Let Glavine Walk!

by AlRoBraves95 on Jan 28, 2009 10:55 PM EST

Yes Glavine went to Dr. Andrews and got the ok the his arm is fine and yes he will be ready for Spring Training. We all know that the Braves have only $8 million to spend on Glavine and an outfielder. The Braves have more then enough pitchers to plug into the 5 hole. We have alot of options with pitchers such as Jo-Jo, Morton, Hanson, Campillo etc.. Do we really need to sign Glavine for 3.5 million plus incentives? That cuts into our budget of $8 million into $4.5 million. Yes the market is dropping but you still wont sign Dunn for $4.5 million a year, maybe $5 but Glavine is not talking $3million. I say let the inexperience pitchers battle it out for the last spot and give Dunn $6 million a year and give Ohman $2 mii a year. What do you think?

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just give Dunn the 8M and be done with it

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by RehabReject on Jan 28, 2009 11:31 PM EST reply actions

i love Ohman, but im not quite sure we need him… you can always use more depth in the pen (as evidenced by our last year), but we have three solid arms (assumign Moylan is health) some good long relief guys and two Loogies (O Flaherty and Logan)… and i still think Boyer is a good reliever if used properly (like not 1000 times in one season)

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by Swo12bv on Jan 29, 2009 12:05 AM EST up reply actions

Don’t forget that we’re using Campillo for 2025 starts this season.

by mattdiaz4life on Jan 29, 2009 12:09 AM EST up reply actions

u son of a bitch… well played…. he can handle the heavy workload

"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."

by Swo12bv on Jan 29, 2009 12:23 AM EST up reply actions

+1 for memory

"…aren’t worthy enough to hold his (Pujols) ass cheeks apart while Playboy models wipe him with thousand dollar bills after he craps out the cure to whatever previously-incurable disease." by royhobbs 1/7/09

by buzzdeadwax on Jan 29, 2009 12:36 PM EST up reply actions

Totally agree

We only have about $6 MM left and he would want all of that. At this point I really don’t think he would out perform Campillo for the 5th spot. With all the rumors floating that Dunn could be had for 2 years $20 MM now i wonder if he would take less the first year of the contract if we added a third year. Say 3 years and $30 MM. If it went first year $6 MM, second $10 MM, and third $14 MM. I think that would be fair price for him. Its obvious that he isn’t going to get the 4 years $56 MM that he wanted earlier in the offseason. Plus I really don’t think that Abreu is going to come down enough to be worth it. Abreu is getting old and has been declining since he went to New York, and while he’s still a good player he isn’t what were looking for. At least with Dunn he is still young and has some good productive years ahead.

by jack dein on Jan 28, 2009 11:39 PM EST reply actions

"We all know that the Braves have only $8 million to spend on Glavine and an outfielder. "

We all ASSUME that the braves have only $8-10 million to spend…

^Fixed.

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by justincredubil02 on Jan 29, 2009 9:29 AM EST reply actions

Unless...

some of these trades that are still sitting on FW’s desk change the figures????

by BBFAN46 on Jan 29, 2009 12:17 PM EST up reply actions

Just saw this

in an article by Mark Bowman:

"While the Braves have some interest in giving Glavine the chance to strengthen the back end of their rotation, they have just $6 million to $7 million to satisfy both this interest and their need to acquire an outfielder. "

I am wondering where he gets those numbers from? To my knowledge, Liberty Media hasnt released what next years budget will be. All they have said is that they will increase from last year’s. Am I missing something?

"Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill -

by justincredubil02 on Jan 29, 2009 9:42 AM EST reply actions

Who the hell wants Glavine?

You’ll get better from Campillo, or Hanson/Parr/Morton, for peanuts. It’s not like he’s even an “innings eater”. He is a crappier version of Jamie Moyer.

by TradeAndruw on Jan 29, 2009 8:16 PM EST reply actions

WOW thats really bad

"We win today, that's two in a row... if we win tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. It has happened before..."

by Swo12bv on Jan 29, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions

What's ironic

Is that Jamie Moyer’s gone on record before to say how much he admired and looked up to his junior Tom Glavine, and had a tape of his 1995 game 6 performance that he watched regularly for inspiration.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Jan 30, 2009 8:34 AM EST up reply actions