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I did not see that coming... no, wait, yes I did.

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i’m still in shock they let Buddy get to Japan.

They've already got a scout there just to watch him in '10 I bet.

Low risk, high reward. Good signing for KC.

I hope they sign Norton soon too so there is no chance of him returning to Atlanta.

think they would take DLowe?
Brilliant!
Problem solved.
thats what I was thinkin

Make the call, Frank. Tell ’em they can have JoJo Reyes and Manny Acosta too!

We could trade them for Jorge Campillo!
Nigerian Buy Back

Guiness fan, eh?

why bother to drink anything else?

We couldn’t use him in the bullpen?

What was Campillo...

…a Class D free agent?

Looks like KC also signed Wilson Betemit, or Bate-a-MEAT as he’s called on ESPN. Good luck to both of them. Jorge was a pretty good pitcher, all things considered.

Seriously

I think in the next few years we may just see a Royals team built entirely of Braves cast-offs and Zack Greinke.

makes you feel pretty bad for Greinke...

do they sign Andruw and Nick Green too this off season?

Haha, might have worked a little better taking our castoffs when we were winning pennants

Still flattering, but it’s getting a little stalky.

Maybe they’ll find that situation unsuitable and will trade us Greinke for somebody who’s about to get cut. You know, cut out the middle man of free agency.

I guess I'm the only one

Who would of liked to see Campillo remain with the Braves. Unlike Carlyle, his stuff is atleast capable of getting major league hitters out consistently.

Yeah, but, unlike Carlyle, he barely played this season. So who really knows what he can do?

but you can't blame him for taking a more certain path...

to the bigs. It’d be much easier for him to make the club, and particularly the rotation, in Kansas City than it would be here obviously. I’d have liked to bring him back too, but you can’t blame a guy for taking the situation that is in his best interests.

Agreed. I like Jorge and would love to see him stay here, but he has to think of himself and the opportunities in KC are better than they are here. He’s a good pitcher, but the Braves have lots of good pitchers; KC, not so much. I wish him well.

exactly, he can be, at best, a middle reliever here...

while if he does well as a starter there this year, he can better position himself for a contract next year.

Still got one of the nastiest change-ups in the biz.
Campillo was a fluke.

Just a one-year wonder.

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