What to do with Derek Lowe

And no one will pay the guy $15 Million so i say put him in the bullpen and he can give us a ground ball every once in a while. who knows

If we can not trade him to another team with the selling points that he had “two good months in September and October 2010” and he was big game pitcher ie 2004 Red Sox (you know the bullshit Brvaes and the organization feeds to the fans), let him play in AAA until we actually need him for injury replacement. I do not care if he is making 15 million, money is not a legit reason/excuse to give the guy the ball every five days. It is not like he draws a ton of fans to the park to watch him pitch.

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JJ is the trade piece we should use to try and get an offensive upgrade at SS and/or a legit, above-average hitting LF/RF.

You’re crazy/ stupid if you want to trade JJ AND Hanson. You’re crazy/ stupid for watning to trade Hanson, frankly. He has a very high ceiling and has been an excellent pitcher already in his short career and is under control for years to come. Not keeping him is dumb unless you can reeeaaally make a trade (Pujols, Halladay, etc.) involving him.

More than likely Lowe still be retained in kept in the rotation and given “another chance”. Ideally, we could move him and at best half of his salary to another team for virtually nothing in return, but simply getting some of his money off the books is the goal.

If Derek pitches poorly in ST, I’d think it would be the honorable thing for him to retire or willingly opt-out of the contract but….that’s not going to happen.

Try your hardest to trade Lowe and Hanson/J.J. for a long term option at short or in the outfield. Here is what i would try to do.

Trade Lowe, J.J., and a prospect (not one of the top prospects) to the Mets in a sign and trade deal for Jose Reyes.

Either way I think the Braves will do whatever they can to get rid of Lowe and J.J. or Hanson. I think they’ve realized that Teheran, Delgado, Vizcaino, Beachy, and Minor can’t just sit in the minors anymore. They are all ready for a full time spot. This would still leave us J.J. or Hanson and Hudson. The Braves can used J.J. or Hanson to get what they are missing on offense (outfield or shortstop) and also load the bullpen up with more arms other than Eric, Craig, and Johnny. The Braves offseason is going to be a very exciting one. I expect us to be in contention again and better than this season. The Braves are going to be a force for years to come.

But good try again.

and use the savings on a 4th OF who can play LF when Prado is at 3rd for Chipper. Then try to flip Hanson or Jurrjens for a long term fixture at SS.

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