re: The ATL Thread: Offseason Edition

Shouldn't be a guy named Shae on this team anyway.

MOAR FORMER CLOSERS PLEASE

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SHOCKER

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RHP Shae Simmons underwent successful “Tommy John” surgery today to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow

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The season can't officially start until a couple of these happen

Per Fangraphs the Braves have 11 of the top 200 prospects, which is tied with the Cubs for the most in baseball

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Starting Lineup

Nick Markakis, RF
Alberto Callaspo, 2B
Freddie Freeman, 1B
Chris Johnson, 3B
Jonny Gomes, LF
Andrelton Simmons, SS
Christian Bethancourt, C
B.J. Upton, CF

Bench

A.J. Pierzynski, C
Kelly Johnson, UTIL
Phil Gosselin, IF
Zoilo Almonte, OF
Eric Young Jr., OF

Starters

Julio Teheran, SP
Alex Wood, SP
Mike Minor, SP
Shelby Miller, SP
Eric Stults, SP

Bullpen

Luis Avilan, LHP
Josh Outman, LHP
James Russell, LHP
Jim Johnson, RHP
Jose Veras, RHP
Jason Grilli, RHP
Craig Kimbrel, RHP

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Thanks for the breakdown.

Looking forward and if the goal is to be competitive by 2017, who are some of the big time free agent bats coming available over the next 2 years that we will be targeting?

The pitching staff should be fine with the young arms we have acquired and the ones already in the system. I think its pretty obvious that we will need someone to protect Freeman by 17 if not a couple of guys.

After 2015:

Left Fielders:

Jeff Baker (35)
Willie Bloomquist (38)
Yoenis Cespedes (30)
Endy Chavez (38)
Tyler Colvin (30)
Rajai Davis (35)
Alejandro De Aza (32)
David DeJesus (36) – $5MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Chris Denorfia (35)
Jonny Gomes (35) – $3MM vesting/club option
Alex Gordon (32) – $12.5MM player option
Matt Joyce (31)
Don Kelly (36)
Nate McLouth (34) – $6.5MM club option with a $750K buyout
David Murphy (34) – $7MM club option with a $500K buyout
Gerardo Parra (29)
Steve Pearce (33)
Sean Rodriguez (31)
Ryan Sweeney (31) – $2.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Justin Upton (28)
Chris B. Young (32)
Delmon Young (30)

Center Fielders:

Endy Chavez (38)
Rajai Davis (35)
Alejandro De Aza (32)
David DeJesus (36) – $5MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Dexter Fowler (30)
Tony Gwynn Jr. (33)
Austin Jackson (29)
Nate McLouth (34) – $6.5MM club option with a $750K buyout
Gerardo Parra (29)
Colby Rasmus (29)
Cody Ross (35) – $9.5MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Skip Schumaker (36) – $2.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Grady Sizemore (33)
Denard Span (32)
Drew Stubbs (31)
Ryan Sweeney (31) – $2.5MM club option with a $500K buyout
Shane Victorino (35)

Heyward interview at Cardinals ST

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Some chatter that the Braves are interested in Jackie Bradley Jr. Would probably take one of the arms they just acquired to get it done.