Every other Monday this off-season Talking Chop presents the Atlanta Braves fan confidence poll. This poll and therefore your confidence level should encompasses several areas of the team. These areas include, but are not limited to, the team’s ownership, current management, talent, minor-league system, general playing ability on the field, and of course during the off-season, how our off-season is going. The poll will stay open for 48 hours, and then the results will be posted and graphed against the previous weeks.
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By the way...
…the bottom five of the top-25 prospects will be up this afternoon. Yay!
gondeee - December 13, 2010
I'm at 8.5
But I rounded down to an 8 pending the finishing touches on the roster.
king of games - December 13, 2010
9
Wren has done great work so far. Now if he could only trade KK to the Mets, it would be a perfect offseason.
redwards95 - December 13, 2010
Nah, KK would be too much of an upgrade to their rotation.
king of games - December 13, 2010
He'll probably end up in KC
with Frenchy, Melky and all the other former Braves.
DawgB - December 13, 2010
One of the MLB-ready pitchers...
In the trade for Greinke??
-C
cthabeerman - December 13, 2010
If the Rangers get Lee...
the Evil Empire will pay to move Heaven and Earth to acquire Grienke. I’m guessing for Brett Gardner, a plus prospect, and lots of CASH…
TBuzz - December 13, 2010
And Greinke will point to his no trade clause and personal illness history and say, “No thanks.”
I wasn’t serious with my post there, tho.
-C
cthabeerman - December 13, 2010
Well
They do need an obligatory Japanese guy for the 2011 season… but I’m guessing it will probably be Hideki Okajima who was let loose from the Red Sox.
royhobbs - December 13, 2010
10
I was there most of last season and I only see things getting better. Getting Uggla, signing Linebrink and Sherrill to mentor our young bullpen corps. Re-signing Hinske. Freeman ready to take over 1B. It also looks like Schafer is coming around and could be a part of our OF solution. If he comes around, an OF of Prado, McClouth/Schafer and Heyward would be very solid. Also, that would allow Prado to replace/spell Chipper at 3B if needed. Whether we unload KK or not, I see our rotation as once again, one of the best from 1-5. We also have a strong farm system, which last year produced enough quality replacements to get us into the playoffs.
DawgB - December 13, 2010
9
FW is making good value acquisitions. Getting Linebrink and Sherrill into our bullpen for less than $4MM was a great job. Uggla was had for a ridiculous bargain…now hopefully we can lock him up for 4-5 years at $13MM-14MM per season or so (although Frank Rizzo might have jeopardized that).
I can’t give the organization a 10 because our pipeline for position prospects (can’t include Heyward and Freeman anymore) is quite unproven at this point. Not getting payback out of a prospect like Cody Johnson (former 1st round pick) hurts since he was supposed to be major-league ready at this point. Lipka, Salcedo, Simmons, Cunningham, Myke Jones, Bethancourt etc. are still years away. Pastornicky seems like the only promosiing prospect ready to contribute in the next 1-2 years.
TBuzz - December 13, 2010
You mean?
Mike Rizzo?
Frank Rizzo is like, one of the Jerky Boys’ personas.
royhobbs - December 13, 2010
Holy crap...
I can’t believe I just did that!
FRANK RIZZO! Open your f-ing ears jackass!
TBuzz - December 13, 2010
Myke Jones and Pastornicky might see MLB this year
bighop - December 13, 2010
No faith...
in Diory or Brandon Hicks? 4A?
TBuzz - December 13, 2010 via mobile
That's not it at all
i was pointing out that your post did not give Jones or Pastornicky the credit I think they deserve. Diory and Hicks are good defensively. Diory has been a stud hitter in AAA, it just hasn’t happened in MLB yet. As was pointed out a day or two ago, he only has about 100AB’s, it’s too early to write him off.
bighop - December 13, 2010
Fair enough...
Myke Jones only played between High-A and AA last year right? He’s probably only coming up before Sept if we have multiple injuries at 2B…
TBuzz - December 13, 2010 via mobile
From what I have heard, he has been in Instructs since early Sept learning new positions (primarily 2B) to prepare him for a possible utility job as early as mid 2011.
bighop - December 13, 2010
Who thought Johnson should be ML ready at this point? Even assuming a level at a time rise he wouldn’t have been thought ready until September of 11.
cbwilk - December 13, 2010
That was more opinion...
about Cody Johnson. He was a 1st rounder in 2006, you would hope that it doesn’t take 5-6 years to get that guy in your major league lineup? Unless we’ve been really spoiled with JHey and Freddie…
TBuzz - December 13, 2010 via mobile
We were incredibly spoiled with Heward and Freeman. They are highly atypical cases.
cbwilk - December 14, 2010
This.
I don’t get why people now expect all of our prospects to be instantly ready.
justincredubil02 - December 14, 2010
Because 5 years is "instantly"?
And if Cody Johnson had continued his natural progression this year instead of falling back, if he had been capable of adjusting and making better contact or taking more walks, then he would be on the door step. Remember, Johnson was drafted before Heyward and Freeman, and went step by step-GCL in year 1, Danville year 2, Rome year 3, Myrtle year 4 with a small stint in AA to end the year. Continue that progression in year 5, succeeding in AA and making an August appearance in AAA, then he’d be knocking on the door and near ready now.
Mr. Sanchez - December 14, 2010
Well, if I had mentioned CJ specifically, you woud be right.
I’m speaking in general here.
justincredubil02 - December 15, 2010
Ah. Kind of hard to figure when it’s in a thread specifically about CJ.
Mr. Sanchez - December 15, 2010
To the Philly and Met fans voting '1'...
You just wish your teams were having a better off-season, eh?
carpengui - December 13, 2010
If you turn your head to the side...
The chart looks like my left in response to those Phillie and Met fans…
Jman781 - December 13, 2010
left HAND
Jman781 - December 13, 2010
Voted an 8
If one of our CF come out of spring on a tear, it would move me to a solid 9.
ATLandUNC - December 13, 2010
9 Solid
We discarded our glaring hole in the lineup last year and filled it with the one thing we have been searching for since ’08: Right handed power. Further we did this without diminishing any of the quality or depth that helped up reach the playoffs last year. The only offensive questions are Freeman and McClouth (rebound) – and they are questions not auto-fails like Melky.
Add that to a solid rotation backed up by one of the best bullpens in baseball. Then add the potential to bring Teheran when/if we want/need him.
Yes sir a solid 9. The only thing that would push it to 10 would be if we traded McClouth for Justin Upton – and I guess I just don’t see that happening.
Santaklose11 - December 13, 2010
I bumped down to a 7 – I’m unimpressed with our Free Agent signings.
justincredubil02 - December 14, 2010
So going from a 2B/LF combo of Prado and Melky to Uggla and Prado is a downgrade?
Sound logic, as always.
ATLandUNC - December 14, 2010
And which of those were Free Agent moves?
Logic is sound only to those who can comprehend.
justincredubil02 - December 14, 2010
Spending $4.5MM...
to acquire Scott Linebrink, George Sherrill, and resign Eric Hinske sounds like a pretty good job to me.
TBuzz - December 14, 2010
Don't use logic on him
ATLandUNC - December 14, 2010
Not sure if the guy who responds with “Uggla” in a conversation about our free agent moves is qualified to be talking about logic.
If you think what this team needed was 2 middle relievers instead of insurance for a very questionable 3B situation, a CF that can hit and play good D or a SS that can reach base safely at least at a league-average clip, then no amount of logic will do you any good.
justincredubil02 - December 15, 2010
Well...
considering we just lost two veteran RPs (Wagner – LH, Saito – RH)…yes signing two middle relievers with experience (Sherrill – LH, Linebrink- RH) was necessary.
If Chipper isn’t ready in ST, I think it would be pretty damn easy to trade for a suitable LF and move Prado to 3B. Or god forbid youlet one of your in-house options develop. I love how you say nothing positive of a lineup that features Prado-Heyward-Chipper-Uggla-McCann but instead poke holes in what we’re doing with our 7th and 8th spots.
What’s illogical to me is the idea that people can’t improve their performance the next year…
TBuzz - December 15, 2010
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