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braves4life1
Go get’em Coppy!! Don’t forget about Trading for Sonny Gray and Blackburn of the Rockies when you successfully trade Markakis and Harrell for Ventura
gobraves46
Please stop…
braves4life1
I guess you are fine seeing empty seats and atrocious baseball, right?
Sam.rhodes16
Jesus… Ventura trade won’t happen.
No need to buy high on a guy who’s very low this season because beane isn’t selling this season’s performance, he’s selling gray’s suspected better form performance.
Blackmon is atrocious outside of Coors, but I’ll allow it strictly because of his incredible mullet/beard combo.
braves4life1
Jesus has absolutely nothing to do with it. The Braves need a lot of help. Coppy needs to take a chance and trade a few of those 12 to 15 arms we have in the minors. We need help!!
mlbstadiumtraveler
What team would want to take Aybar from the Braves. Why is anyone wasting time writing about him in trade rumors? The guy is at best a platoon player who can fill in for injuries or days off and even that is a stretch. The Braves have so much work ahead of them if they are going to have any chance of fans showing up when the new ballpark opens.
braves4life1
I agree. We need help. Take a few of those prospects and go get some players. I’ve been all for the Braves growing a pair and trading for Sonny Gray and Puig. Of course you have some of these numb nuts screaming… “Don’t break up the build!!!” If the Braves do nothing, who would want to come to the new stadium??
astros_fan_84
As an Astros fan, I love reading these rebuild hater comments. If a franchise is willing to endure three years of terrible baseball, they can contend for a decade. The Astros and Cubs did it, and check out their longterm outlook.
jleve618
Yea, as a Phillies fan, you just have to look for the little things to get pleasure from watching the games. I like to play a game every time Ryan Howard gets to bat, how bad will he do this time? The faster he strikes out, the more points you get. Ground ball double play – double points. Final out of the game? Even better! I don’t know what to do with myself if it isn’t a strikeout or a groundball into the shift, because usually that means universes are colliding.
Salionski
As a Braves fan I’m all for a real rebuild, rather than potentially screwing things up and it putting the team back in the same spot.
But unfortunately a lot of Braves fans don’t feel the same way. A lot of them act a bit entitled. They’re spoiled from the division streak.
SabermetricsForLife
We live in an instant gratification society. People don’t realize the importance of having a plan and stinking to it. For one I am very pleased with the path the ‘Stros took. If anything, I wish McLane would have authorized a true rebuild back in 2009 instead of trying to “stay competitive” the last few years he owned the team. Regardless we have an owner that understands what it will take and a GM that sticks to the plan regardless of what the talking heads are spurting that each minute.
braves10 2
The braves need to wait for some of the prospects to make it so they can see what they need. They should let the situation develop rather than guess or assume that prospects will pan out and trade for that scenario. Coppy once said dont draft for what you need because it will change by the time they reach it to the big leagues and that is the same mentally to have during the rebuild, don’t trade for what you think you need now because it may change.
petfoodfella
Fans will show up by default, it’s a new stadium in a better area.
That said, at least wait until the off season for comments like that. They’ll make a big splash or two in FA, get a couple of people who can hit a baseball real far, etc.
The front office has done nothing but great things so far already.
Gogerty
Teams could buy him in a low option and hope he rebounds. Is only owed south of $3M I believe and he can still have a bit of a bounce back. Plus his veteran status gives him some appeal. AYBAR and some cash for a low level prospect (like the 2015 trade of Jonny Gomes to the Royals, was only hitting .221 when traded).
RunDMC
Yes, because LAD willing to take on prospects when their ace is out for an unknown period of time and they’re not making the playoffs without him because their lack of offense. There is nothing short-term that any of our prospects, however heralded, can provide in the short-term that would allow LAD to get rid of one of their few trade pieces. And selling low on him is not an option I can imagine for Friedman.
Sonny Gray either.
texascubby71
Let the rebuild happen. It was brutal watching the Cubs, but it’s worth it now. If your GM pulls an Edwin Jackson, it just slows the process and ties up valuable cash. It takes watching the Darwin Barneys of the league and patience to get to this point.
therealryan
Is that Francoeur bit some kind of joke? What would be considered a big offer for him? A player to be named later as opposed to cash considerations.
Jon429
I thought that too at first, but I read they like his leadership in the clubhouse. It’s just another situation where he’s more valuable to the Braves on the team than trading him for a fringe low-A prospect relief pitcher.
Gogerty
My only thought is they are hoping and expecting more of a return on what they did with Jonny Gomes. Frenchy is sill swinging the bat well enough (better than Jonny at time of trade) and is a great leader.
baseballfanforever
Why are the Braves looking at trading away the few players they have holding the team together? I thought Coppy said he was looking at building the major league club. It’s not going to happen with rumors about 3rd rate players.
I seriously doubt ANYTHING is going to happen now since the only teams that typically do trades at the deadline are the ones who are looking for one or two players to put them over the top. Teams often over pay and why would the Braves want to overpay on anyone? If anything they should at least try to get rid of a few albatrosses like Nick Markakis. Shed some salary (they would have to pay some of it obviously). Again doubt anything will get done but who knows…
MikePLV10
You do know Markakis is a league average hitter this year and was above last year right?? He also has a low BABIP this season which indicates a bit of bad luck plus his line drive rate is up… At $11mill for .260/.340/.360 it’s actually not that bad added with good Defense (though he is better suited in left).. Ask the Cubs if they like paying J-hey $20mill for his bat. Just saying Nick brings a lot to this team and I would prob. Be beneficial to keep him around though this contract.. Not gonna find anything better for that price.