Running Baseball Trade Deadline Thread

[spnited]

He's hitting .377 since coming off the DL but with only 1 HR and 8 RBI in 16 games

 

[Mayfly]

May, I'm not saying it's a bad move. As a guy in a non-baseball market who's grown up with the Braves on TBS, I know that if there's one guy in baseball that you can trust to make the right move, it's probably Scheurholz.

Just saying that it doesn't seem like his normal MO.

He's in it to win it. If it involves trading away top prospects to get a player who is capable of hitting .300/20/55 post all star break, so be it.

 

[spnited]

The question, Braves fans, is who exactly is going to pitch and who is going to close?

 

[CollegeJournalist]

May, I'm not saying it's a bad move. As a guy in a non-baseball market who's grown up with the Braves on TBS, I know that if there's one guy in baseball that you can trust to make the right move, it's probably Scheurholz.

Just saying that it doesn't seem like his normal MO.

He's in it to win it. If it involves trading away top prospects to get a player who is capable of hitting .300/20/55 post all star break, so be it.

Agreed. It'd definitely make for a scary middle of the lineup, especially with Willie Harris doing such a good job in the lead off role. It also gives them another reliable bat off the bench in Franco (to go along with Matt Diaz). And if Andruw Jones can start hitting the ball like he has in the past (you know, better than .215), the lineup could be downright nasty.

Like you said, the East is going to be won with offense, and adding Teixiera would make for one hell of a lineup--probably the best since Chipper, Justice, McGriff and Klesko were in Atlanta together.

 

[spnited]

Julio Franco is no longer a reliable bat off the bench. You might notice he is hitting .217 for the season and is 6 for 30 since the Braves picked him up.
Why do you think the Mets dumped him?

 

[Mayfly]

Julio Franco is no longer a reliable bat off the bench. You might notice he is hitting .217 for the season and is 6 for 30 since the Braves picked him up.
Why do you think the Mets dumped him?

To drop their average age slighty below yours?

 

[spnited]

Hey, I think the Giants average age is slightly above mine!

 

[Mayfly]

Hey, I think the Giants average age is slightly above mine!

You mean the team that used to play at the Polo Grounds? The New York baseball Giants?

 

[Flying Headbutt]

The Braves would have Tex for the rest of this season and all next year, to remind him about his glory days in college with Georgia Tech.

 

[CollegeJournalist]

Franco isn't going to hit .300--I won't argue with you on that. But when a guy has 50 ABs in 100 games, I'm not exactly expecting him to set the world on fire. Pinch hitting and/or playing once every five days or so is a *****.

But Franco can still put a bat on the ball. He's not going to provide a much-needed bat, but he's not a terrible option off the bench late in a game. At the least, he still handles the bat well enough to move runners and drive in a few runs.

 

[CollegeJournalist]

The Braves would have Tex for the rest of this season and all next year, to remind him about his glory days in college with Georgia Tech.

OK. I wasn't sure if he was a FA after this season or the next, and like I said, I didn't really feel like looking it up.

 

[spnited]

Franco isn't going to hit .300--I won't argue with you on that. But when a guy has 50 ABs in 100 games, I'm not exactly expecting him to set the world on fire. Pinch hitting and/or playing once every five days or so is a *****.

But Franco can still put a bat on the ball. He's not going to provide a much-needed bat, but he's not a terrible option off the bench late in a game. At the least, he still handles the bat well enough to move runners and drive in a few runs.

You obviously did not watch him in NY this year where he was totally unproductive.

 

[CollegeJournalist]

Sure didn't. Don't get much Mets baseball down here. But he looked alright today.

Like I said, he's not going to be an everyday player or even a great bat off the bench. But he's not completely terrible.

Reliable was the wrong word. Better than Peter Moylan isn't.

Plus, on a team that's still pretty young, he's a good clubhouse guy (isn't that the official indictment that it's time to hang it up?).

I like Julio, so I'm trying to justify having the guy around somehow.

 

[spnited]

I like Julio, too. Did a nice job for the Mets last year and he is a real good clubhouse guy, especially with younger Latino players.

But, trust me, he's done. Hasn't pulled the ball all year.

 

[CollegeJournalist]

I noticed today that he wasn't even LOOKING to pull the ball. That's fine if a guy is known as a slap hitter or battling out of a slump. But for a guy who's always been a decent hitter, not even trying to pull the baseball is a surefire sign that the hands have slowed down a little.

I guess they tend to do that around 50.

 

[spnited]

Exactly, CJ. All he can do now is slap it to the right side.

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

Exactly, CJ. All he can do now is slap it to the right side.

He does still swing the heaviest bat in the majors, I believe.

 

[silvershadow1981]

I want somebody to at least keep Julio around until he does indeed hit 50 next August, the corny trivia buff in me thinks that would be cool.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Coupla Braves thoughts:

Franco pulled a hit yesterday, but he's been an opposite-field hitter since 2001. On top of that, the Mets really didn't give the guy a chance, as has been noted. I think that as much as anything is why he has started the last few games for Atlanta. Cox wants to get him going.

Second:
A deal for Teixeira would be outside the Braves' MO for the past five years, a function of the anal-retentive bean counters at AOL Time Warner (the conspiracy theorist in me can't help but wonder if they're all Mets fans ...). Still, it wouldn't be without a Schuerholz precedent. Fred McGriff, anyone? That's the same deal, although you could argue that Saltalamacchia is a better prospect than Melvin Nieves was. Recognizing that there isn't any legitimate pitching help to be had, Schuerholz is likely thinking he better get all the offense he can get.

 

[Barsuk]

Salty is a nice prospect, but the Braves don't have anywhere to put him with McCann behind the plate. If they can swing a Salty-for-Tex deal, it'll be a coup.