re: The ATL Thread: Opening Day Edition

Hey now!

We don't have 14 consecutive division titles.

And, if you must know, no one in Oxford likes that banner. We joke about it more than anyone.

Evan Gattis has switched from number 32 to number 24.

Venters placed on the 15 day DL retroactive to 3/27, Beachy, McCann and Janish on 15 day retroactive to 3/22

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get the frick out of here with this bullshite.

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while holding on to McCann and Heyward and getting rid of prado.

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I don't even know what this means. Heyward got on base at a higher rate than Prado last year, in addition to being better at virtually everything else and being cheaper.

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I don't even know what this means. Heyward got on base at a higher rate than Prado last year, in addition to being better at virtually everything else and being cheaper.

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ehhh no he didn't

I just don't understand why as a gm...

1) you know your team has Uggla, who is a major liability as far as batting average/strikeouts. and 2) You see McCann's batting average dip drastically over 3 years or so.... and 3) you know heyward hit .229 two seasons ago, so he's a risk to hit at a very low average... and 4) you know your most reliable batter for years in chipper is retiring

so you go out and sign BJ Upton, a guy who strikes out all the time and has potential, but has never hit for average minus his rookie season... and you get rid of Prado, a guy who hit .305 last year and is a .295 career hitter.

Why is this such a controversial opinion?

Prado had a higher on base percentage than Heyward last year, but Heyward has a higher one in his career.

For the rest of your post....well, you don't seem to understand the sabermetric approach

Atlanta Braves
Opening Day Roster Playoff Experience

Pitchers
Tim Hudson (1-3, 3.46 ERA, 54.2 IP)
Kris Medlen (0-1, 2.84 ERA, 6.1 IP)
Craig Kimbrel (0-1, 1.69 ERA, 5.1 IP)
Eric O'Flaherty (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.0 IP)

Hitters
B.J. Upton (.267 AVG, 7 HR, 18 RBI, 25 GP)
Justin Upton (.265 AVG, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 11 GP)
Gerald Laird (.048 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 10 GP)
Jason Heyward (.143 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 5 GP)
Freddie Freeman (.750 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 GP)
Andrelton Simmons (.250 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 GP)
Dan Uggla (.000 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 GP)
Juan Francisco (.000 AVG, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 GP)

Heyward is definitely better. He also has huge potentially untapped potential.

The problem is that he may be the braves' most reliable hitter and he still is a career .261 hitter. If he repeats what he did last year, that would be great... and he'd still hit .269. No more bourn (12th best WAR amongst hitters last year). No more Prado (16th best WAR amongst hitters last year. No more chipper. But braves still have uggla (.220), still have mccann (.230), signed bj upton (.243).

I understand if you can't resign some of those guys, but to me Bourn and Prado were two of the most unreplaceable guys in the lineup, and really two of the only truly reliable ones.