Braves, Angels Scouting Cardinals

Is it me or does that sound like alot to give up for this guy? id almost rather give the spots to reyes ( stats pretty decent thus far in AAA) and james ( we know he can pitch well) and keep our prospects. if we are going to give up top tier guys might as well get a proven guy back.

I think they are scouting reyes because the braves still like to find bargain ben type pitchers, post sleeper types to come in and contribute. Plus if we could get Anthony reyes cheap, and no, reyes is not worth lillibridge, that could let Jo-Jo to continue improving at Triple-A, making him increase his trade value or just become a better pitcher. I would love for the braves to inquire about Kyle Loshe, but that will never happen as long as the cards are in contention, adn would probably cost too much in terms of prospects to get.

Lillibridge for reyes seems like a good deal to me he's blocked in atlanta and the cards need a future shortstop. I would love to see reyes in a future rotation Hudson,Jurjens,reyes,james,
bennet or jojo.

I don't think the Braves consider trading any better prospects for him. I kind of like the idea of bringing up Charlie Morton..He has a great arm with good movement. Might as well stay in house

the post I just gave does not mean I would not trade for A. Reyes, it just means in no way would I give up lilli for him.

The Angels could send willits and an "Low A" arm for Reyes. The Angels smell a steal, otherwise there is no way they get involved.

I can see a Lillibridge and Low A type guy for Blanton. The A's need a Shortstop of the future if Crosby can't get it done.

What a surprise, braves fans hailing their prospects as simply too much to give up for something they actually need.

I bet you're hoping Scott Thorman will land a young frontline stud.

Oh well

Ok GoBoSox20...

Here we go again with your idiotic posts...

Lets try this once again...

A. Use Lillibridge to acquire A. Reyes, a pitcher whom we could use but has proven thus far to be no better than jojo reyes or chuck james at the ML level

or B. Use lillibridge in a package to go get a more proven starter.

What you fail to realize in your repetitive stupidity is that we are not overvaluing our prospects, we are turning down scenerios that make no sense, and offering up scenerios that actually make some sense.

Please get with the program.

Again, would love to have loshe, but as long as the cards are in contention, and they could be for a while considering the division they play in, loshe is doing too good to go anywhere at the moment.

It's just funny to hear you talk down about essentially everything, Bravesbeast.

Your team is not in a position to start dictating the terms, you're below 500 and getting worse/older/injured by the day.

Lillibridge is a decent blocked prospect on a team that is soon to be desperate for pitching. The back of your rotation sucks, the front of your rotation is becoming increasingly unstable.

No team is going to sit down with the Braves and allow them to pick up a stud frontline pitcher for a blocked SS prospect on a team that has no business thinking they're in the drivers seat.

Lillibridge for Reyes makes far more sense than Lillibridge for anything resembling a stud pitcher. Far more sense.

"Lillibridge for Reyes makes far more sense than Lillibridge for anything resembling a stud pitcher. Far more sense."

But it really doesnt though. The Braves already have Reyes, James, Bennett, hell they would be better off using Blaine Boyer to start games then trading any of their valuable prospects for Anthony Reyes. That would be the equivolant of just cutting lillibridge and letting Jojo Reyes start. You arent improving anything but depth, so whats the point. Salty was a blocked prospect, and got packaged to get Texeira, and the Braves werent in a much different situation then they are now. Granted, Lilli is no where close to Salty;s level really, but the point is, why not add Brandon Jones and Chuck James to Lillibridge and try to get Kevin Millwood, an actual useful pitcher, or Joe Blanton, a guy I dont like but at the least will eat innings (and burgers and cakes and such :) )and be league average. If you trade lillibridge for A. Reyes you are essentially just losing Lillibridge for no reason other then adding depth. And to this point, that depth hasnt really shown any evidence it isnt just crappy depth.

I am not turning down everything.... All I have said is that while the braves should make a move to stablize the staff, the definitely should not panic to the point they give up a substanial piece of our future just to fix us now. I am not suggesting the braves should think they can dicate anything; however, i am suggesting they not be stupid, as you suggest they should be, and that they should actually be logical in there pursuits.

No one is saying that Lillibridge is worth a stud, all I have said is that he should be part of a package to get a more dependable picther.

GoBosox, as usual, you are the one adding in exaggerations and applying false context to my statements. Lillibridge and Gorkys should only be traded if it is for a pitcher who can help us now and into the future, and A. Reyes is not even an upgrade over what we have now, not to mention his questionable future.

Keep your posts within the context of what I have posted, and then respond. It makes no sense for the braves to sacrifice everything for now, we tried that with the Teixera trade last year, and our postion as a team in terms of the standings has not changed at all. We made that move to help us content this year, at some point you just have to practice some restraint and not trade away the future unless you can get parts to help you know and in the future.

Others have mentioned this in other posts, but I'd actually offer more to land Jackson from the Rays than I would to get A. Reyes. Jackson's also erratic but has a lot more upside and can flat our bring it. Plus he's younger.