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Post by keystone61 on Jan 11, 2019 9:43:57 GMT -5
That reads like it was written by a 10-year-old.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 11, 2019 11:40:02 GMT -5
There is one valid time where we could put Pollock in our bullpen-when Julio is pitching, so none of our relief pitchers get injured by hard hit home run balls.
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Post by littlebeast1 on Jan 11, 2019 11:44:31 GMT -5
There is one valid time where we could put Pollock in our bullpen-when Julio is pitching, so none of our relief pitchers get injured by hard hit home run balls. Maybe Pollock could be our Ohtani
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 11, 2019 12:51:07 GMT -5
There is one valid time where we could put Pollock in our bullpen-when Julio is pitching, so none of our relief pitchers get injured by hard hit home run balls. Maybe Pollock could be our Ohtani That would be better than him being our Francoeur.
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Post by keystone61 on Jan 14, 2019 17:57:52 GMT -5
PREDICTION: The Braves are gonna bring back Neck and basically sit 2019 out. They're gonna see what they've got in these young pitchers, Riley, etc....JMO. If we win, we win, and if we don't, that's OK with management. We signed Donaldson and Mac to 1-year deals because, well, they're 1-year deals, and they had to at least look like they were trying to get better, and it COULD happen. It makes sense, but it sucks at the same time.
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Post by hokiedan on Jan 14, 2019 18:17:08 GMT -5
PREDICTION: The Braves are gonna bring back Neck and basically sit 2019 out. They're gonna see what they've got in these young pitchers, Riley, etc....JMO. If we win, we win, and if we don't, that's OK with management. We signed Donaldson and Mac to 1-year deals because, well, they're 1-year deals, and they had to at least look like they were trying to get better, and it COULD happen. It makes sense, but it sucks at the same time. I've kinda thought this all along...they were ahead of schedule with making the playoffs last year. This year is an evaluation year and depending on what they see they could see what's available to fit their needs in next year's FA market.
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Post by hokiedan on Jan 14, 2019 18:21:04 GMT -5
Sorry for the double post...phone.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 14, 2019 19:04:46 GMT -5
PREDICTION: The Braves are gonna bring back Neck and basically sit 2019 out. They're gonna see what they've got in these young pitchers, Riley, etc....JMO. If we win, we win, and if we don't, that's OK with management. We signed Donaldson and Mac to 1-year deals because, well, they're 1-year deals, and they had to at least look like they were trying to get better, and it COULD happen. It makes sense, but it sucks at the same time. I don't think it's necessarily sitting anything out, it's more of a realization we aren't really ready to compete with the top 2-3 teams in baseball so why do anything stupid. I don't mind one bit seeing what our young guys can do. We have the potential to be fairly close, but a LOT of things have to go right. There's a chance they will, but why do something stupid and then if things don't go well we've damaged our future. I really don't think we're bringing Neck back though. I'm going to be surprised and pissed off if we do. Surely he'll get a 2-3 year offer for more money than we're willing to pay (and years). It won't be with one of the top tier teams, but one of those teams between 10th and 20th overall that wants to stay in that mediocre range to appease the bulk of their fanbase. That's exactly where he belongs.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 14, 2019 19:05:29 GMT -5
PREDICTION: The Braves are gonna bring back Neck and basically sit 2019 out. They're gonna see what they've got in these young pitchers, Riley, etc....JMO. If we win, we win, and if we don't, that's OK with management. We signed Donaldson and Mac to 1-year deals because, well, they're 1-year deals, and they had to at least look like they were trying to get better, and it COULD happen. It makes sense, but it sucks at the same time. I've kinda thought this all along...they were ahead of schedule with making the playoffs last year. This year is an evaluation year and depending on what they see they could see what's available to fit their needs in next year's FA market. It certainly adds more credence to the idea since the FA market will be good next year.
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Post by keystone61 on Jan 14, 2019 19:09:19 GMT -5
Just for the record, a one or two-year deal for Pollock wouldn't be stupid. The guy can play.......but can he stay on the field? Maybe playing a corner spot is just what he needs.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 14, 2019 20:38:20 GMT -5
Just for the record, a one or two-year deal for Pollock wouldn't be stupid. The guy can play.......but can he stay on the field? Maybe playing a corner spot is just what he needs. I agree. When he's healthy he's a five tool player. I wouldn't want to risk him for 5-6 years right now until he can prove he can stay healthy. Given his age, he probably really doesn't want to sign for less than three years right now. 3 years at $45M is pretty risky to me.
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Post by TheCoronaManCometh on Jan 14, 2019 22:51:31 GMT -5
I predict the Braves make a trade for an OFer that’s only slightly better than Duvall. Then they’ll expect increased contributions from Acuna, Albies, Swanson, and expect MVP caliber hitting from Freeman and JD.
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Post by papabrave on Jan 15, 2019 8:58:32 GMT -5
PREDICTION: The Braves are gonna bring back Neck and basically sit 2019 out. They're gonna see what they've got in these young pitchers, Riley, etc....JMO. If we win, we win, and if we don't, that's OK with management. We signed Donaldson and Mac to 1-year deals because, well, they're 1-year deals, and they had to at least look like they were trying to get better, and it COULD happen. It makes sense, but it sucks at the same time. I don't think it's necessarily sitting anything out, it's more of a realization we aren't really ready to compete with the top 2-3 teams in baseball so why do anything stupid. I don't mind one bit seeing what our young guys can do. We have the potential to be fairly close, but a LOT of things have to go right. There's a chance they will, but why do something stupid and then if things don't go well we've damaged our future. I really don't think we're bringing Neck back though. I'm going to be surprised and pissed off if we do. Surely he'll get a 2-3 year offer for more money than we're willing to pay (and years). It won't be with one of the top tier teams, but one of those teams between 10th and 20th overall that wants to stay in that mediocre range to appease the bulk of their fanbase. That's exactly where he belongs. And what if some of our highly valued prospects start going south? I believe the red sox did this with Henry Owens. They had many offers on the table for him but because he was doing great they made him pretty much untouchable and now hes a nobody if even in baseball still. Many teams do this and regret it . as well as many teams regret trading away a Wainright. But in my opinion we have so many young top prospects , we need to trade away some if it will make our team better now and not sit on our young arms. Im not saying trade to trade, but trade for young players at positions we deem a necessity. Just my opinion
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 15, 2019 11:27:23 GMT -5
I don't think it's necessarily sitting anything out, it's more of a realization we aren't really ready to compete with the top 2-3 teams in baseball so why do anything stupid. I don't mind one bit seeing what our young guys can do. We have the potential to be fairly close, but a LOT of things have to go right. There's a chance they will, but why do something stupid and then if things don't go well we've damaged our future. I really don't think we're bringing Neck back though. I'm going to be surprised and pissed off if we do. Surely he'll get a 2-3 year offer for more money than we're willing to pay (and years). It won't be with one of the top tier teams, but one of those teams between 10th and 20th overall that wants to stay in that mediocre range to appease the bulk of their fanbase. That's exactly where he belongs. And what if some of our highly valued prospects start going south? I believe the red sox did this with Henry Owens. They had many offers on the table for him but because he was doing great they made him pretty much untouchable and now hes a nobody if even in baseball still. Many teams do this and regret it . as well as many teams regret trading away a Wainright. But in my opinion we have so many young top prospects , we need to trade away some if it will make our team better now and not sit on our young arms. Im not saying trade to trade, but trade for young players at positions we deem a necessity. Just my opinion I think it’s a given some of them are going to fail. I believe the thinking is to give them one more year so we have a better idea who to keep and who to trade. We don’t want to keep all the flops and trade the ones who blossom. We do risk losing value on some, but we also have the chance of gaining value on some.
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Post by keystone61 on Jan 15, 2019 12:23:37 GMT -5
And what if some of our highly valued prospects start going south? I believe the red sox did this with Henry Owens. They had many offers on the table for him but because he was doing great they made him pretty much untouchable and now hes a nobody if even in baseball still. Many teams do this and regret it . as well as many teams regret trading away a Wainright. But in my opinion we have so many young top prospects , we need to trade away some if it will make our team better now and not sit on our young arms. Im not saying trade to trade, but trade for young players at positions we deem a necessity. Just my opinion I think it’s a given some of them are going to fail. I believe the thinking is to give them one more year so we have a better idea who to keep and who to trade. We don’t want to keep all the flops and trade the ones who blossom. We do risk losing value on some, but we also have the chance of gaining value on some. Of course some of them are going to fail. The problem is, we don't know who they are yet. I figure any value we lose will be offset by gains in some others. It would be different if we only had 4 of them, but we've got about 10. That increases your odds by itself. BIG difference there.
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