Show #121: The End of Chipper’s Season
Discussing Chipper’s season-ending injury and re-introducing the Post Season Hope Meter.
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August 18th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
The Lee situation has at least one important implication outside of the acquisition itself.
a. The Braves give more in prospect value for Lee in order to take on less of his contract.
b. The Braves give little in prospect value for Lee and take on most of his contract.
If a, the Braves are indeed in a prolonged spending funk that will probably not end.
If b, the Braves have been holding back on spending only because they didn’t see anything worth spending money on.
If this deal goes through, it will go some distance toward answering our lingering suspicions about the spending habits of the organization. In other words, if we give up Delgado, or even Kimbrel, and take on less than half of Lee’s $$$, we’re pretty much broke.
August 18th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
*Replace Delgado in the above equation with, say, Mike Dunn. No way we’d give up an A+ guy even if we were asking the Cubs to pay some of Lee’s salary. I wasn’t thinking. Just woke up.
August 18th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Bubdylan is going to be very sleepy the first day of school.
August 18th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Nah, I got it all planned out. School starts Wednesday. Monday night I just won’t go to bed at all. Tuesday night I’ll crash land at 9 or 10pm.
August 18th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
I’m sure you all know it, but Bowman mentions we might make a run at LaRoche, who cleared waivers, if the Lee deal fails.
*adds up lefty starters of NL playoff teams…*
August 18th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Ugh.
August 18th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Mother Blogger…
Word now , tho unofficial, is Derrek Lee will hold a press conference after the Cubs game
August 18th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Verrrry curious to see the prospects/ $$$$ involved.
August 18th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Rosenthal just tweeted the deal is done. We’re sending RH Robinson Lopez, RH Tyrelle Harris, LH Jeffrey Lorick and the Cubs are sending us some cash.
August 18th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
3 pitching prospects in the deal. Waiting…
One theme I don’t like about Wren: buying high. I know most would say Lee is a buy-low, but I think his back struggles and plate struggles are pretty well established by now, and that his homer outburst versus the Cards makes this a buy-high in the same vein as Ankiel’s and Gonzalez’s numbers right before they came over.
We bought high on Nate McLouth, Gonzo, Ankiel, Farnsworth, and now Lee.
If we “sold low” on any of our pitching prospects going across for Lee… unhappiness shall flow forth.
A bulging disc… I dunno…
August 18th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Thanks, Steve, those don’t look bad.
August 18th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Who goes to make room for Lee?
August 18th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Braves have acquired 1B Lee & cash from Cubs in exchnge for ML pitchers Tyrelle Harris (RHP), Robinson Lopez (RHP) & Jeffrey Lorick (LHP).
Ok?
August 18th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
“I don’t know them, neither,” as my hilarious neighbor likes to say. I’m down with that.
August 18th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
I’m so on top of things. I don’t know how you woul survive without me.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
In answer to #187 – Mark Bradley just tweeted that Glaus to the DL. Bub – happier?
August 18th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Holy smokes. Glaus will rehab in Gwinnett at third base. I don’t like this at all. The whole advantage of having Lee and Glaus is that they can spell one another. I hope it’s just a back up plan and that Infante/Prado close out the season at 2nd/3rd.
I will be livid if Glaus replaces Infante in the starting line up and Omar has to go back to the bench after proving himself again.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Steve, yeah, I’m happy with the deal. If for no other reason, the Braves are being aggressive and care plenty about winning.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
It will feel funny pulling for the union in the K-Rod case. Of course, I won’t be upset if the union finally loses one, but it’d be sweet to see the Mets with one more semi-albatross.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
I think Glaus is rehabbing at 1st and 3rd for more lineup flexibility. If the Braves were facing a real tough lefty in Sept., then you could sit Heyward and play Omar in LF, Diaz in RF, and Melky in CF. Prado would obviously move back to 2nd. Cox would be able to bat all righties against a lefty pitcher (if Ross plays for mac). We could then use all lefties plus the Venezuelans against right handed pitchers.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Yeah…I don’t get Glaus rehabbing at 3rd. Surely Infante won’t be taken out of the lineup now!
August 18th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
“the Venezualans” …I love that. Nate makes sense.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
In the immediate future the trade takes Glaus out of the lineup. By default, that makes it the most successful trade this year. Not that it had much competition.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Nate, A+ on #198.
August 18th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
It just occurred to me that out of tonight’s line up, the following spots were not major league starters at the start of 2009:
#1
#2
#3
#5
#6
#8
Only McCann and Alex Gonzalez, if I’m not mistaken, were in opening day lineups in 2009.