re: The ATL Thread Offseason Edition: Braves acquire Brandon Phillips

We resigned EOF

Rule 5 action today:

IN: Rivero, Pimentel
OUT: Moran, Bird, Miranda

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Drew Silva
Armando Rivero, the Braves' Rule 5 Draft selection from the Cubs, is sorta intriguing. 2.13 ERA, 105 K in 67 2/3 IP this year at AAA Iowa.

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A guy I talk to , who is a big and informative Cubs fan, hates that we picked up Rivero. Can be an impact pen piece.

Honestly, he reminds me a lot of Juan Jaime. Older pitcher dominating in the minors, with a huge K rating, but no control. Tons of walks.

So does this mean we have 2 Rule 5 picks on the roster in Winkler and Rivero?

Luke Jackson. 25 that's been sub-par since he was drafted but does have filthy stuff. 97-100 mph fastball. Hope he gains control cause I liked Jenkins.

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Braves just made trade with rangers for Luke Jackson. Gave up Jenkins and Brady Fiegl

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Dont mind it. At least Jackson has an ounce of potential, even though he cannot throw a strike to save his life. Thats not really something that can be said about Jenkins. What we saw was pretty much what we were going to get with him. Someone that cant miss bats, and doesnt have the command to get around that.

Doubful Jackson ever does something, but he can throw hard as hell.

Jenkins was a 0. Feigl injured. Fine with it.

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Wieters adds no value to us I the short term because we're not there yet as a team and by the time we get there he will be old and pretty far down the slippery slope we already see him on. That would be a waste of money no matter the price. Keep that Georgia boy out of Georgia

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I think Wieters has a little more tread left on the tires than folks think, and he will be fully healthy two years removed.

But I stand by the caveat it has to be the right cost....maybe a 1 year "prove it" deal or something short with and option/buyout.

I'm not crazy enough to believe the Braves will compete for the division this year....but I think they're at the point where developing a winning culture is important.

Just my .02. You make some valid points too.

BA Top 10
Swanson
Albies
Allard
Soroka
Anderson
Acuna
Maitan
Newcomb
Weigel
Fried

My top 50 in the system and where I expect them to be this year.

1.Dansby Swanson||SS||Atlanta
2.Ozzie Albies||SS/2B||Gwinnett
3.Ronald Acuna||CF||Rome
4.Max Fried||LHP||Mississippi
5.Kolby Allard||LHP||Florida
6.Sean Newcomb||LHP||Gwinnett
7.Mike Soroka||RHP||Florida
8.Ian Anderson||RHP||Rome
9.Touki Toussaint||RHP||Florida
10.Joey Wentz||LHP||Danville
11.AJ Minter||LHP||Gwinnett
12.Derian Cruz||SS||Danville
13.Dustin Peterson||LF||Gwinnett
14.Austin Riley||3B||Florida
15.Rio Ruiz||3B||Gwinnett/Atlanta
16.Patrick Weigel||RHP||Mississippi
17.Cristian Pache||CF||Rome
18.Kyle Muller||LHP||Danville
19.Lucas Sims||RHP||Gwinnett
20.Travis Demeritte||2B||Mississippi
21.Randy Ventura||RF||Danville
22.Alex Jackson||C/OF||Florida
23.Jed Bradley||LHP||Gwinnett
24.Juan Yepez||1B||Rome
25.Braxton Davidson||LF||Florida
26.Akeel Morris||RHP||Gwinnett
27.Connor Lien||CF||Mississippi
28.Leudys Baez||LF||Rome
29.Ricardo Sanchez||LHP||Rome
30.Josh Graham||RHP||Florida
31.Brett Cumberland||C||Rome
32.Anfernee Seymour||SS||Rome
33.Stephen Janas||RHP||Gwinnett
34.Ray-Patrick Didder||CF||Florida
35.Jonathan Morales||C||Florida
36.Isranel Wilson||RF||Danville
37.Sean Godfrey||LF||Mississippi
38.William Contreras||C||Danville
39.Bryse Wilson||RHP||Danville
40.Kade Scivicque||C||Mississippi
41.Lucas Herbert||C||Rome
42.Luis Valenzuela||2B||Florida
43.Corbin Clouse||LHP||Florida
44.Wes Parsons||RHP||Mississippi
45.Jared James||LF||Rome
46.Carlos Castro||1B||Florida
47.Jason Hursh||RHP||Gwinnett
48.JB Moss||LF||Florida
49.Jeremy Walker||RHP||Rome
50.Caleb Dirks||RHP||Mississippi

I dont add players that havent played yet, so no Maitan, but if I did place him, I would have to put him #1 because of his supposed potential.