The Atlanta Braves

[Carp]

If Baldwin is going to be up and continues to look like he has at the plate, with Acuna not even starting rehab yet and Profar out till July, they need to give Ozuna a shot in LF. They need to free up the DH spot for Ronnie to get some starts there anyways. Playing Murphy every 2/3 games and Baldwin 1/3 is detrimental for everyone.

I feel like Baldwin would be significantly better defensively than Ozuna, even with never playing LF professionally. Ozuna, is really, really bad.

 

[AV_12]

I think that has more to do with Tromp being utter dogshit with the bat. Granted, Murphy wasn't much better last year, but Tromp isn't staying on anyone's 26 man roster very long.

95 percent of catchers in the league are dogshit at the plate. Has nothing to do with Tromp and more to do with Murphy not being a sure thing to regain his form

 

[Carp]

Ever spent much time with a professional baseball player? Most are tools. Who cares.

He seems like a pretty good teammate and asset to me. He is exactly what we need.

I was happy when Papelbon punched him in the face. The most punchable face I think I've ever seen.

 

[AV_12]

Bryce hasn’t even been in the news for awhile for doing anything other than trying to win lol. Paying not to have him? Yeah that called watching Kelenic and de la Cruz as your outfielder. Steep price

 

[Carp]

95 percent of catchers in the league are dogshit at the plate. Has nothing to do with Tromp and more to do with Murphy not being a sure thing to regain his form

We should be carrying the 26 best players. Tromp is never gonna be one of those players unless people are injured.

I believe you are over-thinking this.

 

[Carp]

Bryce hasn’t even been in the news for awhile for doing anything other than trying to win lol. Paying not to have him? Yeah that called watching Kelenic and de la Cruz as your outfielder. Steep price

Are there other options than JK, de la Cruz, and Harper or is that the only players capable of playing a corner OF spot?

 

[AV_12]

We should be carrying the 26 best players. Tromp is never gonna be one of those players unless people are injured.

I believe you are over-thinking this.

Not at all position where they may get 1-2 starts a week. He either needs to play everyday here or AAA so there’s what more to it. There are several tromp types or worse all around the league as backups, has nothing to do with upgrading him.

 

[raw dog]

Drake needs to be getting at bats somewhere. Period.

 

[TBrown]

Drake needs to be getting at bats somewhere. Period.

Murphy also needs to play. The split with TDA obviously did not work for me.

This is the worst decision IYAM

 

[Regulator]

I do wonder if we might be seeing Marcel in LF some. Eventually, you could have a LF/DH/C rotation between Ozuna, Verdugo, Baldwin, and Murphy.

 

[raw dog]

Murphy also needs to play. The split with TDA obviously did not work for me.

This is the worst decision IYAM

Agreed.

 

[GAVol]

If Baldwin is going to be up and continues to look like he has at the plate, with Acuna not even starting rehab yet and Profar out till July, they need to give Ozuna a shot in LF. They need to free up the DH spot for Ronnie to get some starts there anyways. Playing Murphy every 2/3 games and Baldwin 1/3 is detrimental for everyone.

Isn’t that like putting spoiled milk back in the refrigerator? We already know Ozuna has no business in a major league outfield.

 

[05_never_again]

1. No one could project the top of the market would more than double in 6 years time. Do you expect contracts to approaching 1.5 billion by 2032? Come on now.

2. Make no mistake, nearly all of these contracts are gonna look hilariously bad in 3-4 years time. The Xander Bogaerts contract might just be the worst contract in baseball history. He's getting paid 25 million per season for another 8 years after this, and he's already a below average player.

3. Harper is a tool. And I would be willing to pay him to NOT play in Atlanta.

I used to be a big believer in #3 but honestly the only reason he's a tool is because he doesn't play for our team. Everything ever said about the guy has been that he plays his ass off, loves the game, and is a great teammate. Could have taken his foot off the gas after getting paid (like a lot of guys do) but hasn't. Plus he's buddies with Tony V.

 

[Carp]

Not at all position where they may get 1-2 starts a week. He either needs to play everyday here or AAA so there’s what more to it. There are several tromp types or worse all around the league as backups, has nothing to do with upgrading him.

When have the Braves employed a catcher in AA's tenure that has started 80-90% of the games at catcher?

It was always going to be a platoon of sorts, regardless if we still had TDA here or not. Maybe not strict 50/50, but it will be around 60-40. Maybe slightly more.

 

[Carp]

I used to be a big believer in #3 but honestly the only reason he's a tool is because he doesn't play for our team. Everything ever said about the guy has been that he plays his ass off, loves the game, and is a great teammate. Could have taken his foot off the gas after getting paid (like a lot of guys do) but hasn't. Plus he's buddies with Tony V.

I will admit most of my hate comes from stuff done when he was younger. Maybe he's grown out of it. But he still gives off plenty of tool vibes.

 

[Carp]

Murphy also needs to play. The split with TDA obviously did not work for me.

This is the worst decision IYAM

While I agree, it's just not likely to happen given the way we have operated at catcher under AA.

Which makes the Murphy trade an even bigger head scratcher. If you aren't going to start someone like Murphy every day, why in the hell do you trade a perfectly good (and younger) catcher for him and also sign him to a big (relatively big) extension?

 

[zjcvols]

Snit literally doesn’t do anything

 

[The Orange Pants]

I will admit most of my hate comes from stuff done when he was younger. Maybe he's grown out of it. But he still gives off plenty of tool vibes.

lol bro this is Bryce Harper. He could be such a tool that he’s cutting ads for Home Depot during the 7th inning stretch and it still wouldn’t matter. His contract was a good one then. And rn his contract looks like getting in on Apple at $10.

 

[AV_12]

When have the Braves employed a catcher in AA's tenure that has started 80-90% of the games at catcher?

It was always going to be a platoon of sorts, regardless if we still had TDA here or not. Maybe not strict 50/50, but it will be around 60-40. Maybe slightly more.

Flowers/suzuki etc types weren’t making $73 million

TDA played because the $73 million dollar man wasn’t performing. This is a different scenario. Baldwin should be play everyday somewhere

 

[05_never_again]

I will admit most of my hate comes from stuff done when he was younger. Maybe he's grown out of it. But he still gives off plenty of tool vibes.

Honestly I think most of that has to do with his physical appearance - he looks like a guy from The Bachelor. Appearances can be deceiving though. He certainly doesn't put off that vibe with how he plays the game. If he was in Atlanta, the city would adore him. He's way more of a dawg and competitor than anybody currently on this team.

 

[zjcvols]

Honestly I think most of that has to do with his physical appearance - he looks like a guy from The Bachelor. Appearances can be deceiving though. He certainly doesn't put off that vibe with how he plays the game. If he was in Atlanta, the city would adore him. He's way more of a dawg and competitor than anybody currently on this team.

He has a playoff OPS with Philly of 1.153 in 143 PA's and a career 1.016 OPS in 232 OPS. We have AT LEAST two WS titles if he's one of our everyday OF's.

 

[zjcvols]

While I agree, it's just not likely to happen given the way we have operated at catcher under AA.

Which makes the Murphy trade an even bigger head scratcher. If you aren't going to start someone like Murphy every day, why in the hell do you trade a perfectly good (and younger) catcher for him and also sign him to a big (relatively big) extension?

If you believe the rumors, it's because they overrated the new baserunning rules that would be enacted going into 2023 and that apparently some of the pitchers didn't like pitching to Contreras. I find both to be dubious.

I think it has much more to the fact Contreras wouldn't agree to an extension and Murphy would.

 

[zjcvols]

Flowers/suzuki etc types weren’t making $73 million

TDA played because the $73 million dollar man wasn’t performing. This is a different scenario. Baldwin should be play everyday somewhere

In Murphy's defense, even when he was performing, Snit was still doing every other day or 1/3 for TDA.

 

[AV_12]

In Murphy's defense, even when he was performing, Snit was still doing every other day or 1/3 for TDA.

Marcell not being able to play LF definitely factored in because he would sit days where most other catchers that can hit would DH some too.

 

[raw dog]

If you believe the rumors, it's because they overrated the new baserunning rules that would be enacted going into 2023 and that apparently some of the pitchers didn't like pitching to Contreras. I find both to be dubious.

I think it has much more to the fact Contreras wouldn't agree to an extension and Murphy would.

Lol why would it matter if Contreras would agree to an extension? He had/still has years of control