Damn he's nasty

for him to pitch this well and get a no decision or ever worse an L would be some pretty tough luck ki

[Edited on April 22, 2008 at 8:52 PM. Reason : I kinda expect his arm to blow out like Chet Steadman's at some point...hopefully not this year tho]

4/22/2008 8:50:35 PM

Please tell me someone else just saw the "Fans of the game"

4/22/2008 8:57:41 PM

I flipped it back to basketball by then

but being that its a braves game

I can guess the type

4/22/2008 8:59:30 PM

The bitches were PlayBoy material, Penthouse at worst.

4/22/2008 9:18:00 PM

So, thumbing through the Baseball America Prospect Handbook, I see that 6 of our top 20 prospects from 2007 are now in the Rangers system. Hope we find 100 million to re-sign Teixeira!

[Edited on April 22, 2008 at 10:37 PM. Reason : ]

4/22/2008 10:36:57 PM

And the top one loves him some HGH! When does Hampton come off the payroll?

4/22/2008 11:19:21 PM

Yeah, but Schafer definitely wasn't the top prospect last year, I doubt he was even in the top 20. Hampton's contract is up this year, so there's $12.5 mil. There's a team option for 2009, though!

4/22/2008 11:23:41 PM

And what's Kotsay's contract? was that just 1 year left too? Like 4 of the Braves top 5 prospects are OF's right, and I think one SS? If they can get rid of Hampton and Kotsay's money, plus Glavine's gotta retire soon... I think there's no reason they couldn't keep Teixeira if they really wanted too, but I would imagine the Yanks and probably Mets are gonna go through the roof. Sucks that they don't have any 1B prospects that are high.. Salty..

4/22/2008 11:38:54 PM

Kotsay's contract is up this year too, the A's are paying $5m of his $7m, though. And yeah, the cupboard is pretty bare as far as first baseman in the farm system go. Chipper or McCann could maybe slide over. Lillibridge will definitely be ready next year if not earlier, Escobar would be a good fit at third.

4/22/2008 11:46:20 PM

too bad smoltzy lost this game. He pitched really, really well..............again

4/23/2008 1:40:26 AM

They should have enough free to sign Tex after this year it looks like.

4/23/2008 2:10:10 AM

HA

no

4/23/2008 8:08:13 AM

How do you figure? With the money they saved by not resigning Andruw, and Hamptons $15mil coming off, they should be able to offer him $15-20mil a year easily.

4/23/2008 1:42:23 PM

I think at least part of Hampton's is still being paid by the Rockies

4/23/2008 1:49:26 PM

I would be SHOCKED if he didn't end up a Yankee. They have Giambi (plus a TON more) coming off the books, NEED a first baseman and Hank is already pissed off about not getting Santana... CC Sabathia and Tex will be Yanks... and they'll still lose in the first round.

Honestly, I hope he stays in ATL... I think there is something to be said for competitive balance. No one in the NL completely blows away teams in terms of payroll. The Mets certainly upped it this year but in years past they were equal and even less than some teams (mets were third in NL last year)

[Edited on April 23, 2008 at 1:51 PM. Reason : x]

4/23/2008 1:50:46 PM

I guess the Braves are paying all $15M of Hampton's contract, but are only paying $2M of Kotsay's. Glavine's making $8M this year, and if he comes back I would guess at a reduced rate. They have a lot of young players that are going to need new contracts next year it looks like, Francoeur, McCann, Johnson, Diaz, Escobar, and most of the backups. Plus Chipper will be needing a new contract. I think, if I read all this right and its accurate.

http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/atlanta-braves_15.html

4/23/2008 2:25:48 PM

Tex is better than all those guys and is still young. Signing him should be a priority over any of those guys.

4/23/2008 3:16:09 PM

Chipper will be priority numero uno, no matter what anyone says because of what he's meant to the Braves organization. Tex should be 2, but both should get a bulk of the money.

4/23/2008 3:24:25 PM

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"I guess the Braves are paying all $15M of Hampton's contract, but are only paying $2M of Kotsay's. Glavine's making $8M this year, and if he comes back I would guess at a reduced rate. They have a lot of young players that are going to need new contracts next year it looks like, Francoeur, McCann, Johnson, Diaz, Escobar, and most of the backups. Plus Chipper will be needing a new contract. I think, if I read all this right and its accurate."

Like I said above, we're paying $12.5m of Hampton's salary. Chipper has a 2009 option that vests at 450 PA and McCann is locked up through 2012. Francoeur should be arbitration eligible this offseason, he'll probably get a long term deal in the $3m/year range. KJ and Escobar are still years from being eligible for arbitration and I doubt they'll get anything more than what Francoeur got this season. If Chipper plays the next six months anywhere close to the way he's playing now, he deserves big money. Remember, he restructured his deal when we got Hudson.

I'd like to see Teixeira sign a long term deal and stay. We need power in the middle of the lineup, we need a first baseman, and he's still young. If there's anyone we should go after in the offseason it's him. But there's no way we'll put up the $20m+ he'll get from the Yankees or Mets. There just isn't enough coming off the books.

[Edited on April 23, 2008 at 3:34 PM. Reason : ]

4/23/2008 3:33:08 PM

How do you figure? Andruw was what? 13mil a year, and if we dont resign Glavin, there is another 8 for a total of $21mil. And if Hampton is done after this year, there is another $15mil.

4/23/2008 5:58:34 PM

Andruw is already gone. Our payroll is $15m higher this year than it was last year.

It's not that we couldn't scrounge up $20 million for one year: Teixeira isn't signing a one year deal. It'll be 5 or 6 years and at least $100 million. We have never invested in players like that and I don't think it's going to change.

Like I said, I'd love to have the guy back, but not for 20 or 25 million per.

--

Wait, is ^ MacGyver? An unnatural hatred for Joey Devine, the inability to understand the most simple concepts, retarded GM advice... it's all adding up.

[Edited on April 23, 2008 at 6:53 PM. Reason : ]

4/23/2008 6:38:25 PM

that didnt take long...

4/23/2008 7:15:52 PM

LOOKIN GOOD BENNETT

Tar Heel Andrew Miller and his 9.68 ERA starting tonight for the Marlins.

4/23/2008 7:26:51 PM

my OVER bet is looking good

4/23/2008 7:28:16 PM

2 runs on 10 hits. Fuckin right.........

4/23/2008 9:15:49 PM

nicely done.. leadoff hitter gets on 2nd and...that's all



[Edited on April 23, 2008 at 9:34 PM. Reason : V oh yeah.. i meant before francoeur couldn't do his job]

4/23/2008 9:29:24 PM

Actually, he got to third. Even better!

Quote :

"Team LOB - 11"

4/23/2008 9:32:07 PM

Can we just put a 75mph pitching machine on the mound instead of one of our relief pitchers?

4/23/2008 9:42:54 PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/04/22/brave.hearts0428/

Good story about Pena and Escobar.

4/24/2008 8:13:49 AM

I was at the game last night and I think a lot of the crowd gave up after the first pitch

4/24/2008 8:33:15 AM

Well...just missing clutch hits here and there. Not to mention Boyer is essentially tossing it up there underhanded.

Bennett didn't impress me, either.

4/24/2008 8:40:22 AM

Why the fuck do you asshats always have to throw Smoltz and Hudson in EVERY SINGLE FUCKING SEREIS you play the Mets? No wonder you blow ass against the rest of the league... your two best pitchers always burn themselves out shutting out the Mets.

Pelfrey, Maine and Figueroa versus Jurrjens, Smoltz and Hudson

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 12:07 PM. Reason : x]

4/24/2008 12:06:55 PM

That's about like Perez having a mediocre year last year, but absolutely killing the Braves every series with the Mets.

4/24/2008 2:23:42 PM

Perez was mediocre? Oh...

Some NL ranks

Wins: 15 - t7
ERA: 3.56 - 9
H/9: 7.78 - 3
K/9: 8.85 - 2

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 3:07 PM. Reason : p.s. - die]

4/24/2008 3:06:59 PM

Those numbers are better than I remembered. Maybe he'll do even better this year and you guys can make it to the playoffs.

As long as we're talking about league leaders, allow me to fellate Smoltz for a moment:

W: 3 - 4
ERA: .78 - 1
ERA+: 507 - 1
WHIP: .913 - 4
H/9: 5.87 - 5
K/9: 12.13 - 1
K: 31 - 2

We're 2nd, 4th, and 5th in AVG/OBP/SLG, 4th in RS, 3rd in RA, and 2nd in ERA... why the hell are we 10-11?

4/24/2008 3:17:23 PM

^ 1-run losses and blowout wins. Don't worry. RS/RA has a way of working itself out over 162 games.

4/24/2008 3:29:17 PM

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"+31, we're three games under our Pythagorean expectation, which I guess could be a promising stat, or an omen of a 2007 redux. We finished 5 games below our PE last year and were 2nd in the league in runs scored and 6th in runs allowed. "

4/24/2008 3:31:11 PM

Allow me to introduce you to Blaine Boyer!

As well as the rest of the shitty Braves bullpen.

4/24/2008 3:31:18 PM

my roomate has Boyer as one of his NL only pitchers. I saw it and promptly laughed then cussed him out

4/24/2008 5:40:54 PM

Chipper goes 3-3, 1 BB, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 solo homer and he's batting .442.



--

And the Mets (and NyM410's BFF Ollie Perez) got rocked by the Nats.

[Edited on April 24, 2008 at 11:17 PM. Reason : ]

4/24/2008 11:16:14 PM

you cant spell MVP without a "P" and umm you cant spell Chipper without a "p" too

4/25/2008 12:14:42 AM

^ Great point. There are two Ps in Chipper, it's a lock.

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"^ 1-run losses and blowout wins"

Holy shit, we've already lost 7 1-run games!

4/25/2008 12:20:47 PM

kelly Johnson kickin ass tonite. 4 RBI with a homer

4/25/2008 9:33:01 PM

hey, reason for celebration: Boyer didn't fuck up tonight

4/25/2008 10:06:13 PM

Quote :

" -23 7 53% L Castillo Walk R 123 6 42% D Wright Walk; Anderson Scores; Casanova to 3B; Castillo to 2B R 123 5 31% C Beltran Walk; Casanova Scores; Castillo to 3B; Wright to 2B R 123 6 22% R Church Walk; Castillo Scores; Wright to 3B; Beltran to 2B"

4/26/2008 10:26:56 AM

Quote :

"Why the fuck do you asshats always have to throw Smoltz and Hudson in EVERY SINGLE FUCKING SEREIS you play the Mets? No wonder you blow ass against the rest of the league... "

NyM410, i believe it's the mets who are currently blowing ass

on that note, i hope we hand your mets another ass whooping this afternoon.

4/26/2008 10:40:42 AM

^^yeah, no kiddin.........what the fuck. Supposedly there were some questionable calls that got jurrjens upset and cox ejected

4/26/2008 11:15:41 AM

^^ you didn't.

Is the old man injured again? He is awesome when he is in the lineup but he's only good for 120-130 games a year at this point...

[Edited on April 26, 2008 at 5:18 PM. Reason : x]

4/26/2008 5:17:56 PM

^lol, you beat us by one run with half our lineup out. Congrats. As talented as your team is, they fucking suck. They won't even have the chance to choke this year

4/26/2008 6:28:05 PM

trash the blue unis... i dont think we've won in them yet and smoltz got hurt wearing them yesterday

4/28/2008 10:05:11 PM