I live in NY and I rememeber Scott being a big part in that Torre bullpen. This is a good move by the Braves as it adds, like Gondee says, a low budget reliever with experience. My only concern is if he has anything left in the tank. Rumors has it that Torre in NY and LA burned this guy out and we know how much Bobby likes going to that bullpen. Be carful Bobby, take it easy on him..

the stats aren’t all too great, but i know you can’t always trust them, anybody know the scoop on this guy? style of pitching? throw hard? etc…?

I don’t see the excitement about this. We’re looking at a guy who’s never had a positive WAR and never been worth more than $2million dollars less than his WAR except for the ‘06 Yanks. That year he pitched 102IP. The next year he did pretty well at 86IP (good ERA that was 2 runs lower than his FIP). In those 2 years he wracked up 166 games. That’s more than every other regular season game for two years. Next year he made 4 minor league appearances and 41 in the ML before needing surgery.
Sounds dangerous.
For reference Manny Acosta’s ERA, FIP, K/BB, WHIP, HR/9 and BAA, all with similar BABIPA, are all lower than this guys.

Its a depth signing is all and it gives us a pretty decent arm to go in the BP. If he could get back into form he would be like a 3.8 ERA kinda guy. His only problem is walks.

For that reason he will prob be middle relief. I also like that with this we could possibly put Medlen back in the Minors as a starter upon calling up Proctor.

As far as Matt Capps goes what do we trade? It would be nice to have him in our BP but he would require a nice piece in a trade that we cant really afford to give up.

If we are trading we need to focus on a bat. However IF we end up going after a cheaper FA option like Nady then we should focus on dealing Lowe for salary relief to be able to retain Soriano.

Gonzo is to dramatic as a closer for me lol. Never makes it look easy

Looks like this is going to make Carlyle a non-roster invitee to camp at best but more than likely he is gone which stinks. Proctor needs to be used in a pairing with Medlen and don’t burn him out or use him as a spot starter. I just hope they don’t use him the same way they did Campillo.

Capps for who ? This is tough question, it would have to be a guy in the minors that is decent but not an untouchable. My idea I guess would be to trade B. Jones, Van Pope and Jo-Jo Reyes for Capps. Capps is solid enough and has two years of arb eligibilty left so we would have him for two seasons unless he pulls a “DAN KOLB” on us dear god I pray that doesn’t happen. Pirates also have to realize that this is deep market this year for relievers and closers so they cannot ask a king ransom for the 26yr old closer either.

Wren has some tough decisions to make regarding an OF ? Heyward is not going to make the Braves out of spring training b/c if Tommy Hanson didn’t then Heyward is not either. Secondly, I believe we will get Nady as a insurance policy. I mean the guy can play both corner OF spots as well as 1B and while I am not excited about having Nady play 1B full time he is better than most of the opitions on the free agent market after LaRoche is signed by another club which seems as if this is coming in the near future but I would still rather keep LaRoche just makes our lineup that much stronger.

Soriano is a gone for sure and the Braves could try to keep Gonzo but they are not going to spend top dollar on arms thisoffseason. This offseason is built around getting a Right Handed Hitting Power Bat (OF or 1B) and lite bullpen help (1-3 arms tops). I do like the idea of gettting Wuertz from the A’s but here again who do we have to trade ?

Kelly Johnson, Ryan Church will not be getting arb this offseason so why would a team trade for them from us. Both of these guys are in a similar situation that Marcus Giles was in a few years ago. Giles was definately wanted by the Padres but they waited and the Braves didn’t offer arb and they got him for the veteran min salary. Same thing is going to happen for both of these guys so neither can be considered as trade bait.

Capps I would like to have but for nothing that would kill our already maxed out farm system (maxed out in regards of young talent we are trading away). We need to keep our young arms and guys until the right deal comes along which Frank Wren usually sniffs out anyway.

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   I hope FW isn’t going to pass up someone good because we have Proctor. Injuries are always a concern, I’m still nervous about B. McCann’s eye surgery, has anybody heard anything about it? There are only so many spots on the roster and cheap or not if he doesn’t pitch well Bobby will keep him on the roster for at least half the season and who needs another Acosta? That’s what worries me.