Braves Quote For The Day

by gondeee on Feb 20, 2010 11:16 AM EST in Braves Quote For The Day

A bearded Melky Cabrera is among the early arriving position players in Braves camp.

I can just see him calling Johnny Damon and saying, "dude, I showed up with this beard and they're going to let me keep it!" That could be what pushes Damon over the edge towards the Braves, as we all know he's a fan of the facial hair, something that was banned on the Yankees.

Senor O'Brien and Senor Bowman are keeping the Damon-to-the-Braves rumors alive and kicking, though even O'Brien is ready for them to be over with.

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are the workouts open to the public???

by StottsEra on Feb 20, 2010 11:22 AM EST reply actions

I'm not sure

But I’m pretty sure today’s workout is literally just the guys stretching and playing catch. I’d wait until mid-week if I was you

Omar Minaya is my hero!

by Scott Coleman on Feb 20, 2010 11:28 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

i have a job mid week is no good for me. im bored today and have nothing better to do than watch billy wagner throw

by StottsEra on Feb 20, 2010 11:33 AM EST reply actions

We signed Garret Anderson on Feruary 24th last year

Could the same happen with Damon? If we do, I’ll be praying for a Bobby Abreu-like comeback season.

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by Scott Coleman on Feb 20, 2010 11:34 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Abreu did basically the same thing last year he’s always done; if anything, he was actually a bit worse than in previous years. It was hardly a comeback. And Damon didn’t exactly decline last year either, so a “comeback” doesn’t make sense in his case either. If Damon puts up only a 2.0 WAR season (last season was 3.0 WAR), he’ll still be worth the $7M the Tigers gave him… Of course, I’m still glad we didn’t sign him!

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by Jacob Peterson on Feb 20, 2010 7:12 PM EST up reply actions

Lets keep beating the dead horse

HansonManCrush

by HansonManCrush on Feb 20, 2010 11:53 AM EST via mobile reply actions

DIAZ>DAMON!!!! Please don’t waste the damn money!

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by HansonManCrush on Feb 20, 2010 11:54 AM EST via mobile reply actions

but Damon/Diaz & Heyward > Diaz & Melky/Heyward

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by Scott Coleman on Feb 20, 2010 12:05 PM EST up reply actions

But all reports point to a Damon signing causing a Diaz trade

HansonManCrush

by HansonManCrush on Feb 20, 2010 12:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

where does it say that?

We better not trade MattyD.

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by Scott Coleman on Feb 20, 2010 12:12 PM EST up reply actions

If you keep Diaz

Then our four outfielders are Damon, McLouth, Heyward and Diaz…Diaz would be the fourth, meaning our backup for center would be Omar..

For versatility’s sake, you trade Diaz and keep Melky. I think that’s the biggest argument against signing Damon for many of us — if you sign Damon, the logical course of action is to trade Diaz not Melky.

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by Doghnut on Feb 20, 2010 12:19 PM EST up reply actions

IF we signed Damon, I don’t think there’s any doubt that we’d keep Heyward in AAA until June to get some experience and delay his arbitration clock. So until June 1st, our OF would be Damon, McLouth, Diaz and Cabrera. So we wouldn’t have to trade Diaz or Melky until June. Who knows what the market would be for those two a few months.

As many know, I’ve been for signing Damon as long as it’s no more than $3MM. But if it means we’re trading Matt Diaz and not Melky Cabrera, there’s no way I’d want to sign Damon.

Omar Minaya is my hero!

by Scott Coleman on Feb 20, 2010 12:25 PM EST up reply actions

I agree

I’d only take Damon if it came on the cheap and we ended up flipping Melky… not if it means trading one of our most popular players for a one-year rental of a has-been Yankee cast-off that couldn’t get another job anywhere else.

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by The Keith Lockhart Era on Feb 20, 2010 1:35 PM EST up reply actions

Or we could just keep both.

Who else is going to be on our bench? Most speculation has it coming down to either Thurston on Mitch Jones for the last spot, and if we’re willing to carry Jones, then we could certainly carry Diaz instead.

by Lennox on Feb 20, 2010 12:39 PM EST up reply actions

thats a good point as well

MattyD every night as a pinch hitter would be great. No teams would ever bring in a LOOGY since they know Bobby will bring The Lefty Muncher off the bench.

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by Scott Coleman on Feb 20, 2010 12:42 PM EST up reply actions

The Lefty Muncher sounds like an awesome porn name

by award6 on Feb 20, 2010 1:21 PM EST up reply actions

hahaha

Matt Diaz is The Lefty Muncher.

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by Scott Coleman on Feb 20, 2010 1:55 PM EST up reply actions

I was thinking something simpler, maybe Matty Double-D. This is after his implants of course.

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by bwellnjonesco on Feb 20, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions

Makes sense

We could let Mitch Jones hang out across the highway for awhile, and if he’s raking at Gwinnett and someone on our bench falters, the option is right there. It would definitely be Diaz>Mitch on the bench, just gotta wonder what else Matty is gonna have to do to earn a starters spot.

"If you were going to make a Mount Rushmore of managers, Bobby's one of them."
-Mike Scioscia

by The Keith Lockhart Era on Feb 20, 2010 1:38 PM EST up reply actions