Braves are a Classy team

[filosofy29]

Braves quotes after Thursday’s loss to Giants | Atlanta Braves

Cox sure does run a tight ship.....very classy in a tough defeat. Lowe earned many points in my book for what he said. Took complete ownership for a ball that should have been caught by Infante.

 

[msgkings322]

Cox is the best, no question.

 

[gp956]

Braves quotes after Thursday’s loss to Giants | Atlanta Braves

Cox sure does run a tight ship.....very classy in a tough defeat. Lowe earned many points in my book for what he said. Took complete ownership for a ball that should have been caught by Infante.

Impressive. Lowe was right though, that 2-0 pitch with Timmy on deck was too good.

 

[filosofy29]

Impressive. Lowe was right though, that 2-0 pitch with Timmy on deck was too good.

It was definitely too good of pitch, especially when he knew that Ross would be looking to expand his strike zone. That said, it's tough not to take that bait and say "I got the grounder I wanted". You are right though, that pitch was a borderline strike and that's way too close for that scenario.

 

[gp956]

It was definitely too good of pitch, especially when he knew that Ross would be looking to expand his strike zone. That said, it's tough not to take that bait and say "I got the grounder I wanted". You are right though, that pitch was a borderline strike and that's way too close for that scenario.

Sure. I give him lots of credit for not going that route. You know Armando would be saying, "I did my job".

 

[filosofy29]

Sure. I give him lots of credit for not going that route. You know Armando would be saying, "I did my job".

Fuck, reading "I did my job" just gave me a terrible flash back. Man did I ever hate Benitez. That seriously brought me back for a second, lol

 

[gp956]

btw, here is the 2-0 pitch to Ross - pretty good pitch to pull:

 

[gp956]

Fuck, reading "I did my job" just gave me a terrible flash back. Man did I ever hate Benitez. That seriously brought me back for a second, lol

He didn't last long after that did he?

 

[filosofy29]

He didn't last long after that did he?

Not much iirc. I think he got traded back to the Marlins or something with the Giants picking up a large portion of the tab.

 

[msgkings322]

Not much iirc. I think he got traded back to the Marlins or something with the Giants picking up a large portion of the tab.

I wonder if we can afford to get rid of Rowand and/or Zito the same way? The money is gone, so eat a bunch of it and get them outta there?

I guess if you're spending the dough Rowand is a reasonable 4th OF and Zito a 5th starter, so unless they are blocking someone else maybe we just keep 'em.

 

[filosofy29]

I wonder if we can afford to get rid of Rowand and/or Zito the same way? The money is gone, so eat a bunch of it and get them outta there?

I wouldn't mind taking that option with Rowand. I mean the guy didn't even play the second half of the season, so you might as well give up that roster spot to a bench player that can actually help.

However, I'd hang on to Zito if you're going to pick up most of the tab anyway. He's still a very good 4th Starter in this league and can eat some innings. Zito at least still provides good value in my humble opinion.

 

[gp956]

I wonder if we can afford to get rid of Rowand and/or Zito the same way? The money is gone, so eat a bunch of it and get them outta there?

I guess if you're spending the dough Rowand is a reasonable 4th OF and Zito a 5th starter, so unless they are blocking someone else maybe we just keep 'em.

Zito is still serviceable if he's your #4 or #5. It's not like he's a bad clubhouse guy, or has to "bounce back" to mediocrity. Rowand on the other hand needs to have a comeback year just to come close to league average. Of the two, he's the one I would move.

 

[msgkings322]

I wouldn't mind taking that option with Rowand. I mean the guy didn't even play the second half of the season, so you might as well give up that roster spot to a bench player that can actually help.

However, I'd hang on to Zito if you're going to pick up most of the tab anyway. He's still a very good 4th Starter in this league and can eat some innings. Zito at least still provides good value in my humble opinion.

On our team currently Zito's the 5th starter, but I agree if you're spending the money he has value as a 4/5. Who else ya want, Wellie?

That said, if we don't trade Sanchez or Cain, and we want to put Wheeler in there...at some point we may have to get rid of Zito to make room.

 

[msgkings322]

Zito is still serviceable if he's your #4 or #5. It's not like he's a bad clubhouse guy, or has to "bounce back" to mediocrity. Rowand on the other hand needs to have a comeback year just to come close to league average. Of the two, he's the one I would move.

Agreed.

I feel bad for Gamer. I've harped on this but the Padilla beaning is behind this, I just have a hunch.

 

[nateistheshi]

On our team currently Zito's the 5th starter, but I agree if you're spending the money he has value as a 4/5. Who else ya want, Wellie?

That said, if we don't trade Sanchez or Cain, and we want to put Wheeler in there...at some point we may have to get rid of Zito to make room.

Best case scenario for the Giants is that Wheeler is ready in another year or so. At that point you still can't get rid of Madbum, because he'll still be very cheap and developing. I'd think that they might try to part with Sanchez if Wheeler's ready to open the 2012 season to see what bats they can get. Who knows, maybe Michael Main will regain his 2008 form before his injury and then we have ourselves a former top prospect reborn that we acquired for 3 months of Benjie fucking Molina.