Braves Offering Jo-Jo Reyes, Yunel Escobar For Arroyo

Reyes was untouchable 2 days ago...

Rangers should have held out till today.

What the hell are the Braves smoking?

I guarantee Jose Contreras could be just as "successful" as Arroyo in the NL. The Sox will take Reyes.

"I'd like to see Escobar added to that package so we can stop hearing how good he is."

hahaha nice.

"I'd like to see Escobar added to that package so we can stop hearing how good he is."

Nice not hearing about that other "highly" touted Atlanta prospect who became part of the "bounty" for Tex.

You know, you guys are the ones bringing them up. If you want them to be mentioned less...um, mention them less.

Any chance that Tex plays tonight?

Why all the hating on Braves prospects? What we can't hear about how good Escobar or Salty is? Nobody minds all the gushing about Milledge and Humber from the Mets or Hughes and Chamberlin from the Yankees or Ellsbury and Bucholz from the Red Sox. I guess the Braves aren't in the "clique". If anyone has actually watched Escobar, they would realize just how good he is and will be.

Now, onto other important matters. I don't necessarily like the idea of giving up Reyes but can live with it when considering Arroyo is young and would be under the Braves control through the 2010 season. Hopefully Scott Thorman and maybe Tyler Yates or Chad Paronto would be enough to get the deal done.

Again, any chance that Tex will play tonight?

"Why all the hating on Braves prospects? What we can't hear about how good Escobar or Salty is? Nobody minds all the gushing about Milledge and Humber from the Mets or Hughes and Chamberlin from the Yankees or Ellsbury and Bucholz from the Red Sox. I guess the Braves aren't in the "clique". If anyone has actually watched Escobar, they would realize just how good he is and will be.

Now, onto other important matters. I don't necessarily like the idea of giving up Reyes but can live with it when considering Arroyo is young and would be under the Braves control through the 2010 season. Hopefully Scott Thorman and maybe Tyler Yates or Chad Paronto would be enough to get the deal done."

You must be new here. Let me explain. Every single post that could possibly have even the slightest bit about the braves turns into a braves discussion. Specifically we hear endless drivel about how amazing Salty and Escobar and how the braves can get ANYONE with them..

Just glad its over

Escobar may not hit 40 homers, but he's a good, solid baseball player. He's a whiz defensively, will hit around .300 and is a very good baserunner. Just ask the D'back's reliever the other night how good of a baserunner he is.

Is it definite that Harrison is the PTBNL?

I think Reyes is alright to trade from Arroyo. Not only do you get a good player with Arroyo but you get a personality to market.

i hope the braves don't make the playoffs after all these deals

Chippy...because they are going for broke...and if you are mets or phillies fans...you hope they go broke.

For the record...I am throwing up in my mouth with each escobar comment...

the braves won't go broke. they trade the players they know they can trade. betemit and marte to name a few in the past. the braves minor league system is the best in the majors and JS is the best at managing his system. he only traded players that likely wouldn't see the light of day in ATL because there are better players already there. so, don't bet on the braves going broke anytime soon. but, you can bet on them starting to spend more money. however, they won't just buy teams like the yanks or mets.

I covered the market inefficiency yesterday.

http://burningbrave.blogspot.com/2007/07/couple-of-things.html

In any case, a mid tier prospect for a establish player is a good move. Some may say otherwise in the long run, but the value of a dollar today is higher than tomorrow.

looks like my dream came true

No way. I simply can't see JS giving up Reyes AND Escobar, who is considered the heir-apparent behind Renteria. That really would be going for broke, going way too far in my opinion.

"Just ask the D'back's reliever the other night how good of a baserunner he is."

That was all Glen Hubbard. Some of you Brave fans are clueless.

PULL THE TRIGGER KRIVSKY!!!

Teetz....oh oooooK.

escobar .317 1hr 12rbis 22 runs 3 steals in 43 games

You haters can shampoo Chipper Jones's crotch.

Mike Fontenot. 43 Games .319 average 3 HR 20 RBI. 5 SB. 359 OBP. 479 Slug.

I guess the Cubs should be asking for top notch players for Fontenot since he's better than Escobar.

Sample size is too small guys, Escobar is a talent, but he's not a power hitter and he's not particularly that fast.

Escobar is not a slap hitter, he will be a .300 25-30 100 guy.

on Escobar…
Great or not, who gives a crap; the fact is the Braves need him to make Renteria expendable or take over for Chipper at 3rd… He is a cost-efficient player who is expected to produce something in the lines of E-Rent ~ nothing amazing, but really solid…

Hence the reason Braves fans don’t want to trade him unless its for amazing return!

So freaking get over yourselves with this “Escobar isn’t that good, they should trade him for –random guy-“ or bringing him up while saying “I don’t want to hear about Escobar” rubbish…

Reyes & Escobar for Arroyo, I don’t think so… that’s 2 players off the ML roster for a slight upgrade for one of them… Pointless!

i'd like for us to get arroyo, but escobar is a guy we need to hold on to. this deal screams of the kind of recklessness that schuerholz usually stays aways from.

i'm all for winning now and trying to get another starter (which has been the braves biggest weakness all along), but the other non-braves people who have posted are right in stating we will be mortgaging our future if we were to do this deal.

not to mention the possibility that we could still miss the playoffs this year even with arroyo (which is likely considering the inconsistency the braves have demonstrated). what a disaster that would be.

"Escobar is not a slap hitter, he will be a .300 25-30 100 guy."

These kind of statements...

what i love about this are all those people that hate talk of escobar sitting at their computers getting pissed....hahah love it!

guys, he's an awesome prospect and the vast majority of MLB scouts agree. i'll take their opinions anyday over a couple of mets/yankes/etc. homers any day.

against the dbacks couple days ago braves were losing 7-6 2outs top 9 escobar pinch hits for the pitcher. he worked the count and when the pitcher bent over and escobar had enough insticts to steal second with the pitcher and ss and 2b had there back turned scored the tying run on a single.