Braves Activate Martin Prado
David O'Brien tweets that Martin Prado is back in the "Atlanta" Braves lineup tonight, batting third, player third.
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Maybe it’s because I have infinite confidence in Martin but I think the team’s offense will absolutely thrive with Infante setting the table and Martin batting third. I’m very excite!
"C'mon Chip!"
I like it as well.
My only problem is why not call up Freeman. I believe Glaus has naked pictures of Cox because I think Glaus is getting too many at bats for as big of a slump as he has been in.
Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.
It has nothing to do with Glaus.
It’s all about the fact that we have nothing behind him.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Aug 17, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the idea of Prado batting third
But let’s be honest…. He THRIVES in the one-hole, he was ok in the two-hole… Why not just bat him leadoff?
HansonManCrush
by HansonManCrush on Aug 17, 2010 3:40 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Prado rakes wherever you put him in the lineup
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 17, 2010 3:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
this
1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, Prado can hit, and will do so regardless of where we hit him in the order.
Omar
hit 500 for the dodgers series. Leading off. Can’t stop that.
he's just incredible. he really is.
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"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
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by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Aug 17, 2010 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Prado 3-5 in the three-hole tonighr
I will never doubt marteeeeeen again…
HansonManCrush
by HansonManCrush on Aug 17, 2010 10:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Proceeds to **** in pants.
don’t wanna be banned. xD
YAY PRADO! YAY THIRD! YAY BRAVES!
I don't know shit about baseball.
In public, it shouldn't come out of the pants...
all these comments about stuff getting you people hard is quite confusing. Even the letter doesn’t pull such idiocy, and he’s as good an excuse as just about anyone for it.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 17, 2010 3:47 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
This makes my day...
Seriously. All the talk of rumors has my head swirling. I LOVE the idea of Infante, J-Hey and Prado at the top of the line-up…
Love it, and they are all so good, it doesn’t matter what order they hit…
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
Let’s see….he raked at two, raked at leadoff, so the Braves activate him and he is going to hit 3rd? Not a big fan of this, but I guess if you need a hit machine to bring in OBP machines then go for it. I always get nervous of the mental affect a new lineup spot has. In Prado we trust!
Really like him third now as long as he is not too restrained by the pinkie. Here’s hoping Martin is back close to 100%.
An 80% Prado would be a much needed boost to our offensive woes of late.
If he’s near 100%, it’s a bonus!
"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~ Mae West
just so long as it can't get worse...
if it’s a matter of playing with pain, I think Prado can do it without much difficulty. If there is a chance the injury gets worse, that’s another story, but I was under the impression that playing can’t do much more damage than is already done (outside of an incident that would produce an injury on it’s own)
Did we send down Diory or Hicks?
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 17, 2010 3:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Hicks. Should never have brought him up in the first place. Bring up Canizares if you want to keep Freeman down, can he play anything other then 1B?
He can’t even really play 1st. Glaus would be an improvement to Canizares. But that dude can hit.
by FreddieFreemanTime on Aug 17, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Such as?...
you aren’t the first to come up with that theory. Problem is it takes two teams to trade.
And if any of the 3 made an acceptable offer for Canizares...
don’t you think Wren would take it? Add the White Sox too as a team needing a DH, but then they don’t appear to be making any offers for Cuban B either.
i was just answering your question on which AL team needs a DH when you asked, “Such as?,” not commenting on whether or not a deal would be realistic.
fair enough. my mistake.
but noone knows if FW has ever gotten an offer for canizares. i would think that FW may want to keep barbaro to maintain minor-league depth, especially for next year when presumably FF will start.
We can sign minor league depth for cheap...
see Mitch Jones, Brent Clevlen, Mauro Gomez, etc. If someone made an offer for Barbaro that included a piece they thought could be a valuable MLB player, I don’t think Wren would pass that up. It’s clear he’s not part of the future plans, and since minor league space filler isn’t exactly hard to come by, any offer that could include a piece capable of being part of those future plans, even if they were a low A/rookie ball type player a long ways off from being a MLB caliber player would likely have been accepted if it existed.
He doesn't have any power....
…and is over 30. He doesn’t have much value, regardless of his good season this year.
by Undocorkscrew on Aug 17, 2010 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
...and the last three.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Aug 17, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Hopefully, Prado batting third will help get Heyward better at-bats.
The birth of Jason Heyward was God’s punishment for the sins of the people in New York and Philly.
Exactly
Everybody is pitching Heyward outside. He rarely gets anything to hit. Prado should definitely ease that….
by Undocorkscrew on Aug 17, 2010 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't 'hope' the division comes down to the final series of the season....
…..but if it does, I f_cking love our chances.
And if Prado doesn’t hit in the 3-hole, it’s because he’s not fully healthy or rust. He can hit anywhere you put him, and with Infante raking and J-Hey walking, the 3rd spot is the best place for the teams best all-around hitter.
Our line-up improves immensely with Prado back in there
Suddenly, it re-establishes order, with his .357 OBP in the three slot.
Infante .368
Heyward .368
Prado .357
McCann .383 (expect this to go up as he’s pitched around even more as the year progesses)
Getting him and Heyward back does it...
the drop off from him and Odarp to Ankiel and Gonzalez is signficant. We need them both to be healthy and produce the rest of the way, as they are now our core components of the order (since McCann isn’t as capable of playing every game left on the schedule).
Thinking about tomorrow's lineup
1. Infante (AS), 2. Heyward (AS), 3. Prado (AS), and 4. McCann (AS). Has there every been a lineup with the top 4 in the order are All Stars? (I am assuming the Yankees have done this quite often over the years)
by romone_braves91 on Aug 17, 2010 4:06 PM EDT reply actions
i'm sure there has been but
has there ever been a lineup with all 9 players as all-stars?
this potential lineup has all 9 players as former and current all-stars:
4 Prado (AS)
9 Heyward (AS)
5 Chipper (former AS)
2 McCann (AS)
3 Glaus (former AS)
6 Gonzalez (former AS)
8 McLouth (former AS)
7 Infante (AS)
1 Hudson (AS) or Lowe (former AS)
JJ and Hanson, future all-stars! :)
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 17, 2010 4:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Certainly the Yanks or Sox have had one at some point.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Aug 17, 2010 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Bobby got this right
Bat him third, play him at third. It’s exactly what I would have done, anyway.
This news has made me very happy.
Just him being in the lineup makes it look 1000x better! And I believe he’ll go right back to raking.
‘Aquiring’ Prado off the DL is better than any other deal Wren could have made. Is there a better second or third basemen out there that offer the same defensive and offensive talent as Prado and Infante? I seriously doubt it.
Jason Heyward wins at baseball.
Big day for second basemen
Chase Utley is also back. So it’s not like we’ve gained an advantage over them today. They’ll also be getting Ryan Howard back at some point. Going to need to play very well in order to maintain the lead over them the next few weeks.
Yeah...
But haven’t they been winning a ton anyway? They don’t get double Ws for their games now. They are 15-5 in their last 20 games, and I don’t see them maintaining that percentage even with Utley and Howard in the line-up…
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
good call. They won’t play any better than they have lately. I think we’ve seen their best baseball.
"Infield hits are sexy, because they require technique."
-Ichiro
by VivaLosBravos on Aug 17, 2010 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, they have been playing very well
And I was waiting on the regression because they couldn’t maintain that pace without Utley. As it is, we’ve seen a 7 game lead become a 2.5 game lead. We can’t anticipate them getting any worse at this point, so we’ll have to play even better to hold them off.
woooooohooooooo
wren finally listened to the fans and put prado at 3B and batting 3rd…awesome.
even though utley comes back, i still think braves are in a good place since the philly lineup doesnt improve much offensively with a handicapped utley in it
just so you know...
Wren didn’t have anything to do with Prado’s lineup or defensive positioning. That was all Mr. Cox’s doing. ;-)
Viva la Prado
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
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I see a troll under that bridge!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Aug 17, 2010 5:38 PM EDT reply actions
At the risk of offending people who think Martin is not that good,
this news is worthy of an exclamation point:
!
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
But Jason Heyward has a low batting average this month.
"Infield hits are sexy, because they require technique."
-Ichiro
by VivaLosBravos on Aug 17, 2010 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Jason Heyward only has 12 home runs this year. Seriously disappointing considering I was putting him down for 35.
It’s almost like he’s not making adjustments.
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
I see a troll under that bridge!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Aug 17, 2010 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions
He almost had one the other night.
Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things. ~Robert Frost
Are you serious?
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Aug 17, 2010 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought he was a good prospect.
"Infield hits are sexy, because they require technique."
-Ichiro
by VivaLosBravos on Aug 17, 2010 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
he is fine.
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Aug 17, 2010 10:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm not even sure it's worthy of sarcasm
I mean, duh? The man was a temporary spare infielder. No one pretender otherwise.
lol. word.
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
I see a troll under that bridge!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Aug 17, 2010 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Excellent point.
Surely the As will want him for that undervalued statistical ability.
Advance apologies if the contents of this sports-based post offended you. I'm just aiming to educate the masses. My law professor says they're asses.
Panthers '010: Save the Richardson family coffers! We'll take the winning if we stumble into it.
by MichaelProcton on Aug 17, 2010 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
well it’s not like Diory provides oodles of value
"Infield hits are sexy, because they require technique."
-Ichiro
by VivaLosBravos on Aug 17, 2010 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
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