It Could Be A Busy Day For The Braves

I’m not up on Fowler’s potential. I know I don’t really care for Smith. The only way I can see a deal like that working anyway is if FW has some deal locked up that gives us somebody who also has Prado’s versatility for the bench.

Nah, Frank Wren knows his job is to help the best interest of the Braves. This doesn’t help that motive.

yeah, you can. You just can’t use UZR to do so. UZR is not the only measure, nor is it an absolute measure, of defensive ability.

1) Who said anything about UZR? I just said defensively his stats are better. Which is true, and not really much of a stretch – it’s not like the best defenders in the game play at LF. But any measure you want to look at, whether that’s DRS, UZR, his error rate, all of them indicate (to the best extent they can) that he’s a better defender at 3B and in LF than he is at second. Could that be wrong? Maybe, but there’s no way to know until he gets more time out there.

2) The same batting line at 2B would be worth more than the same batting line at LF, you’re right. But we’re not expecting Prado to play the whole year at LF – the fact that our starting LF is also our backup 3B (and could be our backup 1B or even, yes, 2B) saves us a spot on the bench, which is valuable in its own right.

none of them are guaranteed to provide as much production on the whole as Prado, nor replace the full value he’d bring to the roster both in LF and as a capable backup when Chipper goes down.

1) Am I wrong, is English not your native language? It was an educated assumption as people for whom that’s not the case tend to use that fact in their defense.
2) “…idiot” == “you’re an idiot,” “…that’s idiotic” == “your idea is idiotic.” Bit of a difference.
3) I haven’t mentioned the number eleven, much less made assertions about you or your age. But, I’m ok with the idea that you confused me with C.
4) I’m really amused you spent all that time posting that.

I said 11, and that’s sadly the age that a lot of children are getting cell phones these days, which is the impetus of the txt speak that is turning our society into a bunch of literary morons.

its a fucking blog, i’m not getting paid for this shit so why should I be concerned even the slightest with minute grammatical tics and further more why should I care if you care, if I new you cared I actual would probably have butchered it further just in pure spite of the fact that your a pompous dick who assumes he is the voice for all people, as exemplified by "and so do the rest of us".

The only reason I quoted that mess is because I wanted to quote the full sentence. Periods are your friends.

Why should you care?? Well, if you know anything about blogs like this one, you should be well aware that we all comprise a community in which we exchange ideas amongst each other for mutual benefit.

When you write, “ull,” I have absolutely no good reason to take you seriously. Which is fine…if you don’t want to be taken seriously. You might as well write in all caps, as far as I’m concerned. If you can’t take the time to follow the language’s proper format, I don’t have time to read your drivel. You might as well talk to thin air, as far as I’m concerned.

Now, if you want to actually try to exchange ideas with the people of the community, here are some simple guidelines. Do NoT wRiTe LiKe ThIs BeCuZ iT hUrTs My BrAiN, OR LIKE THIS BECUZ ITS ALSO HARD ON MY EYES. It’s not k 2 b typing like dis cuz v h8 2 c the English language to be butchered by folks that are too lazy to type their message properly.

The bottom line is that if you want to get your points across, you should probably type like an adult. If you don’t care what people think of your comments, why did you bother?? Seriously, tell me why you took the time to write out any of your 50-ish comments if you didn’t care whether they were read and well-received or not. Seems to me like that’s a waste of time, unless you planned on conversing with others about something Braves-related. Perhaps I made the mistake of inserting logic into your thought process.

Am I lonely?? No, because I have actual conversations with people that don’t speak like a they grew up in a bad rap video. I am able to foster good relationships with people from all walks of life as a result of my ability to clearly articulate my points, and people appreciate others who share in this strikingly rare form of effective communication that isn’t predicated on sharing something in 160 characters or less.

To be honest, most of what I’ve read coming from your ID has been pretty sub-par, but that hasn’t bothered me. I can put up with bad writing skills if the ideas have merit, and I can condone horrible ideas if they’re done with some effort in articulating the message. However, you became so defensive of your right to sound like a halfwit that I felt that it deserved a little bit of ridicule.

-C

Thus, we basically have no choice but to compete on the open market, at which point we’ll lose to a team willing to overpay him. You said this above, but it finally clicked.

Dang, I like Bourn, truly. At least we have him for next season, which is a contract year.

/jeffblausered

it’s not common among his clients, but he does have several who want extensions more than the open market. It is Boras’ job to accomodate those wishes when his clients have them, and still negotiate the best deal he can in those circumstances.