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Will Ohman prefers the Braves

A comment by Atlanta Braves beat writer David O'Brien on his blog indicates that lefty reliever Will Ohman prefers to come back to Atlanta:

Just talked to Will Ohman [and he said the] Braves haven’t backed off him, still right there, one of six to eight teams interested. And he reiterated [Atlanta] is where he wants to be, if offers are equal, etc. He really liked everything about the place, team, fans.

I would like to see Ohman return for the next year or two, and I'd like to see the team pay to make that happen. He was far better than any situational lefty we've thrown out of the bullpen, save for two months of Ron Mahay, since Mike Remlinger and Chris Hammond in 2002.

I know we've got this O'Flaherty character and something called a Boone Logan as possible lefty setup guys, but they are not established major leage LOOGYs. Ohman held lefties to a .200 batting and a .571 OPS average last year -- that's like a team of Brent Lillibridges.

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absolutely sign Ohman

Can’t have too many lefties, especially with our righty-heavy rotation. There’s always AAA for the others.

And while we’re on Gwinnett, that could become an interesting team with the up-and-coming talent (Hanson, Schafer), vets recovering from injuries (Smoltz, Glavine) and maybe guys trying to lose a pound or forty, like Andruw Jones.

Should Andruw sign a with the organization, maybe the local fans can organize an informal citizens militia to chase him out of fast food joints and direct him to the local vegan eatery, if any.

by JimK on Jan 7, 2009 4:57 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

pssssshhhh

And people say that nobody wants to play for the Braves any more.

best defensive shortstop in baseball hahahahahahahahahah (omar visquel)

by mvandonsel on Jan 7, 2009 4:58 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ohman + Andruw > Smoltz

Just kidding, guys.

by Bobby Cocks on Jan 8, 2009 9:57 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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