(Non-GT)Atlanta Braves Baseball....new beginnings

[GTJT622]

Knowing the Braves, the call-ups in September will go on some kind of crazy winning streak over the last 2 weeks of the season to not only F up the chance at setting new records for suckitude but also cost us the first pick in next year's draft. This team remains very consistent. Very reliable in what you expect. A bettor's dream (wink wink).

 

[stinger78]

9-27

36 games and 9 wins.

.250 winning percentage.

Over 40 wins on the year now!

 

[BornAJacket]

Braves fire Gonzalez

 

[BornAJacket]

Snitker from AAA Gwinnett is the interim manager.

They also released Carlos Tosca and Terry Pendelton will become the bench coach.

 

[GTJT622]

Should've been gone long ago. Good riddance.

 

[BornAJacket]

Eddie Perez is moving from the bull pen to 1st base. Not sure who's going to manage the bullpen.

 

[BornAJacket]

Should've been gone long ago. Good riddance.

I don't know why they thought he'd last this season. Even he knew that he was going to be gone after the season, that's why he's been pining for a new contract. I guess they decided that enough was enough.

 

[GTJT622]

Eddie Perez is moving from the bull pen to 1st base. Not sure who's going to manage the bullpen.

I'd assign to the closer. He needs something to do.

 

[Buzzforlife]

Marty Reed, bullpen coach.

They didn't give Fredi's job to Pendelton because of the young roster not being conducive to a first job for a manager. He won't get rehired after the record this year. Snitker isn't considered a long-time veteran looking for any chance at this before retiring as a company man from the Gwinnett team, which he has coached most of these kids or their peers.

Bud Black, Eddie Perez, Terry Pendleton will all get an interview with the John's, later on in the season, per my dearest friend Walter.

 

[BornAJacket]

If those are the only 3 candidates I'd pick Perez. I wonder if Ned Yost would have any interest in coming back to Atlanta?

 

[Buzzforlife]

Yost is happy with KC and Dayton Moore. They do have a losing record, but not like Houston who has sent Gattis down, to start catching some games too.

The Angels have mortgaged their farm system and now must pay. They are looking for six players for Trout, 3 proven and 3 ready to produce from 3A.

 

[BornAJacket]

The Angels have mortgaged their farm system and now must pay. They are looking for six players for Trout, 3 proven and 3 ready to produce from 3A.

Sort of like the Braves had done....

 

[Buzzforlife]

Ga. Tech night at Turner Field, concert w/Flo Rida after game per email sent to me:
http://m.mlb.com/braves/tickets/info/georgia-tech-game

Could that group bee from the State of Florida?
Just took a smart pill, guess they work(didn't say Kirby on it, so it must be safe & smart to take a Smarter pill)?

 

[stech81]

Should've been gone long ago. Good riddance.

Agree.

 

[stinger78]

Should've been gone long ago. Good riddance.

Not a FG fan, but he is only a scapegoat. He had the team playing competitive ball before the demolition began. Hart and Copp should have been fired, too, IMHO.

 

[BornAJacket]

Not a FG fan, but he is only a scapegoat. He had the team playing competitive ball before the demolition began. Hart and Copp should have been fired, too, IMHO.

I don't know, last time they were in the playoffs, there were some managerial mistakes. He's been on a downhill slide since then. However, the timing of this firing is not the best either. I don't think many managers would be able to do much with this team. He's definitely being used here.

 

[stinger78]

I don't know, last time they were in the playoffs, there were some managerial mistakes. He's been on a downhill slide since then. However, the timing of this firing is not the best either. I don't think many managers would be able to do much with this team. He's definitely being used here.

Absolutely agree. He deserved to be fired after saving Kimbrel for a game we never played, after we had beaten Kershaw, for all intents and purposes. The timing of this makes him the sacrificial lamb.

 

[Buzzforlife]

Mark Bowman notes that interim manager Brian Snitker’s decision to make Pendleton his bench coach positions him to show the front office how he can handle an increased role in the dugout as well.

News on FGonzo is that he is looking for a job in baseball, and it does not have to be a managerial one.

Chipper Jones endorses Mark DeRosa(current analyst with the MLB Network)as the next Braves Boss. Jerry Crasnick mentioned in addition to all the names I've listed above, Bo Porter will get an interview at some point.

 

[BornAJacket]

I wonder if the manager candidates will come in with questions about payroll limits and the ability to go after some players they'd like to see added.

 

[Buzzforlife]

Wis-ler while they work, 7-1.
Markakis with his 1st HR, Freeman hits 2...now has 8.

 

[stinger78]

Wis-ler while they work, 7-1.
Markakis with his 1st HR, Freeman hits 2...now has 8.

Yay! 11 wins!

BANANA DARK HAIRED

 

[Buzzforlife]

Hey, Snitker is 2-2 on the road. Just like CPJ in Athens!

 

[Buzzforlife]

First two wins over the much improved Phillies were surprising...the game today looked more Gonzo-ish!

 

[Buzzforlife]

The Royals and Phillies are among the teams looking at Braves outfielder Nick Markakis. “The money is an issue there, especially with the Royals,” Cafardo writes; Markakis is owed $10.5MM in each of the next two seasons and roughly $7.25MM remaining on his 2016 salary. Markakis entered Sunday hitting .252/.362/.348 in 185 PA, and his near-total power dropoff over the last two seasons has surely hurt his trade value, as MLBTR’s Connor Byrne pointed out earlier today. While both K.C. and the Phils could use help in right field, Markakis has delivered only replacement-level production this season, with an even 0.0 fWAR.

 

[Buzzforlife]

The Orioles and Braves have struck a deal that sends lefty Brian Matusz and the 76th overall draft pick from Baltimore to Atlanta. Minor league pitchers Brandon Barker and Trevor Belicek are headed to the O’s in the swap.

The Braves immediately released Matusz eating the 3 m. left on his 3.9 m. contract for this season. Both pitchers were off to fine starts this year, despite not being top 30 prospects in the Atlanta farm system. Seems silly to not give this now "healthy" lefty reliever Matusz a shot based on his very respectable 2013-15 numbers. This is a position of need in the bullpen.

 

[BornAJacket]

I have no idea why this trade was made. I don't see the value for the Braves at all. is the 76th pick worth that much?

 

[Buzzforlife]

$838,900 is the value of a such labeled "competitive round pick". The selection will bring the Braves total spending pool to right at 13 million. This has them at third in capacity, as the Phillies are at the top.

I wouldn't have questioned it so much if they would at least give Brian Matusz a chance. He's a better risk than some of the others given a shot already.

 

[BornAJacket]

I agree, I guess the Orioles just wanted to move his salary, maybe the minor league contracts for Belicek and Baker were drawing near to an end and they were going to get away for nothing ...

 

[Buzzforlife]

They were lower-level minor leaguers with a few years left before protection from the Rule 5 Draft(I'm afraid with all these prospects we will be exposed to that starting next year, as the 40 man should be clear right now with only 5 signed to future years currently). Both were college pitchers now at Double A; one at Tex.A&M in. 2015, the other at Mercer in 2014(extended spring training first year placed his time clock even with Barker's).

This was Matusz' final year of arbitration control. His velocity was only down 1 mph.

Yes, Baltimore dumped him to save three mill.-but got two pitchers closer to helping over an unknown draft pick.

 

[stinger78]

Are we approaching Coppy equilibrium?

 

[BornAJacket]

Tehran pitches a gem w/ 14 Ks and doesn't get the win. Sad, sad, sad production from the offense.

 

[Buzzforlife]

The Brew Crew are like 7 games under.....guessing the "newness" has worn off for Snitker, or the curse of the final Turner Field season is real.

 

[GTJT622]

No curse involved. Keep it simple. Tell it like it is...

 

[Buzzforlife]

You've already used that in this thread.

“I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.”
― Mel Brooks

When the sky is falling, or the Braves are playing, take cover under the BS!

 

[GTJT622]

You've already used that in this thread.

“I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.”
― Mel Brooks

When the sky is falling, or the Braves are playing, take cover under the BS!

I'm trying to use it when recalibration appears in need.

 

[Buzzforlife]

Release Matusz and give Alvarez a chance? Need we say more.....
Braves claimed southpaw Dario Alvarez off waivers from the Mets, Adam Rubin of ESPN.com reports on Twitter. Alvarez had recently been designated for assignment.

The 27-year-old has been roughed up in limited MLB action over the last two years. He’s scuffled this year at Triple-A, too, though Alvarez has recorded 27 strikeouts against ten walks in his 15 1/3 innings and has posted better results in the past.

 

[stinger78]

I think the Braves are approaching a singularity.

 

[Buzzforlife]

Braves outfielder Hector Olivera has accepted an 82-game suspension, without pay, under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy, the league announced this afternoon. Olivera has been on paid administrative leave for much of the season, and that time will be retroactively credited to his suspension (with the pay he had earned during that time revoked). Olivera’s suspension is retroactive to April 30 and will run through Aug. 1, meaning it will cost him roughly $2.03MM of this season’s $4MM salary. Olivera has agreed not to appeal the suspension.

 

[Buzzforlife]

Yawn....
The Braves have designated infielder Reid Brignac for assignment, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports on Twitter. A corresponding move has yet to be reported.

Brignac, 30, has seen action in every major league season dating back to 2008, though he’s still yet to accumulate over 1,000 total plate appearances and has only cracked 100 in a single season twice. He’s a lifetime .219/.264/.309 hitter and has fallen below even that line in his 13 games this year with Atlanta. Of course, the utilityman is valued more as a depth option with a reliable glove.

 

[Buzzforlife]

Break up the Braves when they play the Marlins...3 game sweep earlier, now two in a row this weekend....more than 1/3 of the victories this year are vs. them, 5-0 record.