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Yesterday,
07:37 AM
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2024 Minor League Thread
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
I am hoping for after the 4th of July. Gwinnett is in St. Paul to play a series next week and I was hoping to sneak out to the ballpark to catch a...
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06-25-2024,
09:02 AM
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Trade targets?
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
I suppose he could swap one of our bad contracts for someone else's bad contract, but picking up bad contracts in the first place has limited the...
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06-20-2024,
11:47 AM
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
I have no idea what the MO is, but from the 30,000 foot level, it appears that drafting pitching--especially college pitchers who could move...
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06-19-2024,
10:51 AM
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Willie Mays Has Passed Away
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Phenomenal player. Played with an electric joy and a style all his own. Likely the best all-around player to lace them up. Plus player across the...
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06-12-2024,
11:32 AM
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Like Don Sutton used to say (and I paraphrase) "Not every strike is a good pitch and not every ball is a bad pitch." I think the hitting...
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06-12-2024,
11:25 AM
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
I think the plan in drafting Baldwin (although baseball teams don't draft for need like they do in football) was that they would have someone ready...
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06-12-2024,
06:07 AM
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GDT 6/11- This CRAP STOPS NOW. BITCH.
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Schnikies! Things are really bad when Dave O'Brien actually posts something negative.
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06-10-2024,
12:24 PM
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Trade targets?
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
The three I mentioned are college guys and two are in Augusta and one is in Rome. They all are interesting although I think Hackenberg's ceiling...
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06-10-2024,
12:05 PM
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Fire AA
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Given the current rotation of Fried, Sale, Lopez, and Morton, you're only talking abou the 5th starter, who is someone that probably won't be a...
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06-10-2024,
10:09 AM
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Fire AA
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
That clearly wasn't the point of any of the critiques of the decision to call up the aforementioned guys.
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06-10-2024,
09:06 AM
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Fire AA
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
I didn't go back and edit, but after I posted I thought about how Anthopoulos has bought out arbitration years on guys while at the same time...
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06-10-2024,
08:00 AM
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Trade targets?
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
I think the approach at the deadline will be measured. Anthopoulos has done a good job of making other teams overvalue our prospects, so he may be...
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06-10-2024,
06:23 AM
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Fire AA
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
I wouldn't go as far as Cy, but Anthopoulos is not above criticism and those of us who have even ventured mildly found fault with some of his moves...
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06-08-2024,
09:11 AM
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Trade targets?
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Canha intrigued me last off-season and I thought he'd be a good fit. He's a bit in the netherworld of players as he's better than a strict platoon...
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06-07-2024,
07:54 AM
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
The point is what Durbin insinuated about the varying approaches in instruction.
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06-06-2024,
03:56 PM
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
But a pretty healthy majority in the insane run were already either in the major leagues or the upper reaches of the system when Anthopoulos took...
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06-05-2024,
05:33 PM
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Around Baseball 2024 edition
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Bill Shanks never revealed who his "mystery player" that the Braves were always on the brink of acquiring was, but the consensus on the old Scout...
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06-05-2024,
02:15 PM
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Most of that happened under the previous management teams in terms of drafting and instruction. Harris is really the only position player solely...
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06-05-2024,
06:35 AM
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Around Baseball 2024 edition
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Zack Greinke is still out there.
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06-04-2024,
06:47 PM
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2024 Minor League Thread
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
OF Luis Guanipa (our top international signing for 2023) made his FCL debut today and went 2/3. Let's see how long it takes for the Braves' minor...
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06-04-2024,
04:26 PM
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Around Baseball 2024 edition
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
That's what I was trying to drive at. When you are butted up against the highest salary tier, you lose a lot of flexibility. Kelenic may turn...
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06-03-2024,
03:44 PM
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Around Baseball 2024 edition
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
It's neglible after this season, but we are currently carrying a lot of dead money as a result of acquiring him because we are paying players that...
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06-03-2024,
09:46 AM
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Around Baseball 2024 edition
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Robert is an interesting target. He's signed for $15 MM for 2025 and has team options at $20 MM for 2026 and 2027 (both with $2 MM buyouts). I...
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05-31-2024,
06:16 PM
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Any brave fans near Charleston SC?
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Greatest baseball brawl ever and Pascual Perez right in the middle of it.
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05-31-2024,
11:38 AM
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5/30 GDT - nats game 4
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Well said. There appears to be an extremely wide gulf between the analytics team and dugout team with both sides having a lot of difficulty bridging...
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05-31-2024,
10:01 AM
50PoundHead
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5/30 GDT - nats game 4
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Agree 100%. I understand the fifth spot in the rotation is going to be a shuffle all season, but starting a guy with two post-pandemic minor league...
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05-31-2024,
09:14 AM
50PoundHead
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5/30 GDT - nats game 4
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
They are still top four or five in most offensive categories. Stolen bases, walks, and runs are the only things that are way down. Still above...
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05-31-2024,
07:28 AM
50PoundHead
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5/30 GDT - nats game 4
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
I have a bit of a different take. 2023 was a magical offensive season for the Braves' offense. Saw something similar up here in Minnesota in 2019...
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05-30-2024,
10:47 AM
50PoundHead
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2024 Minor League Thread
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Didn't know about the PEDs. Would make sense as at least a partial explanation for his fall-off.
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05-30-2024,
07:56 AM
50PoundHead
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2024 Minor League Thread
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2024: The Campaign to Re-Elect Snit for Four More Years and Make Atlanta Great Again!
Interesting. Someone must have been reading the article at mlb.com that mentioned Laureno as a possible pick-up in the wake of Acuna's injury. He...
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