Braves release Phillip Britton

by gondeee on Aug 19, 2009 3:45 PM EDT in Braves Minor League News

The Atlanta Braves organization has released minor league catcher Phillip Britton from their double-A Mississippi club. Britton was drafted in the 36th round of the 2004 draft by the Braves and signed the following year as a draft-and-follow. With the Braves organizational catching depth getting stronger from the bottom of the organization up, the younger catchers are pushing the older guys out.

Catcher Benji Johnson was promoted from Myrtle Beach to Mississippi to take Britton's place. These moves are pretty minor, but I point them out because the organization seems to be doing a lot of releasing of players this year -- dating all the way back to spring training. This is the second M-Braves player released in as many days. Yesterday, the Braves released Eric Campbell.

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What really bothers me about these moves is that Britton and Campbell aren’t very likely to get jobs elsewhere, so I’m not very likely to get my Mississippi cards of them from this year signed.

This move seems fishy to me too. Johnson isn’t exactly begging for a promotion with his .684 OPS and only 60 games played. And, if you’re going to release a catcher off the Double A team, why not Jose Camarena? He’s been much, much worse than Britton this year. Nope, this move and the Campbell one don’t add up from a normal baseball standpoint. These guys did something to cause them to get cut.

"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
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by cbwilk on Aug 19, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions

CB,

Instead of guessing what happened you should just call up Philly B and see what the deal is. He is speed dial number 9 on your phone isn’t he?

People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.

by mvandonsel on Aug 19, 2009 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

I could email his parents…

"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
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by cbwilk on Aug 20, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions

I hate to think the worst

but what if Heap, Ross, Sammons, Boscan, and Colina all contract the swine flu or something. We’d be screwed.

Fire Wren! I don’t even know what he is thinking sometimes..

by penno on Aug 19, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions

Understand Britton: Not so much Campbell

I’m a season ticket holder for the MBraves and attend just about every game. I completely understand Britton’s release. I told someone a couple of weeks ago that we needed to get rid of him. He doesn’t have AA talent, much less MLB talent. And he didn’t improve during the year. In fact, I think he got worse.

I’m a bit surprised by the release of Campbell. He wasn’t “outstanding,” but he had improved some during the year. I don’t think it was a huge loss for the Braves organization.

by J_Russell on Aug 21, 2009 3:39 PM EDT reply actions