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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 17:40:13 GMT -5
After the Soroka injury the braces are more than 1 starter away from the elite teams, get over it. Also: NO, camargo, Ender and Wilson are not going to net a TOR arm. On Soroka, my guess is that it would not be that much of a surprise if he is not ready until 2022 Achillies tendon can be a 12-18 month injury, even in 12 months that still takes him out a good part of 2021 Freak injury, hope Mike comes back well We have to hope that Ian Anderson and Mueller can be the kids who do make it and just maybe Wright pulls it together cause we do not have the pieces to pull off a trade for even a number 3 quite honestly
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 17:47:04 GMT -5
Anthopolous said money wasn't factor in #Braves not adding an impact starter at trade deadline, said it was purely talent -- they couldn't or wouldn't line up with what teams with such starters wanted. (In other words, they wouldn't give up the young talent teams were asking for) When you're not a top 10 salary team you have to rely on the young talent.
:::goes and bangs head against wall again:::
But the Braves have become a top 15 salary team and there could be room to add a mid tiered talent. But since the asking price for talent was crazy, Alex stuck to his walking away price and we are not that bad off cause in the off season there should be room for a guy who can give you innings. For one thing Hamels comes off the book so that is some room If kids like Anderson and Mueller surprise that is the boost we all need. We just need some of these young arms to figure it out. Hell, it took Charlie Morton a decade to become a good dependable pitcher. Guess there is time for Folty somewhere down the line - same with some of our kids
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Post by Fumbduckery on Aug 31, 2020 18:10:07 GMT -5
I told y'all the asking price for a really solid starter was too much. Not really, AA is just a butthole and doesn't care about winning.
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Post by TomlinFoolery on Aug 31, 2020 18:23:51 GMT -5
One thing that is important to remember when it comes to the Braves is that they know they’re not built to contend with the Dodgers. Living in the zone the Pirates lived in a few years ago is the dream for modern ownership — pseudo contention.
Saw that on Twitter. So is that truly the reality? The Braves know they aren't built to contend with teams like the Dodgers, this leading to them not making significant moves. Are they just content to slide into the post season winning a weak division and not bothered with a first round elimination? Seems like pseudo-contention is a good term to describe the Braves mindset at this junction.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Aug 31, 2020 18:46:35 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 18:51:41 GMT -5
One thing that is important to remember when it comes to the Braves is that they know they’re not built to contend with the Dodgers. Living in the zone the Pirates lived in a few years ago is the dream for modern ownership — pseudo contention. Saw that on Twitter. So is that truly the reality? The Braves know they aren't built to contend with teams like the Dodgers, this leading to them not making significant moves. Are they just content to slide into the post season winning a weak division and not bothered with a first round elimination? Seems like pseudo-contention is a good term to describe the Braves mindset at this junction. Its not quite that bad. LM is no fans dream of ownership but its not as bad as Bob Nutting and the late David Glass - there are a handful of worse ownerships in the game. The Pirates do not even compete within their division most of the time
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Post by keystone61 on Aug 31, 2020 21:42:06 GMT -5
I told y'all the asking price for a really solid starter was too much. Not really, AA is just a butthole and doesn't care about winning.
Yeah, never mind the fact that he built one of the best bullpens in the game last year, and got the one good year that Donaldson had left in him.
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Aug 31, 2020 21:59:01 GMT -5
Not really, AA is just a butthole and doesn't care about winning.
Yeah, never mind the fact that he built one of the best bullpens in the game last year, and got the one good year that Donaldson had left in him. Nope.. he was fool who signed Donaldson just because they were friends, and Martin, Greene, and Melancon were all thrown down the elevator shaft last year after their first week here.
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Post by keystone61 on Aug 31, 2020 22:02:02 GMT -5
Think where this team would be right now without the pen. Not a happy thought.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 3:19:46 GMT -5
Think where this team would be right now without the pen. Not a happy thought. Instead of 20-14, more like 14-20 maybe even a little worse Yea, Alex's work at the deadline last yr translated into this yr and next yr hopefully recovered from Covid and a full ST we can expect Will Smith to be much much better. He even might get better this yr - but he is not ready for high leverage situations right now
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Post by Fumbduckery on Sept 1, 2020 9:48:08 GMT -5
Think where this team would be right now without the pen. Not a happy thought. Instead of 20-14, more like 14-20 maybe even a little worse Yea, Alex's work at the deadline last yr translated into this yr and next yr hopefully recovered from Covid and a full ST we can expect Will Smith to be much much better. He even might get better this yr - but he is not ready for high leverage situations right now Your last sentence, that’s the thing-Snitker does not pay any attention to stats or actual performance and adjust accordingly. To him Smith is an 8th inning baseball pitcher guy and that’s that.
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Post by Drkirby on Sept 1, 2020 10:19:41 GMT -5
Instead of 20-14, more like 14-20 maybe even a little worse Yea, Alex's work at the deadline last yr translated into this yr and next yr hopefully recovered from Covid and a full ST we can expect Will Smith to be much much better. He even might get better this yr - but he is not ready for high leverage situations right now Your last sentence, that’s the thing-Snitker does not pay any attention to stats or actual performance and adjust accordingly. To him Smith is an 8th inning baseball pitcher guy and that’s that. Disagree. He was quick to move Riley up once he got hot. If Riley can channel what he did in the first half last year, acuna/Albies gets healthy and we can put one starter behind Fried (either folty or Anderson) look out.
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Post by Drkirby on Sept 1, 2020 10:20:24 GMT -5
Your last sentence, that’s the thing-Snitker does not pay any attention to stats or actual performance and adjust accordingly. To him Smith is an 8th inning baseball pitcher guy and that’s that. Disagree. He was quick to move Riley up once he got hot. If Riley can channel what he did in the first half last year, acuna/Albies gets healthy and we can put one starter behind Fried (either folty or Anderson) look out. You can’t stop running a pitcher out just because he gets bombed.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Sept 1, 2020 10:36:56 GMT -5
Your last sentence, that’s the thing-Snitker does not pay any attention to stats or actual performance and adjust accordingly. To him Smith is an 8th inning baseball pitcher guy and that’s that. Disagree. He was quick to move Riley up once he got hot. If Riley can channel what he did in the first half last year, acuna/Albies gets healthy and we can put one starter behind Fried (either folty or Anderson) look out. That’s one no brainer example in a sea of examples that say otherwise.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Sept 1, 2020 10:38:19 GMT -5
Disagree. He was quick to move Riley up once he got hot. If Riley can channel what he did in the first half last year, acuna/Albies gets healthy and we can put one starter behind Fried (either folty or Anderson) look out. You can’t stop running a pitcher out just because he gets bombed. I didn’t say stop using him, you just start using him earlier in the game until he gets better then move him back to the 8th inning slot if need be. It’s not rocket science.
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