Atlanta Braves Thread

Sports Illustrated has a really nice feature on Eunel Escobar's struggle to make it to the US this week.

 

Hopefully, Tim Hudson and Brian McCann can keep up their production in the second half. They are a big reason I'm in first place in my fantasy money league. I could care less about the rest of the Braves.

 

Damn 8-1 against the Braves and yet another sweep in Atlanta.

Thanks again for the hospitality

 

About time to trade Teixeira.

 

Woops, it's the cover story in this weeks Sporting News.

 

Braves send Francoeur to AA Mississippi. The guy has been looking lost at the plate. Tough move to make, let's hope he gets his mechanics in line and comes back on fire.

 

Yes it is. With all the injuries to the starters this season is done. Time to try and pick up some prospects by trading him. It's for sure the Braves aren't going to pay Boras' asking price to keep him (and they shouldn't even if they were interested in spending that kind of money).

 

I think the Braves will try to ship Tex unless they go on a 7 or 8 game winning streak. It's not likely they will get what they gave up to get him but they should be able to get 3 good prospects. The Angels need a bat bad although they have not been mentioned as being interested in Tex. The Dbacks have a lot of prospects but I doubt they would be willing to let go of the players Atlanta would want.



By the way, I just saw that the Braves have recalled Franceour from the minors. He should be in uniform tonight in LA.

 

"After three years, after playing hurt, playing every day, going in every day whether I got a hit and never complaining, I just played because Bobby [Cox] kept putting me in the lineup," Francoeur told the newspaper. "But I just felt like a little three-minute thing -- 'Hey, you're going down' -- I feel like after three years, I was owed a little more of an explanation. But that's Frank's deal and that's what I guess they decided to do.

"My question is, what if I had hit a home run or had two hits [Thursday night]? Does it delay it one day, until I was 0-for-4? I was left standing outside in the dark on that. You almost felt like they had made [their minds] up before the game. That's where I felt frustrated, where I felt a little betrayed," he told the newspaper.

Betrayed? Simple, play better and you won't put the Braves in the position of feeling like they have to do something this drastic to help you get straightened out.

 

Frank Wren is not doing a very good job as general manager. I thought one of the younger guys was supposed to take over for Schierholtz anyway. Too bad Dayton Moore was already gone.