The Braves

[Lemory]

Boy this sucks. Grilli has a ruptured achilles and is out for the season.

[RealBitsOfPanther]

Sucks for grilli. He was prob going to be moved by the deadline, but still hate to see an injury like that

[RealBitsOfPanther]

This team is getting hard to watch fast.

[Joscott]

Yeah, after a promising start, this team has been horrible after the all star break. Between the trades and injuries, they turned out right where I think we thought they would be. Sending Gomes in to pitch last night was the ultimate topper on this season. 

The most baffling of all is Gonzales got extended during all this. If they really consider keeping him around for the 2017 season, I don't think it will be as fun as originally anticipated. 

[Joscott]

Crazy about Tommy Hanson, dead at 29. The guy looked like he had a ton of potential when he was called up.

[*FreeFua*]

Congrats on getting the next Jon Lester in Sean Newcomb. I'm f'n pissed! Newcomb will be an ace in a couple years but ready to make an impact as early as this year. 

 

Ellis was our second best prospect... We just traded our two best prospects without filling any of our needs. Uncle Arte better be willing to get out his check book again and go nuts in FA.

 

As for Aybar, one of the longer serving Angels I'll miss but won't be too upset. He'll do some of the dumbest things you'll ever see out on the field especially when he runs the bases. Solid glove had a few errors down the stretch this year though. 

 

I've obviously seen Simmons on highlight reels for the past few years but he's a weak hitting SS but a respectable OBP percentage I suppose. I'm blown away we just traded our A+ pitching prospect for Simmons. A Richards, Heaney and Newcomb 1-2-3 was something a lot of us Angels fans were really looking forward to.

 

rant over 

[Joscott]

1 hour ago, *FreeFua* said:

Congrats on getting the next Jon Lester in Sean Newcomb. I'm f'n pissed! Newcomb will be an ace in a couple years but ready to make an impact as early as this year. 

 

Ellis was our second best prospect... We just traded our two best prospects without filling any of our needs. Uncle Arte better be willing to get out his check book again and go nuts in FA.

 

As for Aybar, one of the longer serving Angels I'll miss but won't be too upset. He'll do some of the dumbest things you'll ever see out on the field especially when he runs the bases. Solid glove had a few errors down the stretch this year though. 

 

I've obviously seen Simmons on highlight reels for the past few years but he's a weak hitting SS but a respectable OBP percentage I suppose. I'm blown away we just traded our A+ pitching prospect for Simmons. A Richards, Heaney and Newcomb 1-2-3 was something a lot of us Angels fans were really looking forward to.

 

rant over 

Thanks for the info, I was actually shocked to see Simmons traded, I thought he would be untouchable but I guess Freeman is the only one. Didn't really recognize the names right away, but it seems like a good prospect haul (because that's all the Braves are interested in) .

This front office will either look like geniuses in a couple of years or will have destroyed the franchise for many years to come. 

I'll miss Simmons a lot. You'll learn to love watching him play. His bat has never developed like hope, but he has shown some more pop recently. While he doesn't score a lot of runs, he will save you a lot. 

 

[*FreeFua*]

You guys took Zona to the woodshed in that Miller deal

[Joscott]

AZ looks to be in major win now mode, hope it works better for them than the Padres of last year.

I didn't think the Braves would get anywhere near that value for Miller. He's goo, but not that dominate #1 to completely destroy the farm system. The Braves have now essentially traded one year of Heyward for one year of Shelby Miller and keep Tyrell Jenkins, Ender Inciarte, Aaron Blair, and Dansby Swanson. Not to mention they also got AZ's #1 pick from the previous year, Touki Toussaint. 

The Braves still wont be good next year, but the future is looking brighter.

 

[carpanfan96]

On 12/10/2015 at 11:22 PM, Joscott said:

AZ looks to be in major win now mode, hope it works better for them than the Padres of last year.

I didn't think the Braves would get anywhere near that value for Miller. He's goo, but not that dominate #1 to completely destroy the farm system. The Braves have now essentially traded one year of Heyward for one year of Shelby Miller and keep Tyrell Jenkins, Ender Inciarte, Aaron Blair, and Dansby Swanson. Not to mention they also got AZ's #1 pick from the previous year, Touki Toussaint. 

The Braves still wont be good next year, but the future is looking brighter.

 

 

On 12/9/2015 at 3:32 PM, *FreeFua* said:

You guys took Zona to the woodshed in that Miller deal

 

 

Yea they fleeced AZ with that Trade, but I'll take it. They got a ton of really good prospects from the Simmons and Miller trade and made out like bandits. 

[Toolbox]

nt

[Kakarot]

Going to be a long season...

[Lemory]

Our starting pitching hasn't been bad we just cant manufacture any runs or play defense at all. Hopefully we can be competitive in 2018!

[Joscott]

Bright side...Freddy G is as good as gone