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chieftoto
Gardenhire to the braves? Not sure I like that. Snitker, Pendleton, or Black would be best.
AstrosWS20
I fear what starting pitcher the Astros will chase in the offseason and how much he’ll cost by trade or free agency. Free agency is a barren wasteland. It sucks but it might be time to send a king’s ransom to another team via trade for a starting pitcher. Maybe Teheran or one of the Rays starters?
krillin
With the way Atlanta’s offense has been performing the second half, I would assume that Teheran probably will not be traded. Not even for a king’s ransom.
tntewell
i like snitker to stay and get the full time gig. if not, I’d like to see Lovullo come from boston. he works with young guys well.
start_wearing_purple
I kinda got the impression when Lovullo signed his extension last year it came with a quiet agreement that if Farrell struggles then Lovullo would get the job handed to him. With the Red Sox looking like they’ll make the playoffs my guess is the Sox won’t stand in his way if any team asks to interview him. I think he really deserves a shot at being the skipper of his own team.
bravesfansince98
Yuuuuuup or terry no bud black
lifelongchopper
I think the Braves need to give Snitker a shot an improved pitching staff and see what happens. He and the offense has done well, specifically the last two months (25-23, 5.2 runs per game), but the pitching is continually a let down beyond Teheran and (lately) Matt Wisler. Folty is great when he’s on his game, but he’s far too inconsistent at this stage and they need somebody to step up in the 3-4-5 spots in the rotation (either from within or outside of the organization). The bullpen needs a lot of help too. If they can address the pitching even a little bit this offseason, they could easily be expected to contend for a Wild Card next.
Ken M.
Betances has a career 3.51ERA in Sept. and a 5.40ERA in the playoffs. Every year he is rode into the ground. He is not a reliever who can be counted on in the playoffs.
His struggles all stem from the Yankees not having a 200 inning pitcher since after his Sept call up.
start_wearing_purple
Except if you discount this September and just say Betances hit a rough patch then his ERA in September would be 2.41. And bringing up his playoff stats are kind of pointless considering he pitched for exactly 5 outs, not really statistically significant. I’d say there aren’t enough facts to make such generalizations.
MB923
Knowing how much of a troll you are, I’m surprised you haven’t said something like Betances will be the first ever unanimous HOFer. After all you did call Cessa and Green future aces. But we know you just troll and don’t mean it.
That 5.40 playoff ERA is from ONE GAME (1.2 innings and 1 run allowed). I guess if you were an Angels fan or if Trout was on your team, then you can’t count on Mike Trout with his .083 BA in the playoffs
bravesfansince98
I know Jonathan holder he’s gonna be good I’m telling you now
bravesfansince98
For the yanks
Dookie Howser, MD
Heyman’s conversation about Weiters and the discrepancy in salaries that he is hearing from front office types and agents is interesting:
The free agent call made in this space last week for Wieters to get $30 million over three years as a free agent was apparently quite controversial, with some saying it was way too low for a catcher with his resume (three All Star teams, 2 Gold Gloves, 4 times 15-60 in home runs, RBI). To see what others thought, I asked two top management people and two agents (not his own). The two agents said they thought he’d get $70-80 million, based on the deals for Brian McCann and Russell Martin and the lack of good catchers in MLB, more than double what I guessed. However, the two management people thought I was actually a little high, with one guessing as low as $8 million for one year. This should be an interesting one
NL_East_Rivalry
Thanks for posting this, I didn’t see it. In conjuncture with Washington offering Ramos 3/30 there may end up being a big discrepancy when it comes to agents and teams. The first of the three will surely set the tone.
hamelin4mvp
Why was Joe Panik too steep of a price to ask for Miller? Panik is OK, and he’s not close to being untouchable.
MB923
Agreed. I’m also not sure where the Yankees would put him since they have Castro at 2B (unless he was in the rumor too).
arc89
Panik has a bad back so he is value is higher than it should. Another factor is the giants traded Duffy for Moore so they had no options at 2b. Sabean did a very poor job in not trading for bullpen pieces which has come back to haunt them.
gilgunderson
Sabean isn’t the GM anymore: it’s Bobby Evans. Bobby Evans failed to land a closer. The Will Smith acquisition was good, although they did overpay for him.
The Giants do have a viable 2B option in Kelby Tomlinson, but he’s had his own injury issues this season. I still think Panik has more upside at the plate than Matt Duffy.
johnsilver
Do you think they could move all of Castro’s remaining contract if they did find a replacement?
Acuña Matata
If it isn’t Snitker, then I want Bo Porter
bravesfansince98
Yep
chesteraarthur
Where is trading for then re-signing fowler on the cheap?
koz16
It makes sense for the Yankees to go after Chapman as their primary target for bullpen help. He pitched well in NY and he indicated that he enjoyed his time on the Yankees. Plus, there is no compensation tied to signing him. But if the Cubs win the WS I think that he stays in Chicago. The Cubs could be something special for the next few years.
AndThisGameBelongsToMySanDiegoPadres
He’ll sign with whoever offers him the most money, regardless of what the Cubs do next month.
Connorsoxfan
Funny Bud Black should be mentioned today. This was the day in ’07 where he went out on the field to restrain Milton Bradley, who tore his acl while being restrained by Black.
chesteraarthur
Milton Bradley was always…interesting.
luhnowsucks
Luhnow gave away all his controllable starters ! So now have to pay up! Or sit on hands like he did at deadline, instead of adding he dealt another starter in Feldman
He’s over his head
Astros44
Why do you have so much hate for luhnow? He did a fantastic job with St.Louis, and more recently, he’s turned the Houston franchise completely around. They’re one of the youngest teams in the MLB, and looking to make playoffs in back to back seasons. They gave up VV and Feldman over the last two years but also got Giles in return, I wouldn’t say that means he’s given away all of his controllable starters…
luhnowsucks
Cosart, Buchanan, trapeano, Lyles, folty, hader, houser, mengden, etc
Not to mention Jd Martinez
Getting a lot of credit that should be going ed wades way / Great sign w sipp too btw
I believe Larussa and comp had more to do w cards then luhnow
I don’t hate him just think he’s smoking mirrors and gets more credit then warranted
BoldyMinnesota
Almost all those guys you listed are completely irrelevent depth guys except for hader and maybe tropeano. All GMs make trades like that, and as for Martinez, all GMs make bad decisions eventually
luhnowsucks
Thanks for insight there
Just think even when he messed up his first hire as manager, messed up several trades (Gomez ?) messed up back to back 1/1 picks, and all media ever do is write good things
Think it’s smoke and mirrors
astros_fan_84
JD Martinez was given every chance in the world. It’s not Houston’s fault he got better later.
As to that long list of traded prospects: how many of them were impact players this year or will be next year?
Lunhow has made some bad trades, but he’s overall an excellent GM, and I’m thrilled he’s running my team.
luhnowsucks
His algorithms run team
How many starters are impact starters? …..this year 0
coachfred64
I think they should make a strong offer yo Lovullo,if he passes I’d go for Porter,then Snitker….I think some fresh voice and approach is what the team needs.
TDKnies 2
I’m not sure what I want the Braves to do at manager. I’ve been mostly happy (or at least not angry) with Snitker’s work other than some absolutely ridiculous bullpen usage early on. But I’m hesitant to see the Braves continue to not branch out and instead hire people from within after that person’s superior couldn’t hack it. It’s not that it never works, but I do think there’s something to the idea that it might not be very likely that the best candidate for the job was with you all along and you just never realized it.