The Atlanta Braves Thread (Terry Pendleton Edition)

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GAVol said:
Let me ask the obvious question about LaStella. He's 24 and he's never had an AB above AA. Why is he a better option?
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Why didn't he get called up when Uggla went on DL to see if he can be a contributor? Would you rather have La Stella or Constanza pinch hitting?
 
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If anyone had any belief in la stella whatsoever he would have gotten a call. We claimed Elliot freakin Johnson for crying out loud.
 
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La Stella Double A slash Line: .343/.422/.473

Jose Constanza Triple A slash Line: .276/.334/.314

Plus La Stella is an infielder. If we were discussing leaving Uggla off the postseason roster, why not give Gosselin or La Stella a few September at-bats? Especially since Fredi wasn't playing for home field?
 
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TBrown said:
If anyone had any belief in la stella whatsoever he would have gotten a call. We claimed Elliot freakin Johnson for crying out loud.
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Well this organization decided to put Jose Constanza on the postseason roster, so I'm not exactly going to trust their decision making right now.
 
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zjcvols said:
La Stella Double A slash Line: .343/.422/.473

Jose Constanza Triple A slash Line: .276/.334/.314

Plus La Stella is an infielder. If we were discussing leaving Uggla off the postseason roster, why not give Gosselin or La Stella a few September at-bats? Especially since Fredi wasn't playing for home field?
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I don't disagree with your opinion whatsoever but it's obvious that the people with a lot more information than us don't have an ounce of belief in him currently because 2nd base has been a black hole all season and as noted, he doesn't even have a AAA AB
 
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TBrown said:
I don't disagree with your opinion whatsoever but it's obvious that the people with a lot more information than us don't have an ounce of belief in him currently because 2nd base has been a black hole all season and as noted, he doesn't even have a AAA AB
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It is very curious, I do agree.

I am just pissed that the organization doesn't 't have the understanding of a) Constanza sucks and b) Carrying just five infielders is asinine and stupid.
 
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I'm assuming laird can play the corners in an emergency. Gattis has some reps at first. Janish and Johnson can play everywhere.
 
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I'm sure constanza is a pinch runner only so we can use Schafer and upton to PH I guess. Might as well have put the homie Myke jones on the roster
 
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zjcvols said:
La Stella Double A slash Line: .343/.422/.473

Jose Constanza Triple A slash Line: .276/.334/.314

Plus La Stella is an infielder. If we were discussing leaving Uggla off the postseason roster, why not give Gosselin or La Stella a few September at-bats? Especially since Fredi wasn't playing for home field?
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I'll say it again. La Stella is 24 and has 300 total ABs above high A ball. There's no way a guy like that can end up on the playoff roster.
 
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zjcvols said:
It is very curious, I do agree.

I am just pissed that the organization doesn't 't have the understanding of a) Constanza sucks and b) Carrying just five infielders is asinine and stupid.
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The Braves are going to be, if they aren't already, the dead last organization in the majors to understand advanced metrics. Like, you know, OBP.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Yep. Pretty obvious that the Braves don't really think La Stella has a future.
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I don't know if it is so much that as they aren't sure where to put him. He may very well have a future, but most stuff that I have seen is that many scouts don't think that future is at 2nd. Admittedly I have not read much on the Braves perspective, just stuff previewing the Arizona fall league talking about trying him at different positions
 
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GAVol said:
I'll say it again. La Stella is 24 and has 300 total ABs above high A ball. There's no way a guy like that can end up on the playoff roster.
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So why not give him some at bats in September. They shouldn't 't do it now, but they did not think ahead here.
 
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zjcvols said:
So why not give him some at bats in September. They shouldn't 't do it now, but they did not think ahead here.
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Again . . . He's 24. They've had him in the system for 4-5 years, yet he hasn't even spent a full season in AA and has yo-yo'd up and down. Clearly, they know who he is and see him as a project for some reason.
 
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zjcvols said:
I've been converted about starting BJ and using Gattis as a bench piece after looking at the postseason roster .
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Against the type of pitching and low scoring they're probably about to see, I'm leaning that way too. Defense is going to be huge.
 
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GAVol said:
Again . . . He's 24. They've had him in the system for 4-5 years, yet he hasn't even spent a full season in AA and has yo-yo'd up and down. Clearly, they know who he is and see him as a project for some reason.
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That's not true at all. He was drafted in 2011 and never demoted. He hasn't even spent two years in the system.
 
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