The Braves Thread

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#5,653
So think about this: The Pirates gave up their top prospect for Archer while the Braves didn’t give up any top 15 prospects for a guy with the same stats and just one year less of control.

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#5,654
#5,654
I don’t know which 12/13 pitchers you take out of

Newk
Folty
Julio
Gausman
Anibal
Allard
Fried
Gohara
Touki
Venters
Brach
Winkler
Carle
Minter

But that’s a lot of ML ready options
 
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TBrown said:
This was freaking masterful. Made moves to help them team, inject a solid shot of morale, continue playing winning baseball without mortgaging a single piece. AA played “one year early to the party” perfectly
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I said this a couple of weeks back but this was my biggest hope for the deadline, big picture of the organization this is about all I could have ever hoped for.
 
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#5,656
Poor Moylan man, just can’t gey that annoying forearm strain to go away
 
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#5,659
zjcvols said:
So think about this: The Pirates gave up their top prospect for Archer while the Braves didn’t give up any top 15 prospects for a guy with the same stats and just one year less of control.

Build AA a statue
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Yep... The Pirates blinked.
 
#5,662
#5,662
Like I said, you can trade Gausman if need be too. Will have two years control after this. He now plays with a good defense, a good staff that develops pitching, and gets out of a bandbox. He doesn’t have the upside Archer brings, but Gausman is an overqualified #4 at worst.
 
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#5,663
JCE also included which kinda sucks, but it's whatever.

He does not walk AT all and we keep Waters, Jenista and Pache.
 
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#5,664
TBrown said:
This was freaking masterful. Made moves to help them team, inject a solid shot of morale, continue playing winning baseball without mortgaging a single piece. AA played “one year early to the party” perfectly
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perfectly is a stretch, but he played his hand very smartly and understood this is not the year to mortgage.

I’m not gonna act like missing on Archer isn’t a big deal. He would’ve been perfect.
 
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zjcvols said:
Like I said, you can trade Gausman if need be too. Will have two years control after this. He now plays with a good defense, a good staff that develops pitching, and gets out of a bandbox. He doesn’t have the upside Archer brings, but Gausman is an overqualified #4 at worst.
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This is basically the Meholm trade.
 
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Scotty's Flat Top said:
perfectly is a stretch, but he played his hand very smartly and understood this is not the year to mortgage.

I’m not gonna act like missing on Archer isn’t a big deal. He would’ve been perfect.
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Would love to add Archer but give me Gausman/O’Day for JCE/Cumberland/Phillips/Zimmerman all day over Soroka/Swanson/PTBNL for Archer
 
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#5,669
Basically Archer would have required Soroka (top prospect with MLB success) and Swanson (former top prospect that hasn’t truly panned out) for Archer. No ****ing thank you
 
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#5,670
Yeah, paying to play only works (if you're doing it right) if what you get in return is actually worth the pieces you gave up.
 
#5,674
#5,674
Losing Encarnacion was the only mildly cringe-worthy name on the list... hopefully these guys fill some holes in the pitching.
 
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