Never in doubt. "Blazin" Bryce Elder used to be the Texas Longhorns Friday night starter
Plus Ha-Seong "Homer" Kim did his thing.
Really enjpyed today's (?) podcast comparing the Mets (better farm system, deep deep pockets), the Phillies ( better farm system, deep pockets) and the Braves.
I'll ask it again. Compare our roster and farm system tha A.A inherited with what we have now.
Who is to blame ? I don't have all the answers. We stumble along with a weak 1-team Dominican operation. We don't draft hitters but we find a lot of sore-armed pitchers.
As Baseball America said : Except for Caminiti, Ritchie and Diego Fuentes Braves are sorta Punchless and Powerless. (Not an exact quote)
I'd argue that the IFA sanctions were devastating. Those kids would have been the next wave of guys, instead they had to get Arcia and Allen to replace Dansby, sign FAs like Profar, Rosario, etc for left field.
Well, some of those first signees are just now getting to the point where they'd be debuting, like Didier Fuentes & Jhancarlos Lara. But you're right in that the first class or two haven't contributed much
I struggle trying to decide how to disperse the blame between AA and McGuirk but I think McGuirk's low baseball i.q. and really being more interested in real estate acquistions than building a baseball team greatly hampers AA.
Elder is making 800K and is still pre-arb. No way the Braves should deal him. An ideal swing man if he’s not the #5 SP coming out of ST. And a reason not to spend $15 million on a fifth starter the way some encouraged the Braves to do in 2025 with — Charlie Morton.
Never in doubt. "Blazin" Bryce Elder used to be the Texas Longhorns Friday night starter
Plus Ha-Seong "Homer" Kim did his thing.
Really enjpyed today's (?) podcast comparing the Mets (better farm system, deep deep pockets), the Phillies ( better farm system, deep pockets) and the Braves.
I'll ask it again. Compare our roster and farm system tha A.A inherited with what we have now.
Who is to blame ? I don't have all the answers. We stumble along with a weak 1-team Dominican operation. We don't draft hitters but we find a lot of sore-armed pitchers.
As Baseball America said : Except for Caminiti, Ritchie and Diego Fuentes Braves are sorta Punchless and Powerless. (Not an exact quote)
I'd argue that the IFA sanctions were devastating. Those kids would have been the next wave of guys, instead they had to get Arcia and Allen to replace Dansby, sign FAs like Profar, Rosario, etc for left field.
What scares me is how damn little they've accomplished since coming off restrictions in 2021.
Although this year, 2025, with Diego Tornesand Raudy Reyes look like money well spent.
Plus they got some good infielders. Some are bat-first, some are glove first.
Well, some of those first signees are just now getting to the point where they'd be debuting, like Didier Fuentes & Jhancarlos Lara. But you're right in that the first class or two haven't contributed much
I struggle trying to decide how to disperse the blame between AA and McGuirk but I think McGuirk's low baseball i.q. and really being more interested in real estate acquistions than building a baseball team greatly hampers AA.
Elder is making 800K and is still pre-arb. No way the Braves should deal him. An ideal swing man if he’s not the #5 SP coming out of ST. And a reason not to spend $15 million on a fifth starter the way some encouraged the Braves to do in 2025 with — Charlie Morton.