for us this year is for Tehran.McCarthy and Maybe Folty to have very good seasons. This way we can decide which way we will go with rotation. We need to Know going into next season if we are trading Tehran and Folty or keeping them and trading Prospects. it seems everyone is simply expecting to use the cash we have to sign a FA or 2 and that's it. But we, if these pitchers do well, should be able to address at least one need through a trade. I believe the trades we make with our pitching Surplus will greatly change our FA outlook. Everyone keeps talking about us signing a big name FA OF however if lets say we Trade Tehran to say Texas at the deadline for a Willie Calhoun will we have a need to sign a FA OF at all?
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Post by bravesfanmatt on Mar 20, 2018 12:23:06 GMT -5
The starting pitching is an unknown as well. We may have several guys blossom this year, or not. We could have a great staff of not. We don't know what to expect form Dansby or Camargo, Markakis is a weak link in my opinion....I just don't see us competing this year. It will be a much different story in 2019. We may not make the playoffs in 2019, but we should have the pieces in place to expect to make it. i think the I think the most important thing for us this year is for Tehran.McCarthy and Maybe Folty to have very good seasons. This way we can decide which way we will go with rotation. We need to Know going into next season if we are trading Tehran and Folty or keeping them and trading Prospects. it seems everyone is simply expecting to use the cash we have to sign a FA or 2 and that's it. But we, if these pitchers do well, should be able to address at least one need through a trade. I believe the trades we make with our pitching Surplus will greatly change our FA outlook. Everyone keeps talking about us signing a big name FA OF however if lets say we Trade Tehran to say Texas at the deadline for a Willie Calhoun will we have a need to sign a FA OF at all?I am pretty certain that is why AA stayed quite this offseason. He has to evaluate for himself what we have and what we don't have. He can't go by old regime notes. Especially since they are full of what cars he slid to prospects under the table and secret handshake deals he had with Venezuelan mothers for the baseball rights to her first born son.
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Post by Larrys HOF Jersey on Mar 21, 2018 18:43:54 GMT -5
And I think that last sentence is exactly what the Braves are doing. The bullpen will not allow us to make a serious push for a wild card this year alone. The starting pitching is an unknown as well. We may have several guys blossom this year, or not. We could have a great staff of not. We don't know what to expect form Dansby or Camargo, Markakis is a weak link in my opinion....I just don't see us competing this year. It will be a much different story in 2019. We may not make the playoffs in 2019, but we should have the pieces in place to expect to make it. I was just stating one portion of the team. If Teheran puts it all together and Folty becomes consistent, the top of the rotation is set. How is the bottom three going to perform? The bullpen last year was WTF, Nick can only reach 1st base when he connects. No One to protect Freddie. There is too many question marks on the team to expect a wild card this year
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Post by Fumbduckery on Mar 21, 2018 18:48:44 GMT -5
The starting pitching is an unknown as well. We may have several guys blossom this year, or not. We could have a great staff of not. We don't know what to expect form Dansby or Camargo, Markakis is a weak link in my opinion....I just don't see us competing this year. It will be a much different story in 2019. We may not make the playoffs in 2019, but we should have the pieces in place to expect to make it. I was just stating one portion of the team. If Teheran puts it all together and Folty becomes consistent, the top of the rotation is set. How is the bottom three going to perform? The bullpen last year was WTF, Nick can only reach 1st base when he connects. No One to protect Freddie. There is too many question marks on the team to expect a wild card this year Yep I completely agree. And I'm fine with that. It's frustrating but it's one more year of experience for all the kids, another year to help decide who we want to keep and who we can trade, and a lot of money to spend next year. Starting with 2019 things are going to be crazy different.
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