And no Dumpster, I couldn’t stand watching him do that glove jiggling wind-up all season.

He should be fired. Like how he was fired as Baltimore’s GM after a year.

My first thought to give up Escobar, Hanson, and Schafer for Peavy: NO!! BUT, I could most def live without schafer ( He can go to Barry B’s HOF for all I care) It is true we dont know if Hanson will ever even make it to the Bigs, and Peavy may give us 3-4 solid years if not more ( Unless he is another Hampton, Hudson for the bravos).

With all this if they can give Kelly, Hanson, Schafer I would say lets go. But you got to move frankie somewhere a get some solid bats and another pitcher now. An aquisition of Peavy’s standard means we have to be ready to win now and not rebuild.

Its a gamble but I hope for it.

what happened to the yunel, medlen, gorkys rumor I was pumped about…

If we traded Yunel, I wonder if we would look into signing Furcal as a free agent. He could be cheap(er) coming off an injury year, and would give us the leadoff hitter we’ve been missing since, well, Furcal left. I remember Cox being a big fan of his and a story about how Furcal called Cox after he signed the contract – so I wonder if Cox could have a influence on that, as well.

I took that he was saying offer one or more of those players instead of hanson..for example James/Reyes instead of Hanson

I’ve been saying that I’d definitely like Peavy, and think that Hanson is an acceptable piece to trade if it doesn’t include more of our top 5, and especially no more ML ready stuff.

But this…this is ridiculous. If this is where the talks are going I can think of a few places that Towers can stick this demand.

First off, this is a writer from New York – not Atlanta, not San Diego! Who are these “executives” he supposedly spoke with? … for all we know he could have been referencing a conversation he had with some Seattle Mariners or Texas Rangers executives. It pains me that the general opinion is, “if it’s written, it’s gotta be true” especially articles such as this with more spin than a game of Yahtzee! Take into consideration who the writer is and whether he/she has an agenda, or for that matter connections to the material in question.

I’ll believe it when I SEE it come from a documented, reliable, named source. Until then, it’s just someone trying to sell something (IMO).

i plan on writing frank wren some hate mail if he trades hanson. i might even renounce my fandom.

Rohrbough is better than Hanson…

We have a TREMENDOUS amount of high quality low level pitchers, and we could get a potential ace in the draft…

Peavy is one of the best pitchers in baseball and has a nice contract…Hanson will have a good career, but he will never be the pitcher Peavy is.

I’ve been a huge Hanson (and Schafer) fan since they’ve played their first seasons here…but Peavy is too good to not go after…

First, you need to justify why you are such a little bitch…who gets that offended over a simple comment…lighten up, it’ll make you feel better…

Now to the point, the reason I say Rohrbough over Hanson is that, I personally, like Cole better than Mr. Hanson. They each throw a fastball, curveball, changeup, and both are excellent at all three pitches. I just like Cole’s version better…especially the fastball and curveball, which both have more power and movement than Hanson. Plus, Cole is almost a full year younger than Tommy, and Cole being a LHP is favorable in my book.

Hanson’s statistics were awesome last season and better than Rohrbough (who was late coming off an injury), and thats why everyone is going crazy about trading him. However, I believe Rohrbough has higher potential than Hanson, and will develop into an all around better pitcher.

I probably forgot to mention something that I would normally say have I not been at work since 7:30AM, but everyone is entitled to their ideas. Somebody might read my original post and be like “hey, maybe Hanson isn’t the greatest pitcher EVER, even though he had great stats last season” AND they will feel alittle better losing him IF we trade him.

GM reiterates Braves won’t part with prospects, even for Peavy

Associated Press

Updated: October 23, 2008, 2:55 PM ET

ATLANTA — General manager Frank Wren insists the Braves won’t trade their most valued prospects, apparently not even to bring Jake Peavy to Atlanta.

Speculation about the Braves’ interest in Peavy has grown since the San Diego Padres confirmed they were fielding offers for the 2007 NL Cy Young Award winner.

On Sept. 29, one day after the Braves completed their first 90-loss season since 1990, Wren said he wouldn’t part with the organization’s top prospects.

Wren made that proclamation before knowing the Padres would consider trade offers for Peavy, but he affirmed his stance Thursday when asked about Peavy.

“From our perspective we still feel the same and we are looking to the future when that next wave of talent I spoke of arrives in Atlanta,” Wren said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

Two top minor league players mentioned in widespread trade speculation are starting pitcher Tommy Hanson and outfielder Jordan Schafer.

Peavy has a no-trade clause in his contract with the Padres, and his agent, Barry Axelrod, has said the right-hander likely would approve moves to the Braves, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals.

Peavy, a native of Mobile, Ala., would seem to be a good fit for the Braves. Wren said his top offseason priority is to add two starting pitchers.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported this week the Padres had three scouts watching Hanson make an impressive start at a recent Arizona Fall League game.

Numerous reports suggest the Braves might include Schafer, Hanson and one of two Atlanta infielders — shortstop Yunel Escobar or second baseman Kelly Johnson — in an offer for Peavy.

“Many of the trade speculations that have been written over the past few weeks are inaccurate,” Wren said. “For the most part they are simply an outsider speculating what we might do and not what we would do.”

The 23-year-old Hanson threw a no-hitter for Double-A Mississippi this year. He was 11-5 with a 2.41 ERA and had 163 strikeouts in 138 innings at Class A Myrtle Beach and Mississippi.

Padres general manager Kevin Towers has said he expects to have young pitchers included as the starting point of any talks involving Peavy.

Wren said the Braves must plan to be without right-hander Tim Hudson, who had elbow ligament-replacement surgery on Aug. 7, for the full 2009 season.

John Smoltz and Tom Glavine had season-ending shoulder and elbow surgeries, respectively, and their status for 2009 remains uncertain.

Meanwhile, left-hander Mike Hampton is a free agent.

Wren said he hopes to re-sign Hampton, but he still will need to add more starting pitching. As the rotation currently stands, the top returning starters are 2008 rookies Jair Jurrjens, Jorge Campillo and Charlie Morton.

“We’re going to have to get an established starter or two that can kind of lead the way for our younger pitchers, and we do like our younger pitchers,” Wren said. “We think we’ve got a real good group coming, but we need some veteran stability at the top of the rotation to take some of the pressure off them.”

Wren said Hanson could make his major league debut “at some point” in the 2009 season but shouldn’t be counted on to make the opening day rotation.

Peavy was 10-11 with a 2.85 ERA this season and was on the disabled list from May 15 to June 12 with a strained right elbow. He was 19-6 with a 2.54 ERA in 2007.

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press