We do NEED Huddie so lets sign him and move on

I personally think that there’s already a deal in place to trade Lowe after the WS is over. Where is anyone’s guess if it’s for Carlos Lee i’d be very happy. Huddy can give us what Lowe gave us last season plus and he’d cost 6 mil less per.

All I can say is that is this a typical Braves move not that it is a bad one don’t get me wrong I am just always worried about signing guys especially pitchers to longer deals than a yr or two and decent money after Tommy John Surgery. I am now excited that Lowe is going to be traded but to who and yes it has taken me a few months to warm up to the idea but we need to free up his cash. Carlos Lee ? Hmm just doesn’t seem to be the type of player the Braves acquire and neither does that Cruz kid from the Rangers. Don’t get me wrong I would be grateful to get Lee however I am just wondering if we could get A. Gonzo from the Padres or Prince Fielder from the Brewers (of course getting Fielder would cost us Vasquez and not Lowe b/c Brewers have been scouting Vasquez for a while now). Only problem with that is Fielder only has one more yr or two or arb eligbility and after that we will never be able to keep him.

I guess Lee is our best bet and he what 33 and still in his prime. Man could you imagine this lineup ?

Mclouth
Prado
Chipper
C. Lee
Big Mac
Escobar
A. LaRoche (or a replacement)
Heyward/Diaz
Pitcher spot

World Series champs for sure in 2010 enjoy while you can Yanks and Phils.

Of course what will all know it that this rumor has to become official and we are all so way off by listening to the so – called experts and rumor sites that we are usually way off on whom the Braves are trying to get ? So who knows I just want us to put together a team that can go deep into the postseason next season.

Go Braves.

dump Lowe for the best offer we can get, either a slugger at 1B like Paul Knoerko maybe, a couple young position prospects, or whatever. Then, hopefully get Javy extended for a similar hometown discount thanks to his age, his long desire to pitch in Atlanta, and desire to avoid the west coast. After that, start looking for Minor to eventually replace KK in the rotation, and the glutton of A ball/rookie league guys (Teheran, Delgado, Spruill, Devall, Oberholtzer, etc) to eventually replace Huddy and Javy.

I don’t like it at first glance. Vasquez pitched a lot better than Hudson and doesn’t have questions about the health of his arm. He would have been a better choice to give an extension. That’s $9 million less the Braves would now have to sign a first baseman or other power bat and one or two high end relievers. Wren could have waited on re-signing Hudson until after he got all the other work done. If this means that Lowe gets traded though, then I could learn to love it.

If last year is any indicator, this means we’re about to be shocked to find out that Huddy’s been signed by the Dodgers… somehow.