I remember reading in some yoga book about mantra’s becoming stale and losing their powers

it almost isnt a fair question anymore, because we would take literally ANYONE over FYF in RF now.

We’d have to re-sign Joe Borchard for him to be an option…

Derosa is NOT the significant return that the Braves are looking for in trading one of there young starting pitching prospects. Acouple months of Derosa rates giving up a guy like Morton? I don’t think so and would give us a marginal upgrade and still not be a longer term (Beyond 09’) solution to a OF RH powerbat. Unless we can get Dero for JoJo than I rather pass and move on to Willingham/Luke options that will be on this team in 10’

And they would want a significant return for Jo-Jo Reyes, Charlie Morton or Kris Medlen.

well with the crushing blow we were dealt with the Infante injury, I think we may need some versatility here. Not saying that DeRosa is the end all be all answer for our sputtering offense, But it would be nice to have some flexibility with the lineup, esp if it would only take JoJo or Morton. Always liked DeRosa

I don’t know why people in this blog consider Charlie Morton an expendable piece. The guy was injured last year and he has demostrated in AAA that he can be a very good pitcher, if not a starter then a reliever. There is never enough pitching so you shouldn’t be so trigger happy when it comes to trades. Remember the last time the Braves were desperate for a bat they unloaded the whole farm system for a guy who wasn’t a great thing in a Braves uniform (The artist known as Mark Teixeira).

Medlen, Hanson, Morton, Jurjens are a foursome which can be a superb starting rotation if given the time to mature. If that plan fails, Medlen and Morton can be excellent, cheap and very effective relievers.

Finally Gondee. According to Dewan’s +/- defensive metrics, Jeff Francouer was THE WORST DEFENSIVE RIGHT FIELDER IN THE GAME in 2008, so Diaz couldn’t do it any worse.

Tex had good numbers, but he wasn’t clutch enough when needed. Certainly I didn’t like his “PR I’m a good guy, I always say the right thing” attitude, or his “I’m a slow starter” excuse last april when the team was falling apart. He is another A Rod, a guy too afraid to be himself so he always has to show his persona.

And for him the Braves gave Andrus who leads the AL rookies in VORP and is a stud in SS defensively, Salty who if given a chance can be a really good catcher and Neftali Feliz, for who every scout drools when mentioned.

I’ ve said it before, why not fortify the bullpen with Morton and Glavine? Demote Moylan who clearly is not ready for the big boys yet and Bennet who is losing all the extra innings games and can’t keep being lucky with that + .350 BAA and low ERA. Bring up Hanson, keep Medlen in the rotation and trade Javier Vasquez?

I’m getting tired of the Bad inning syndrome the guy suffers almost every start. (I wasn’t surprised he couldn’t finish the 7th on saturday). Now I’m getting why the White Sox were desperate in getting rid of the guy.

This is the best Vasquez we are going to see, he is in peak now with all those big strike out numbers, so trade him for a big bat and give the kids a chance to shine.

If the Braves package Vazquez with Parr, Francouer, Campillo, Reyes, Brandon Jones or anyone of those expendable guys they could get a big bat without giving too much.

Hits righties decently, and is a stud against lefties and is only 27… A career .287/.353/.439 line but has never been given a full time job really. As a 24 year old, in his one full big league season he posted an .809 OPS for the Cubs.

This year he’s hitting .411 for Colorado Springs right now, and the Rox seem like a sensible trade partner.

…anyone?

No desire to acquire a utility infielder and start him at a corner OF position. No desire at all.

I know his numbers aren’t terrific and i know his defense is sub-par, but hes really been hitting the last few games. I know he wont hit 20 homers for us, but he isnt a huge liability like FYF is.

And we better not trade away a pitcher for 2/3 a year of Derosa. There’s a reason we didnt hold on to him before.

with one he will just get pitched around. I am not saying we don’t have any good bats because we do.
Chipper and McCann are good examples But Chipper is older and on the bench or DL list part of the year.
Mac has to have some days off because of the position he plays. We have others on the team that hit a homer every so often and some that drop in some nice hits if not in a funk!
We need two that are known threats every time they step up to the plate to hit back to back in the line up ……but one is better than none!