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Braves Re-Sign Greg Norton

4:58pm: Norton gets $800K, according to the AP.

3:33pm: According to David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Braves re-signed Greg Norton to a one-year deal.  MLB.com confirms the signing.  Norton, 36, hit .246/.361/.427 in 202 plate appearances for the Braves while playing left field and first base.


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He's a good benchman. He can play OF and 1B. I like this signing.

Very solid signing. He will be used mainly as a PH.

His line last year as a PH: .316/.473/.526 with 3HR in 57AB.

yea he is a good 9th inning pinch hitter with no speed and no stick. ie: "o look here comes k-rod, lets send up norton to strike out..ect"

scratch that, i mean no glove

anyways, joey gathright would have been a steal for 800k this year over norton

"yea he is a good 9th inning pinch hitter with no speed and no stick. ie: "o look here comes k-rod, lets send up norton to strike out..ect""

K-rod blew a ton of saves last year and he's not that great. He's an excellent bench player. One of the best pinch-hitters in the NL if not THE best, switch hits, and can play OF or 1B in a pinch. He changed a few games with his bat this year and he'll contine to do so. Great signing. The .316/.473/.526 line as a pinch hitter speaks for itself.

"anyways, joey gathright would have been a steal for 800k this year over norton"

Greg Norton = pinch hitter, not defensive substitution.

Gathright = defensive substitution, not pinch hitter.

Huge difference among bench players.

Solid signing. Norton was a fine pinch hitter/utility guy last season. Being a switch hitter makes him that much better.

"This past season, Norton led all Major Leaguers with three pinch-hit homers, 18 pinch-hit RBIs, and 17 pinch-hit walks. His 18 pinch-hits ranked second behind Philadelphia's Greg Dobbs...Since the start of the 2001 season, he leads all Major Leaguers with 13 pinch-hit homers and 64 pinch-hit RBIs."

Absolutely solid signing.

speed, age, defense over just 3 at bats a week. gathright>norton

Gregor Blanco has all of that for much cheaper. Norton is intended as a HITTER, not a defensive replacement.

Josh Anderson has similar speed, is younger, and plays comparable, if not better defense. He's already on the Braves. Therefore, for the Braves, Norton > Gathright...

Make sense?

Someone finally signed with the Braves...Yeah!!!

Gregor's actually surprisingly mediocre defensively and he doesn't steal a ton of bases. As a hitter though, Gathright is just a poor man's Gregor Blanco.

nixa37 and daslied very nice insight, yall win this round, we are all braves fans though. lets give em hell next year!!!

Yeah, you're right. He's still a better option than Gathright, though. And I totally forgot about Anderson...

Wow a poster that's actually willing to change his mind when presented with a reasonable argument? With the way things have gone on this site lately I didn't thing such a thing still existed.

Hey nixa37 (4:37),

The Braves actually signed a free agent, didn't they? So miracles can happen!

Norton was intended to be used only as a pinch-hitter last year. He's an excellent pinch-hitter and can come off the bench and change the game. Like I said, his / stats in that role speak for themselves. He makes any national league team more complete and better. Good for the Braves. I always get excited when I see Greg Norton with a bat in the on-deck circle in close and late situations.

"K-rod blew a ton of saves last year and he's not that great."

Not by a percentage of his chances.

Norton is an awesome player to have. Occaisional power, very patient. Just always seems to do what he's asked.
And lets not forget his two web gems in LF. He does the job in the field aswell.
A proffesional. I'm very happy to have him back because he's a rare commodity.

62 of 69 opps

That's almost 90 percent of his save opps were not BlowN.

Mike gonzalez went 14 of 16 which is 87.5 of his saves which isn't bad but krod had so many chances to blow more saves but he still was at 89 percent.

If krod goes 40 of 45 in saves or 39 of 44 I be a happy met fan.

You can't argue that KRod is incredibly ineffecient in nailing down games.
I'm really looking forward to seeing if the Braves can do anything with him. They've always done a pretty good job against closers.

I'll tell you one thing about K-Rod he doesn't blow away people anymore like he used to. Now its mainly his curve.

I'd love to agree the braves are good against closers, but honestly they're just good at getting the tying runner into scoring position and then blowing it. Guys like Norton that can come up in the clutch will help prevent that.

Cy young yea santana didn't hit 95 at all last year and he had a era around 2.50

People of the nl east don't know how to face krod like lidge last year. Krod is better than lidge and krod promise to him 96 again so doubters will have to wait and be blown away

Greg hit .262/.373/.439

"I'll tell you one thing about K-Rod he doesn't blow away people anymore like he used to. Now its mainly his curve."

His out pitch has always been mainly his curve. His fastball was always a show me pitch. In fact, I think this year is the first time I actually saw him trying to throw strikes with it. It also appears that no one outside the Angels and Mets realize just how good his change is.

mark twine, norton is the best thing since Julio Jones!!!!!

Atlanta already has 3 Joey Gaithright why would they need a 4 th?

Horrible. Greg Norton is probably my least favorite Brave of all time. With the large exception of Corky Miller...and Bob Wickman.

Roberty...need I mention Dan Kolb?

Seriously, I like this signing a lot. Norton plays hard and is a pretty good PH. However, with the Braves' luck this offseason, I'm afraid Norton gets hit by a meteorite during spring training.

"Horrible. Greg Norton is probably my least favorite Brave of all time. With the large exception of Corky Miller...and Bob Wickman."

You clearly started watching baseball in 2007.

the deal was good it will boost there offens and defence

How can anyone hate Greg Norton? Hes GREG NORTON

Greg Norton is a good pintch hitter

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