Show #206: Our Interview with David O’Brien
DOB weighs in on the wild card loss, the bottle throwing, the leadership void left by Chipper, Teheran and Delgado, Venters and Hanson and the moves for 2013.
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November 16th, 2012 at 7:11 pm
Reyes also potentially loses $8 mill in taxes playing for the Jays. That sucks.
November 17th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Sounds like the Bossman Junior era might be about to begin in Atlanta, I just hope we don’t overpay for him just because he’s the best option on the market.
Be careful Frank.
November 18th, 2012 at 11:39 am
Hi all. Just got back from vacation this week and catching up. The Marlins are just ridiculous. We’ll continue to complain about Liberty (and rightly so) but a real live person as an owner is no guarantee.
I like the Braves going after Upton, but he feels like the classic Braves acquisition that will go into horrendous, mind-bending slumps.
So, we were on a cruise this week and Leo Mazzone was on the ship. He was always in a big group when I saw him (all on the first day, never saw him again) so was unable to talk to him. But, I did see that on his upper arm he has a tattoo in the shape of a penant that says “14 Straight”. I thought that was kind of cool.
November 22nd, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Happy Turkey Day everybody!
November 26th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Further emphasizing how bad the Braves local TV deal is. Imagine if they could add even half of this to their revenue.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/dodgers—7-billion-tv-deal-will-widen-chasm-between-mlb-s-rich-and-poor-040842261.html
November 27th, 2012 at 5:39 pm
BREAKING: @Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz suspended 25 games without pay after testing positive for an Amphetamine.
November 28th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
BJ Upton…GO!
November 28th, 2012 at 6:46 pm
Not that I want him to go. I want discussion to occur. That way I’ll know how I feel about it. Also, ‘I can’t believe there’s no trash talk about Saturday’s game!
November 28th, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Thoughts on paying BJ Upton 15 million: is the Braves front office insane? Kinda speechless right now. Just a shockingly terrible deal
November 28th, 2012 at 9:37 pm
Welp, that about does it for me. Don’t like the guy at all, plus this contract is insane.
#108, Roll Tide.
See y’all in the funny papers.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:06 pm
Why overpay a player who consistently underperforms and has repeatedly quit on his team in the past? If Joe Maddon and the Rays clubhouse couldn’t turn him around no one will, especially not Fredi Ginzalez. First Lowe, then Uggla, now BJ. At least Uggla’s not a jerk, but he still can’t hit or field. I just don’t get it.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:25 pm
My faith in the Braves organization meter is at a -1000.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:25 pm
This deal with Upton doesn’t look good at all. Its a gamble. But as a Braves fan I agree there is still huge upside. He’s hitting his peak years so heres hoping we see a bonafide SUPERSTAR for the next 5 years.
Breakout BJ Breakout!!! Show us what u can do.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:34 pm
I guarantee you Fredi’s hitting him leadoff.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:37 pm
It’s gonna be alot of swinging and missing next year guys.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
@114 – Not sure if it’s a joke, but if not, I guarantee you he won’t be batting leadoff.
Obviously, I’m not crazy about the strikeouts or the low OBP, but the power, right handedness and age are all very exciting.
I still need more time to digest and I also want to see what the other move is.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:50 pm
@ 116
I guess I typed that thinking its a joke but knowing who our manager is, its not far from reality.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Uggla, Mac, and Upton in the same lineup…
November 28th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Wow! I was kind of excited until I read the board.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:54 pm
@ 116, who do you think they go after? Span?
November 28th, 2012 at 11:07 pm
@120 – Span or Cody Ross. However, my season long prediction that we’d end up with Victorino would really bum me out now if he was the other piece.
November 29th, 2012 at 1:26 am
Not sure how I feel about this move. I think B.J. was the best option out there for center. If the braves are a club where money is not an issue I think this is a good move, but we all know that is not the case. The braves will pay him what they payed Chipper last year. There are so many question marks here, this is a very risky move. I will be really interested to see what Angel Pagan and Bourn get. If pagan gets over 10 mil a year I will feel better about it.
At least we’re not the Marlins!
Go Braves!
November 29th, 2012 at 8:47 am
Betting it’s Span, personally. Exciting, young outfield – that strikes out a lot.
November 29th, 2012 at 10:58 am
Keith Law calls the Upton deal a win:
“In Upton, Atlanta gets an above-average defender in center with plus raw power and some past history of plate discipline, although he became much more aggressive in 2012 in what I assume was an effort to boost his power numbers as he headed into free agency. Upton can’t touch Michael Bourn’s glove, but he’s less of a dropoff than any other possible successor to Bourn and makes up for the defensive drop-off with his power, although he’s never been able to translate that raw ability — which should produce 30-plus home runs — into performance over a full season, with 2012′s total of 28 his new high.
Upton had been a patient hitter prior to this season, with an OBP of .346 in his five full seasons as a starter before 2012 and walk totals ranging from good to outstanding, so there’s performance upside here if he returns to his old ways of working the count. There is still performance risk with Upton, who’s only had one season, 2007, in which he put all of his offense skills — power, patience and speed — on display at once, but he still has the physical tools and has shown all of those abilities separately over the years since that breakout season.”
November 29th, 2012 at 11:30 am
Several weeks ago, I wrote on here that I didn’t want the Braves to sign B.J. Upton. Now that they have, I’m slightly more excited about it (probably because it’s an actual free agent signing), but I’m still very cautious about this signing.
I like that he’s entering into the prime of his career, and he has the makeup for a breakout season. I like that he’s (apparently) friends with Heyward, and hopefully that will make him enjoy playing for Atlanta, which will translate into playing well. I like that he’s right-handed, a good base-stealer, and has power.
I don’t like the increasing strikeouts, the low OBP, the drop-off in defense that we’ll get. I don’t like a rather pedestrian OPS for a guy whom we’ll be paying $15 million a year. I don’t like his low walk total. And, I don’t know where he’ll fit in the lineup — definitely not leadoff, not 2nd (Prado), not 3rd (Heyward). I’d say cleanup (hit him between lefties Heyward and Freeman, then hit Mac and Ugg in 6/7), but I’m not sure that’s where he should hit, despite his power potential.
With all of that ambivalence, I thought whoever made the comparison to Adam Jones (I think it’s in the SI article posted above) nailed it. AJ has had potential for a breakout season for years, and only this year did he come into it. Upton seems like a similar kind of player — late 20s, low OBP, power potential, speed, low walks, etc.
I’d LOVE a trade for Span. With Upton, Heyward, Freeman, and potentially Uggla/Mac (assuming they hit like they should), we’ve got plenty of boppers in the lineup — now we need a table setter who has speed and gets on base at a good rate, which Span does.