...to go anywhere but here.  I'm so sick of every single time I read over at MLBTR, I see the likes of "Braves could send Minor", "Mutts want Minor", and so on and so forth.  That's my rant on that, and quite enough.  Down to my meat and potatoes.

1) I absolutely HATE the idea of trading from our plethora of young (or old for that matter) of pitching for a freaking rental.  We have proven that it doesn't work.  I don't believe I need to remind you gals and guys about our history w/ rentals.  And do we really want to trade them someone like Minor and then see him several times a year?  Also, even if we DID re-sign Beltran at the end of the year, that only leads me to point #......

2) Do we really want a 34 yr old, injury prone CF'er?  Leaving out this year (Mutts have played 100 games, and he's only been out 5 so far), he only played in 64 games last year, and 81 in 2009.  The injury bug first bit him in 2000, limiting him to 98 games. Sure from 2005-8, he did well, playing in an avg of 149 games/yr but his 2005 year ended w/ injuries starting in August, and after tht he battled quad issues the rest of the season.  But that was from age 28-31, somewhat "in his prime", and also during a time in which baseball is dealing w/ widespread steriod use.  I'm not saying he def used, bc I have no idea, only saying that its possible.  My understanding of the stuff is extremely limited, so bear w/ me on that one.  Regardless, he seems to be on a downward trend of games played each season.  And please don't give me the SSS.  He's not getting any younger. 

I'm not going to get into his stat line, as its honestly pretty good to me.  He's def a good player, my only concerns are his injury issues, and the rental deal.  Thanks for taking the time to read my rant, and Go Braves!

Over the last several weeks, we've been discussing who stays and who gets sent down when "x player" comes back from the DL.  First it was when Nate comes back, now its when Prado comes back.  Well, I'm sure I'll get blasted for my thoughts, but I'm gonna lay it out there anyway.  Please note, I'm don't have time to look up tons of stats, so my opinions are not to be taken as direct fact.

Our outfield in the near future will be what it has been.  I hate to say it, but as soon as Prado comes back, my gut tells me that Chipper is going on the DL.  I'm not trying to jinx him, but look at his last several years of game time.  It seems to me that he's playing a lot more already than he has in the recent past.  Its more like what he was early in his career; not near as many days off.  And with his legs having been bothering him all season, I just feel that since Prado is coming back after the ASB, that may give Chip time to have his knee repaired, and give him time to heal, coming back in time to make the Playoff run.  And that leaves us with Prado manning 3b everyday, leaving Nate and Jordan manning the outfield as they have been.  With Jason struggling a bit, I'm not sure what FG will do there, but I assume he'll go back to RF most every day, w/ 'Ske giving the OF a break on occasion.  As for the lineup, who knows?  That's a topic for a different discussion.  What I wanna know is, am I way off on this train of thought?  What do you cats think?

07/20/2010

To:  All Braves

From:  The M.L.B,B.U.L.L.C.R.A.P.P. (Major League Baseball's Benevolent Understanding Law Loving Commitee of Rulers Against Plunked Players

CC:  In regards to the Appeals of Braves

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