Jones Has Interest In Returning To Atlanta

That dodgers contract is still a daily source of amusement.

sorry but this just makes me sick! Im a Dodger fan and really hoped this guy would just turn it around.. I actually felt bad for the guy. I didnt boo him at the stadium. I feel like he stole something from me. You braves fans should shun him now. Boo for ME even though im just an idiot Dodger fan that really just wished for more! Andruw dosent deserve to play..

Get him away from Brian McCann!

That fool ain't good no more cuz he stop taking steroids!! When ever you stop taking steroids you get fat, that's the reason he's outta shape!! He's no good!!

I would have no problem with bringing AJ back. Who knows, we sign him for cheap and if it works, great. If not, no harm done. I'd give him a deal laced with a ton of incentives.

I ahve to say, Andruw looked to be in good shape in that video. Maybe the light bulb finally went off in his head. He can't be washed up at 32 years old. Reality is he isn't going to take the league minimum, but maybe he will sign cheaply and be a pleasant surprise.

He did look like he wasn't fat. I mean he looked buff. And the video of him hitting I swear one looked like it was opposite field LOL. I agree with earlier get him away from Mac! LOL

i say let him pay to play on a team.

What a bargain if he does get back on track. If we were to get Dunn and have the old Andruw and also Frenchy get back to normal, Goodbye outfield power outage!

Anyone notice how slow and long his swing still is, especially compared to McCann? He is still diving for everything low and away, even in the cages.

You don't go from being the best CF in the game, a 10-time GG winner, and a career season 2 years ago to out of the league by age 32... Just doesn't happen!

AJ will get signed by the Braves and WILL win
Comeback Player of the Year in '09. If there's anything that can get him back on track it's teaming back up with Bobby Cox (his favorite manager & father figure)... I can't wait to hear him & Chipper referred to as "The Jones Boys" again! If all goes well he can be a gamer this year for the Braves who desperately need some OF power!

If he brings Jenny Craig with him I would sign him.

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Dear God please keep andru jones the EFF out of Atlanta.

he is supposed to have lost weight is in good shape and is working hard to find his stroke. he will have to sign a very cheap deal and atlanta would be foolish to pas him up for peanuts

I think Andrew would be a fit, because none of the young CF seem ready. I mean if he is out there what is the difference if you have a young guy out there, the production is probably going to be about the same unless he is the Andrew of old, then your looking good. Sheets to the Braves would be a nice addition but at what cost will it take and how many years?

if you can get him for the league min. and he has lost wait wren would be stupid to not give him a shot. I do agree I wouldnt want him talking to my younger players unless someone wise is around but I mean you all remember andruw when he was good. the only difference between when he was good and when he wasnt appeared to be a fat ass. id take him to spring training with me.

lol just get him some juice he'll be that trim fast young player again

I am sorry for all the braves fans in this that believe that andruw is a high reward guy if he turns his slump around. But the chances of that happening and him hit 25 homers and 88 rbi's which someone said earlier, is like saying that babe ruth is the worst player of all time which isn't true. Andruw will be a huge disappointment. I read that in the dominican winter league he is playing in, he is batting like .188 with like 13 strike outs in 47 at bats and has like 8 or 9 hits only. That stinks! If you want him, then take him, just be prepared to go from a standing ovation on opening day to cheering for a pitcher when they hit a ball farther than him, (90% of the dodger games I saw, the pitchers hit the ball better than him, jones struck out, lowe flied out to the wall.)

Geez... I wouldn't have much of an issue with him coming back as a backup outfielder, so long as Bobby Cox remembers he's a backup and seriously limits his ABs. And who knows? I guess there's always a small chance he remembers how to hit, but I'm not really thrilled about the Braves fielding that experiment.

"We should sign him as a backup outfielder, then when he does well in limited at bats we'll trade him to the Dodgers at the deadline!"

Maybe for Furcal!

dodgers#1fan,

Where did you get those numbers from? According to MiLB.com, Andruw played just 5 games in the DWL with a grand total of 16 ABs. His AVG was .188 as you stated and he did strikeout 8 times, but he did also manage 6 walks. Anyway, that's way too small of a sample size to draw any meaningful conclusions from.

I do doubt that Andruw reaches the numbers some on here are hoping for, but if he can still provide above average defense in CF and even post a .700-.750 OPS against LHP in a platoon role (despite his terrible play he was still at .631 last year) that would be very valuable to a Braves team that has little in the way of CF options against lefties. I don't think those numbers are that far-fetched, and if he just get back to his 2007 form with the bat (.222/.311/.413), his defense makes him around average for a starting CF in terms of total value.

I wonder if he would get pitched to better if he batted infront of chipper?

Escobar is fine he doesnt need to improve. just needs to not go on grounding into double play sprees like he did sometime last season.

Kotchman is fine he was dealing with a ailing mother so of course his mind is distracted. he came back after she was healthy and started killing it.

Only person we really have to worry about is Frenchy and he knows if he doesnt get it together this year he wont have a job with the Braves. we have too many OF prospects

In all fairness doesn't just about anyone look fit compared to McCann.....It's okay Brian Atlanta still loves you even if you can only leg out one triple a year. But seriously Andrew Jones for the league minimum, you can't turn that down. His glove in the outfield will save you enough runs to be worth it. And just what if this guy has a couple of good years left him, he could be the bat the braves are looking for

I don't mind seeing AJ come back if it's for a small contract with perhaps a team option hoping we get 2 years well below market value as the best case scenario and simply a lost 400k-1 mill as the worst case scenario. He is still relatively young but I do believe, given his recent performance, very close to being out of the league. I'm not sure AJ every loved baseball nor did he have the work ethic and drive to truly be successful at it. AJ genuinely had a Willie Mays type upside when he entered the league at 19 and showed what he could do on the biggest stage possible against the Yankees in the WS. That performance did 2 things though, it set expectations for him extremely high and it probably went to his head. In my opinion, AJ never really came close to reaching his true potential. He lost the speed early on the bases despite still being very quick in the field, he always had the defense but at times was definitely to sure of himself and he simply never put it all together with the bat at the same time. I'm fine with AJ coming to ST assuming the Dodgers release him and battling it out with Anderson, Blanco and Schafer for CF because I honestly think Anderson is the best of the group and yet is far from anything special.

What do you do with those guys then though? Schafer obviously goes to AAA, that is a no brainier but he needs the ABs...so what do you do with Anderson/Blanco? They both have solid D so either would make a great 4th/5th OF but that still leaves us with a surplus. If AJ looks remotely ready to get substantial ABs then I think you have to look to deal Anderson who probably has the highest trade value.

As far as what the Braves should do, I really don't want to see Diaz/Jones in LF. Even if AJ were to come back remotely close to what he used to be, our OF is likely one of the worst in MLB still. I still think we should sign Dunn to LF, Blanco or Anderson can be a late inning sub. I still want to see either Lowe or Sheets signed. I still think we should sign Cruz as insurance for the BP. Those 4 signings give us a decent shot at competing in the NL East I feel but I doubt we win it. For us to win the NL East, 4 of our 5 starters will have to put up #2 type numbers, our pen has to stay healthy for the first time in 3 years, Francouer and KJ both need to bounce back, AJ would have to become at least league average in CF and Chipper would have to play in 140-150 games. Does anyone realistically see all of that happening? It hurts me as a Braves fan to say I find the odds of us winning this division slim to none but that is how I see it. With a healthy Furcal at SS and the Peavy deal along with Vazquez/Kawakami and Dunn in LF, our chances were only slightly higher honestly. It will come as a great surprise, shock and joy to me if I'm wrong but I just don't think this is our year (neither will next year be our year more than likely).

The Braves would be stupid not to give him a 1 year deal backed up with incentives. Andruw looks to be in the best shape of the past 4 or 5 years, his knee is clean, and he's got something to prove. 1 year, $2 mil, plus prorated bonuses for at bats, games played, and keeping his average over 260. Give him $50k for every ball he hits to right field and he may just be on the comeback trail. He'd fill the hole in LF well enough, take the pressure off whichever kid gets the job in CF, and he's a fan favorite even though most won't admit to it in public.

Sign him, the moment the ink dries on LA's contract termination.

Oops, Aaron Harang. Was just reading a report on Adam Dunn. Sorry, folks.

4-60mill offer from the braves:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/01/13/lowe.braves/

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=506523

Here's an article on Frank Wren since everyone thinks he is an hot topic.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/shysterball/article/expectation-management/

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4 years? 15 mill per?

I don't mind the rate even though it's to much but I'm not sure I like 4 years. We will see what happens, I'd rather pulled the "trade on Wren's desk" than give him 4 years and close to what Boras asked which was far far more than what the rumors the Mets offered far were.