Action must be take to break this string of injury bad luck. Announce tomorrow, before anything else happens, that they’re bringing back Chief Noc-a-homa with his teppe just beyond the left field wall.
As much as i want to draft hitters at #9 and #26 when you look at the price of pitchers in the open market and how often pitchers break down you wonder......
Should we at least consider pitchers early (and often) ?
I hate to say I T Y S but.....I Told You So. My prediction in several of these columns was that the Braves would be lucky if three of the five injured starters came back without problems. I was pleased that AA made a few medium moves this winter but not signing a high level pitcher was a mistake that will become huge over the next few weeks, especially if another SP goes down. But, hey, we've got some beautiful luxury offices to rent - anybody interested?
Peralta was the only real option for us, IMO. He was the only guy who was affordable, allowing us to address our other needs, and moved the needle enough to justify both losing Wentz and adding to our existing rotation crunch. Everyone else looks like an investment in our floor at the expense of our ceiling, to me.
The QO guys weren't going to work out. The cost was higher for us than the rest of the market. We'd essentially lose a first round pick, instead of a second. But the FA pitchers aren't going to give us a discount for that.
Ruling them out, the SP market was a bad investment. ~$11M per WAR. I much prefer investing in Suarez, Iglesias, Kim, Yas, and Dubon over adding another Bryce Elder to the mix. And that's about what $20M (our most expensive signing) gets you.
We have plenty of options still: Sale/Strider/Lopez/Holmes/Elder/Wentz/Waldrep/Perez/Suarez/Ritchie/Braun.
If your point is that we should spend more, I agree 100%. But that's not really a critique of AA.
It's just incredibly bad luck I don't know what it's called but here we go Three out already and we just started spring training. I guess I don't understand why all of a sudden right before spring training starts swelly comes in with elbow inflammation. I'm sure it's a valid injury kind of reminds me of what the dodgers all of a sudden smell can't pitch and there's another one which I can't remember off the top of my head. Whatever AA does it's a catch 22 somewhere or another. Thank you for the deep dive Lindsay
Action must be take to break this string of injury bad luck. Announce tomorrow, before anything else happens, that they’re bringing back Chief Noc-a-homa with his teppe just beyond the left field wall.
I need Dansby to bring the sage back
As much as i want to draft hitters at #9 and #26 when you look at the price of pitchers in the open market and how often pitchers break down you wonder......
Should we at least consider pitchers early (and often) ?
I hate to say I T Y S but.....I Told You So. My prediction in several of these columns was that the Braves would be lucky if three of the five injured starters came back without problems. I was pleased that AA made a few medium moves this winter but not signing a high level pitcher was a mistake that will become huge over the next few weeks, especially if another SP goes down. But, hey, we've got some beautiful luxury offices to rent - anybody interested?
Peralta was the only real option for us, IMO. He was the only guy who was affordable, allowing us to address our other needs, and moved the needle enough to justify both losing Wentz and adding to our existing rotation crunch. Everyone else looks like an investment in our floor at the expense of our ceiling, to me.
The QO guys weren't going to work out. The cost was higher for us than the rest of the market. We'd essentially lose a first round pick, instead of a second. But the FA pitchers aren't going to give us a discount for that.
Ruling them out, the SP market was a bad investment. ~$11M per WAR. I much prefer investing in Suarez, Iglesias, Kim, Yas, and Dubon over adding another Bryce Elder to the mix. And that's about what $20M (our most expensive signing) gets you.
We have plenty of options still: Sale/Strider/Lopez/Holmes/Elder/Wentz/Waldrep/Perez/Suarez/Ritchie/Braun.
If your point is that we should spend more, I agree 100%. But that's not really a critique of AA.
It's just incredibly bad luck I don't know what it's called but here we go Three out already and we just started spring training. I guess I don't understand why all of a sudden right before spring training starts swelly comes in with elbow inflammation. I'm sure it's a valid injury kind of reminds me of what the dodgers all of a sudden smell can't pitch and there's another one which I can't remember off the top of my head. Whatever AA does it's a catch 22 somewhere or another. Thank you for the deep dive Lindsay