Show #155: Another Impressive Week for the Braves
A 5-2 week. Chipper to the DL. Gonzo in the 2-hole. Kimbrel in extras. And Jeter’s 3,000th.
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July 11th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
I think that Detroit writer feels like he broke up with his girlfriend that he didn’t appreciate and later sees her with another man looking 10 times better. So he says negative things about her to make himself feel better even though in his head he’s like DAMN!!
July 11th, 2011 at 8:34 pm
#25 – Great stuff, Paul. Thanks for sharing. All for Javy Vazquez and people were screaming bloody murder about that trade.
July 11th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Vizcaino out of the ‘pen sounds pretty nasty.
July 11th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
#16- Lowe’s been very mediocre for a while now. Over his last 8 starts he’s averaged just a little over 5 innings a start, has given up a total of 24 earned runs (ERA of 4.70), opponents batting average against him is .279 and OBP against is .330. I mean, it’s not very good.
July 11th, 2011 at 8:56 pm
I hope they don’t ask Adrian Gonzalez and Bautista for their papers tonight.
July 11th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Could Gwinnett’s rotation possibly consist of Teheran, Minor, Delgado, and Vizcaino at some point this season or next? That would be a pretty ridiculous minor league rotation.
July 11th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
29 was me
July 11th, 2011 at 11:19 pm
They should have had Proctor pitch the home run derby.
July 11th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
29 and then 32 raise so many questions.
Is Vinnie even real?
Does Steve steal all of Vinnie’s stuff?
Does Steve post on another site under the name “Vinnie”? Does our Vinnie know about this?
Is Vinnie really Steve?
July 11th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
LOL @ 30- Sad but true. Arizona disappoints me just as much as Georgia does.
LOL @ 34
July 12th, 2011 at 12:23 am
Boy, what a snubb Bochy is giving Kimbrel — says he’ll pitch Wilson if it’s a save situation. Go out to MLB web site and look at bothe of their stats. Kimbrel has pitched more innings, has had more save opps, has earned more saves, has a lower WHIP and an ERA that’s nearly one run less than Wilson. Well, I guess Kimbrel will close if it’s a two-run game in favor of the NL and the AL go yard on Wilson.
July 12th, 2011 at 8:11 am
Finally got around to the show – very nice. Loved that comment in regard to J-Hey’s batting, calling him “a giant hole.” Totally safe for radio! He certainly is.
July 12th, 2011 at 8:38 am
Phillies All-Star pitcher Cliff Lee agreed: “Tommy Hanson should be here right now, I think. He’s pitched as good as anyone in here.”
July 12th, 2011 at 9:54 am
Just read that the value of the gifts extended to the Yankees’ fan who caught Jeter’s ball is $120,000. Thereby, putting this poor guy, potentially, on the hook for $14,000 in taxes.
THROW IT BACK!
July 12th, 2011 at 10:17 am
my lineup with chipper out and prado in would be
1. schafer CF
2. prado 3B
3. McCann C
4. Freeman 1B
5. Uggla 2B
6. Heyward RF
7. Mclouth LF
8. Gonzalez SS
honestly, its hard to go wrong with the guys we have, as long as gonzalez is at the bottom of the lineup. we dont have any hitter worse than him. not schafer, not mclouth, not lugo.
July 12th, 2011 at 10:17 am
on bullpen management, i like saving kimbrel for the save, if you can. but i also dont like using proctor in that situation. but, the problem here is not bullpen management, its bullpen personnel. get proctor out of there. seriously, he has no business on this team. and, if the braves could make one move, it should be for a righty out of the pen that can strike guys out.
July 12th, 2011 at 10:19 am
#33 – Awesome.
#34 – Wouldn’t you like to know.
#36 – I totally understand that Bochy will use Wilson over Kimbrel. Not from a baseball perspective, but from a what the AS game has become perspective. Whether it’s the every team has to have someone at the game to the coach bs like the closer thing or the Volgesang pick, it’s not treated like a real game. Pretty much in any way. Good thing home field advantage still rides on it.
July 12th, 2011 at 10:20 am
#41 – Good point. A big part of the problem is Proctor on the 25 man to begin with.
July 12th, 2011 at 11:33 am
#38, great quote from Cliff Lee on Tommy.
July 12th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Nate, It just shows that Cliff Lee has class.
BTW, i would rather KK pitch than Proctor! Did I just say that?
July 12th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
walker “Arizona disappoints me just as much as Georgia does.”
they make me real proud.
July 12th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
#35 and #46: let’s keep politics off the board please. Thanks.
July 12th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
Saw an interesting article touting two trades:
Aquiring Cuddyer
Reasons:
1) Braves can not afford to pick up salary, but can afford to give up good prospects in exchange for Twins paying salary.
Cuddyer (who will probably be highly sought by others including the Phillies – so he will cost a bit) for Randall Delgado and Todd Cunningham (which is probably better than anyone else can offer), asking the Twins to cover his $3.5 mil salary for the rest of the year.
2) Stats against lefties:
Overall this year: 298, .369, .474
Against lefties this year: .369, .470, .726
Against lefties, carreer: .293, .382, .495
3) Versatility:
Can play left (platoon w/ Henske while Chipper on DL and Prado in infield).
When Chipper comes back and Prado moves to left, can play LF when resting Chipper (which he will probably need), RF when resting Heyward, 1B when resting Freeman and otherwise comes off bench.
4) If he walks at end of year, he is Type A which nets Braves to top-50 draft picks (more or less what they gave up for him).
The author assumes that they will trade McLouth for “whatever” to move him and open a roster spot (removing that salary and buyout).
With McLouth leaving, a CF back-up becomes a need with which he proposes to aquire Omar Infante.
Infante has struggled in Fla. so might only cost a Grade-C prospect with upside. He is owed about $850K, so w/o McLouth, the price is right. Infante would replace Lugo (read Lu-GONE) on the bench and be able to back-up Gonzalez and Schafer.
So, for two Grade-A and one Grade-C prospects we make out line-up against lefties better, improve our bench and get two top-50 draft picks at the end of the year.
I thought it was interesting…
July 12th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
#47, yessir. my bad.
July 12th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
48 was me (first time I missed that, I think… usually the first thing I do…)