The ATL Thread 4/28

Starting it pretty early

Or are we playing a day game?

Either way I dont mind.

Strider will be making his first start of the season in either game 1 or game 2 against the Rockies

Not surprising


Think the mets will fire their manager? I dont

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Mattingly named interim manager for Phillies

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Hope Walt beats his arse if one of his pitchers hits Ronald.

Kims rehab assignment is slated for 6 games then assessing how things are going from there.

Baseball America’s prospect hot sheet featuring the hottest 20 prospects features 2 Braves this week.

John Gil coming in at #16 and as you probably guessed if you follow our minor league guys Eric Hartman coming in at #2!

Hartman hit 5 home runs last week alone and had a slug over 1.000 which I thought was mathematically impossible.

Predictions are saying after our next draft which we have some good picks in and the next international signing pool period that we will jump up to somewhere between 12-16th in prospect rankings.

FWIW we ended last season ranked 28th

Why are these teams who ar spending big bucks firing their managers? We’ve been told the goal was to spend money because spending money is the only way to win.

Think of it like raffle tickets, spending more money gets your more raffle tickets giving you more of an opportunity at winning.

This season has been really interesting though especially as we are heading into a lockout most likely where spending gaps is one of the biggest issues

The top 12 payrolls are

Dodgers
Mets
Yankees
Jays
Phils
Braves
Astros
Cubs
Padres
Detroit
Giants
Red Sox

So the 4 best teams in baseball are 6,1,9,3

The 4 worst teams in baseball are 2,5,7,12

It appears its not money thats the primary ingredient for winning, But the quality of an entire organization from front office, to scouts, to analytics, to trainers, etc.

How you spend your money is what matters not just spending money.

Also you have the Reds who are playing very well ranked 20th and the pirates also playing well at 23.

The As are winning their division at 26

Fangraphs payroll breakdowns


Btw the Marlins in last place spending just 73 million with only 5 million of it commited beyond this year into 2027 made me laugh out loud