Fantasybaseballcafe's analysis of Braves

by ronjba on Feb 2, 2010 12:33 PM EST

So fantasbaseballcafe.com is doing an analysis of all 30 teams, and the first team is the Braves.

A few thoughts on the article.

1. No one seems to understand the Vazquez trade was mainly a salary dump. This should be more apparent since we traded Soriano for legos and a swing set, but I guess not. In the salary dump we got a sweet pitching prospect, but that wasn't pointed out.

2. "A return to the playoffs is unlikely until those youngsters (not sure who he's talking about) produce." I don't agree with this. The team with possibly the best rotation in baseball and a deep bullpen always have a chance at the playoffs.

3. The never mentioned Chipper Jones. Chipper had a way off year (still with 18HR), but the guy hit .364 for the batting title 2 seasons ago. Let's remember Chipper as Braves fans.

4. He thinks Melky will be in left and Diaz in right. I don't think this guy is studied up like the Talking Chop's peeps. He thinks if Heyward comes up then Diaz loses his job not Cabrera. (I don't think I'm going to study his site for fantasy purposes).

5. "The trade of Vazquez seriously hurt this rotation's depth." It's not like the rotation is weak now, with Kawakami as the 5th starter. We had 6 for sure starters, now we have 5, with Medlen there if we need him. Maybe the writer should write Vazquez and let him know his feelings for him.

And a side note from me, I really really like Prado as a fantasy sleeper this season. He was tied for 10th in BA last season and 5th among 2B in OBP. Very underrated.

Thoughts on the article?

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He seems to think Kawakami might not even be the fifth starter. I can understand maybe Medlen, but why would the Braves ever put Jo-Jo in the rotation before Kawakami?

by blindsided789 on Feb 2, 2010 12:58 PM EST reply actions

How did losing 1 excess pitcher weaken our depth? Sure, I get it – we have 1 less SP than we would have had. Technically, that is “weakened” depth, but gee whiz, we have Hanson, Lowe, Kawakami, Hudson, Jurrjens, Reyes, Medlen on th 40 man right now, not to mention guys like Minor who could be called on in a pinch.

If there is something to gripe about with our Braves, rotation depth is certainly not it.

"My team of nine guys who hit like Albert Pujols and never ever bunt just beat your team with one Shane Victorino 472 to 3."

by justincredubil02 on Feb 2, 2010 1:16 PM EST reply actions

It's a fantasy baseball article

I mean, we went from 5 completely viable fantasy starters to 4. Kawakami is a swing guy in your fantasy league, maybe a guy you stream, but he’ll only be drafted in deep leagues. Though if he does well, he might get picked up by plenty of teams early.

And seriously, they didn’t offer any commentary one way or another on the Vazquez trade to say yay or nay-just that it impacts the depth this year. And it’s true, it does.

I don’t think it was meant to be comprehensive, anyhow.

by Bronn on Feb 2, 2010 2:09 PM EST up reply actions

Careful with that Prado is underrated talk…

"Sometimes I wonder what'd it be like to be outside and not hear the birds chirping...I think it'd be kind of nice."

by alligatorimpersonator on Feb 2, 2010 1:31 PM EST reply actions

Fantasy-wise, it was true last season. I know I picked him up almost immediately when KJ went down.

"My team of nine guys who hit like Albert Pujols and never ever bunt just beat your team with one Shane Victorino 472 to 3."

by justincredubil02 on Feb 2, 2010 1:55 PM EST up reply actions

Hes part of the reason Im reigning champ right now kiddd…..

I thought hurricane season was over........

by bravesguy311 on Feb 2, 2010 2:35 PM EST up reply actions

Plus I’m pretty sure he is still listed as a 3B, 2B, and 1B on most fantasy sites.

by JKowalek on Feb 2, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions

yep, sounds like a half-assed job by someone who doesn’t know the braves

"Dum spiro spero"

by Bravely going forward on Feb 2, 2010 9:29 PM EST reply actions

"and they could decide to keep him in the pen this season while going with Jo-Jo Reyes"

…and that is the most horrific comment i have ever seen. does this bush-leaguer actually think FW traded Vazquez in order to throw Jo-Jo in the mix? thats the most atrocious thing I have ever laid my eyes on.

overall this review is overwhelmingly upsurd. he doesnt have a clue about this team. i hate when editors force something down a writers throat because this is what usually gets spewed out.

…ahh and no surprise here but the italics on the bottom of the page state this guy writes for none other than AOL Fanhouse. with this guy and our buddy Frankie Piliere, is there anybody over there than can give me some baseball info i can work with?

by Jam_2_Fluffhead on Feb 2, 2010 10:32 PM EST reply actions