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Saw where the Bravos did resign Kelenic. There’s your OF. Ha!

Could be that AA simply thinks his team from last year, which made the playoffs despite debilitating injuries, is good to go with the return of Acuna and Strider, and Murphy at full strength all season. I think most would like to see an upgrade in LF, another rotation arm, and at least a competitive alternative at SS. Doesn’t look like that will happen, though.
 
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stinger78 said:
Saw where the Bravos did resign Kelenic. There’s your OF. Ha!
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stinger78 said:
Saw where the Bravos did resign Kelenic. There’s your OF. Ha!

Could be that AA simply thinks his team from last year, which made the playoffs despite debilitating injuries, is good to go with the return of Acuna and Strider, and Murphy at full strength all season. I think most would like to see an upgrade in LF, another rotation arm, and at least a competitive alternative at SS. Doesn’t look like that will happen, though.
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You would think the injuries of the past few years would teach AA that you can never have enough arms. I don’t see how the Braves can make it through a whole season with what they have now.
 
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Reports are out that Ke'Bryan Hayes of the Pirates has requested a trade. Averages between $7-8M a year and is under contract till 2030. Could he play shortstop?
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According to the metrics on Savant he doesn't have a very strong arm compared to other 3B. That would be amplified even further at SS. It looks like he's played a total of 5 innings at shortstop in his professional career. Based on those two data points I'm guessing that he wouldn't be a good fit at shortstop.
 
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Sometimes I wish the Braves were ran more like the Dodgers. The rich continue to get richer…..
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I can't figure out why the Braves didn't at least kick the tires on Sasaki. Relatively speaking he was very cheap. I've read rumors that the Braves are not well liked by Japanese players because of how they treated Kenshin Kawakami, but that was 15 years and 2 front office administrations ago.
 
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I can't figure out why the Braves didn't at least kick the tires on Sasaki. Relatively speaking he was very cheap. I've read rumors that the Braves are not well liked by Japanese players because of how they treated Kenshin Kawakami, but that was 15 years and 2 front office administrations ago.
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Seemed like a great fit but iiuc those guys lean heavily to Westcoast teams or New York.

What did the Braves do to Kawakami?
 
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kg01 said:
Seemed like a great fit but iiuc those guys lean heavily to Westcoast teams or New York.

What did the Braves do to Kawakami?
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All rumors, but if you can't spread rumors on message boards, where can you spread them, right? :geek:

Rumor has it that Frank Wren had buyer's remorse early on. The first season (2009) wasn't too bad, but season 2 Kawakami went through a rough patch in May. The front office made him feel uncomfortable, and the coaches offered very little help in the way of constructive advice. They ended up sending him to Gwinnett as a 35 year old. Wren supposedly suggested that he return to Japan, theoretically in hopes that he would do so and the Braves would be able to void out his contract. Then, in season 3 (2011) they tried to keep him out of spring training even though he was on a major league contract. They sent him down to AA Mississippi for that season as a 36 year old. Kawakami's quote was, “It feels like I was in elementary school. I was sick the whole time..."
 
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