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***The 2008 Atlanta Braves Thread***

unluckyluciano said:
More of a glavine replacement though that can maybe go the distance? I don't think itll be that big of a deal.
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No offense bro but all the guy has done is log 220+IPs and K over 235 for each of the last 4 seasons whie being the best SP in baseball over that stretch. Its no different then when you guys used to run out studs every day like Maddux/Smoltz/Avery/Glavine....

It is a big deal just like when ATL landed Tex at last years trade deadline. :beer1:
 
Boik14 said:
No offense bro but all the guy has done is log 220+IPs and K over 235 for each of the last 4 seasons whie being the best SP in baseball over that stretch. Its no different then when you guys used to run out studs every day like Maddux/Smoltz/Avery/Glavine....

It is a big deal just like when ATL landed Tex at last years trade deadline. :beer1:
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Meh my bad.
 
Boik14 said:
No offense bro but all the guy has done is log 220+IPs and K over 235 for each of the last 4 seasons whie being the best SP in baseball over that stretch. Its no different then when you guys used to run out studs every day like Maddux/Smoltz/Avery/Glavine....

It is a big deal just like when ATL landed Tex at last years trade deadline. :beer1:
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no doubt about it. great pickup for the Metropolitans.

Johan is a stud.
 
Glavine needs to be just good enough to where its not killing us to have him out there for 5 or 6 innings. Just eat up some innings so the bullpen doesn't get overworked. The rotation other than Smoltz and Hudson killed us last year. If Glavine can give us over 150 innings at an ERA under 5.00 it should really help. Just a few starts from Hampton would be a bonus considering what he has given us the last few years. As for the back end of the rotation I guess we just hope the offense is good and can make up for it.
 
DolfinDave said:
Glavine needs to be just good enough to where its not killing us to have him out there for 5 or 6 innings. Just eat up some innings so the bullpen doesn't get overworked. The rotation other than Smoltz and Hudson killed us last year. If Glavine can give us over 150 innings at an ERA under 5.00 it should really help. Just a few starts from Hampton would be a bonus considering what he has given us the last few years. As for the back end of the rotation I guess we just hope the offense is good and can make up for it.
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If chuck james can step up and pitch descent as well we will have a good rotation going. I agree about glavine just needing to do enough, if you read he talks about his era before the collapse I think it was not too bad. What I like is we have depth, which we haven't had in a couple of seasons.
 
I agree we don't need Glavine to be what he once was, just better than the 3-5 guys were last season. That shouldn't be too hard since they generally were awful. If Hampton could actually hold out for a while without getting hurt that would be great. I won't count on it. Smoltz should definitely benefit from some of the pressure being taken off of him.
 
Returning Braves impress Perez
Braves bullpen coach Eddie Perez was pleased to see two former teammates — Glavine and Javy Lopez — look no worse for wear in their first day back with the Braves.
Lopez, 37, is attempting a comeback as McCann's backup after being cut by Colorado during 2007 spring training. He appears in excellent condition, noticeably slimmer than in his 43-homer season with the Braves in 2003, his last in Atlanta
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http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/braves/stories/2008/02/01/braves_0202.html
 
Braves, Rays talking trade
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Posted: Thursday January 17, 2008 07:33AM ET

Tampa Bay has had talks with the Braves about a trade involving 24-year-old infielder Willy Aybar, a switch-hitter with a checkered past. Aybar's off-the-field issues, most notably a stint in a substance-abuse rehabilitation program that wiped out most of his 2007 season, could be an impediment.
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Weird didn't even know we signed him:
Braves may move Kotsay in '09
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Posted: Sunday January 20, 2008 09:24AM ET

Oakland did well to get pitchers Joey Devine and Jamie Richmond from Atlanta for center fielder Mark Kotsay.The price wouldn't have been that high if the A's hadn't agreed to pay $5.35 million of Kotsay's $7.35 million contract. The Braves are penciling in Kotsay for only one year, as they have Jordan Schaefer and Gorkys Hernandez in the wings.
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Links:
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/34770

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/34094
 
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/34273
Braves talking Teixiera extension
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Posted: Friday January 18, 2008 06:59AM ET

The Braves signed arbitration-eligible Mark Teixeira to a one-year, $12.5 million contract Thursday, and Braves Nation can only hope future negotiations go so smoothly with the slugger's agent. "I don't know that it signals that, I just know that we'll continue working at [a contract extension]," said Braves GM Frank Wren, who has had plenty of recent conversations with Teixiera's famously hard-driving agent, Scott Boras. The Braves and Teixeira won't say whether an extension might be worked out before or during the season or if Boras will have his client wait to test the free-agent waters when he's eligible next winter.
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http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/34273
 
Man can someone put a hit out on Boras. He will probably hold out for some crazy amount like $20 mil a year.
 
DolfinDave said:
Man can someone put a hit out on Boras. He will probably hold out for some crazy amount like $20 mil a year.
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than Yankees are gonna throw a ton of cash Texeira's way after this offseason.

but one thing in Atlanta's favor; Tex's wife is from the Atlanta area, and her family still resides there. so maybe the Braves will get a slight "hometown" discount.

then again, Andruw Jones's wife is a former UGA sorority girl with family in the area too, and he wasn't gonna give the Braves a home team discount, so who knows.
 
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