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Post by Mr mastodon farm on Feb 22, 2016 11:38:40 GMT -5
The first team that sticks out is the team at the very top of the table, the team who easily signed the most players to minor league contracts this season. As if the Braves didn’t have a busy enough offseason, they also inked 21 players to minor league deals. As a rebuilding club, there could be several ideas behind the strategy.
One is that the Braves seem likely to promote more minor leaguers to the bigs than the average team this season, so they made it a priority to flesh out their minor league depth. Another could be that they just needed more guys with major league ability, and rather than shell out several million for guaranteed contracts, they just loaded up on vets who would take minor league deals because the quality of the production doesn’t really matter anyway. A third is that they took a bunch of fliers on guys in hopes of finding a Kazmir or a Madson that they could turn around and deal at the trade deadline for a low-level prospect.
Whatever the case may be, the Braves seemed to place an emphasis on veteran pitching, signing five guys to minor league deals with more than 1,000 batters faced in the bigs: Jhoulys Chacin, Kyle Kendrick, Alexi Ogando, Carlos Torres and Chris Volstad. Six more players they signed appeared in the majors last year, and 17 of the 21 have major league service time.
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Post by OXlodge on Feb 22, 2016 11:42:50 GMT -5
Yeah, i was looking at Hector Olivera's projections for 2016. Jeter H, he'll be 31 and they owe him a lot of money for a guy who is going to suck.
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Post by bigddude on Feb 22, 2016 11:48:04 GMT -5
Yeah, i was looking at Hector Olivera's projections for 2016. Jeter H, he'll be 31 and they owe him a lot of money for a guy who is going to suck. But, but,......he has a new batting stance this year. And, it is supposed to cure all of his hitting issues. |
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Post by OXlodge on Feb 23, 2016 11:11:57 GMT -5
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Post by bigddude on Aug 24, 2016 9:20:04 GMT -5
Ox's weekends just got a bit more busy.  |
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Post by bigddude on Aug 24, 2016 9:27:26 GMT -5
Ox's weekends just got a bit more busy. If only I had really read my original source material............
As Chipper himself tweeted to the Braves, nice job on giving him his righty hitting helmet when swinging lefty.
DOH!
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:33:24 GMT -5
It was an odd feeling when they were saying good bye to Bobby after they just lost to the Giants.
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Post by HemroidB on Aug 24, 2016 9:34:31 GMT -5
It was an odd feeling when they were saying good bye to Bobby after they just lost to the Giants. Why are they having a "last year" Bobby bobble when he's been gone for over a year now? |
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:38:04 GMT -5
It was an odd feeling when they were saying good bye to Bobby after they just lost to the Giants. Why are they having a "last year" Bobby bobble when he's been gone for over a year now? Moving into a brand new stadium next year. |
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Post by HemroidB on Aug 24, 2016 9:39:46 GMT -5
Why are they having a "last year" Bobby bobble when he's been gone for over a year now? Moving into a brand new stadium next year. Makes no sense other than he is one of the only few marketable braves. Are they doing a last year bobble for Justice too? |
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:41:38 GMT -5
Moving into a brand new stadium next year. Makes no sense other than he is one of the only few marketable braves. Are they doing a last year bobble for Justice too? I hope not. Was thinking Jeff Blauser. |
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:42:32 GMT -5
Speaking of Justice, if he wasn't hurt and played in the 96 WS, they sweep the Yankees.
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:43:02 GMT -5
Without looking, who was Justice's replacement in the playoffs in 96.
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Post by Super Paul Mullin on Aug 24, 2016 9:44:05 GMT -5
Why are they having a "last year" Bobby bobble when he's been gone for over a year now? Moving into a brand new stadium next year. So the braves get a new stadium every 20 - 25 years? Or are they going back to Fulton County? |
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Post by mccombe35 on Aug 24, 2016 9:45:09 GMT -5
Without looking, who was Justice's replacement in the playoffs in 96. Bob Horner |
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:45:46 GMT -5
Moving into a brand new stadium next year. So the braves get a new stadium every 20 - 25 years? Or are they going back to Fulton County? Fulton County is the parking lot for Turner. They still have the OF wall and home plate there. They're moving Northwest to Cobb County. Lot's of baseball facilities there too. And it's seating around 40K. |
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:46:37 GMT -5
Without looking, who was Justice's replacement in the playoffs in 96. Bob Horner I shouldn't really say "replacement" really. Who basically took over the job when he got hurt? I thought you would know this one. |
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Post by NEW YORK on Aug 24, 2016 9:47:50 GMT -5
Marquis Grissom
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Post by HemroidB on Aug 24, 2016 9:48:38 GMT -5
Makes no sense other than he is one of the only few marketable braves. Are they doing a last year bobble for Justice too? I hope not. Was thinking Jeff Blauser. Terry Pendleton!!!!!!! |
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Post by Super Paul Mullin on Aug 24, 2016 9:48:42 GMT -5
So the braves get a new stadium every 20 - 25 years? Or are they going back to Fulton County? Fulton County is the parking lot for Turner. They still have the OF wall and home plate there. They're moving Northwest to Cobb County. Lot's of baseball facilities there too. And it's seating around 40K. 3 stadiums in a 21 year period. Smh. Only so much lipstick you can put on that pig. |
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Post by bigddude on Aug 24, 2016 9:49:53 GMT -5
Without looking, who was Justice's replacement in the playoffs in 96. Was it something like Francisco Cabrera. I just remember a young kid coming in for the Braves late in one of their seasons, and producing, with a name like that. |
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:50:31 GMT -5
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Post by mccombe35 on Aug 24, 2016 9:50:34 GMT -5
I shouldn't really say "replacement" really. Who basically took over the job when he got hurt? I thought you would know this one. I cheated
& Jerome Walton was on that team?
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:51:15 GMT -5
Without looking, who was Justice's replacement in the playoffs in 96. Was it something like Francisco Cabrera. I just remember a young kid coming in for the Braves late in one of their seasons, and producing, with a name like that. Nope. Guy had a decent career with a few teams. Come on, come on...... |
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Post by NEW YORK on Aug 24, 2016 9:51:40 GMT -5
I was thinking Andruw, Grissom and Dye But would think Dye would be the everyday guy with Justice Klesko played first right? |
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:52:32 GMT -5
I shouldn't really say "replacement" really. Who basically took over the job when he got hurt? I thought you would know this one. I cheated
& Jerome Walton was on that team?
LOL Yep. Didn't play much. |
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:53:49 GMT -5
I was thinking Andruw, Grissom and Dye But would think Dye would be the everyday guy with Justice Klesko played first right? Jermaine Dye is correct. Crime Dog was at first. Klesko was in LF or DHing. And fuck that fat mother fucking loser. |
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Post by mell on Aug 24, 2016 9:57:15 GMT -5
Without looking, who was Justice's replacement in the playoffs in 96. Was it something like Francisco Cabrera. I just remember a young kid coming in for the Braves late in one of their seasons, and producing, with a name like that. Man those Braves teams were the best Ron Gant was my fave |
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Post by NEW YORK on Aug 24, 2016 9:57:28 GMT -5
I was thinking Andruw, Grissom and Dye But would think Dye would be the everyday guy with Justice Klesko played first right? Jermaine Dye is correct. Crime Dog was at first. Klesko was in LF or DHing. And fuck that fat mother fucking loser. Hmmm, woulda thought off the top of my head Dye would be the more regular player than Grissom, but Grissom was pretty good back than |
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Post by OXlodge on Aug 24, 2016 9:58:51 GMT -5
Jermaine Dye is correct. Crime Dog was at first. Klesko was in LF or DHing. And fuck that fat mother fucking loser. Hmmm, woulda thought off the top of my head Dye would be the more regular player than Grissom, but Grissom was pretty good back than Dye had a cup of coffee with Atlanta. And they traded him after the WS for Michael Tucker. Yes, Michael Tucker. |
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