yeah, not because we had a black hole of suck in the outfield or anything silly like that

I thought it was Tex’s fault?

No I think Wren has done a good job his trades have worked for our best interest in every one of them and Schuerholz made one bad move to try to make it to the postseason in his last year, big deal he just made great acquisitions for more than a decade geez. The what have you done for me lately attitude just gets on my nerves; but back to the questions Wren has made it clear the Hanson and Heyward for sure and most likely Schafer/Gorkys and Freeman are untouchable. So I don’t worry with trading the main prospects but we still have solid prospects like Cody Johnson and so on.

Of course, he later ended up coaching for the Mets.

…he now feels more aware of how he stands from a physical standpoint, and feels pretty confident in his ability to pitch.

What an ugly and unfounded way to talk about a man who has never done anything but play his heart out for the Braves, and represented the team and baseball with as much integrity as anyone ever has. We don’t know what’s going on. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say no one on this board could possibly be more disappointed, no devastated than me if Smoltzie played anywhere but Atlanta, but I cannot imagine ever attacking him personally because made a decision based on factors I am not, nor ever will be, privy to.