DISQUS

Jim Gaudet · 1 year ago

Well, how are the Brave's at building up hitters. I know that their pitching coaches are some of the best and ATL has breed some of the best pitchers, ever. But, I am not so sure on the hitting prospects.

AtlantaBred · 1 year ago

I see us going for a free agent Left Fielder, keeping Blanco in center, and Frenchy in right. Free agent talks: If we spend a little coin we could grab an Adam Dunn or Pat the Bat. Nady and Bay are probably out of the question. Raul Ibanez would make sense too. Honestly I'd be thrilled if we grabbed any of the players I mentioned. Frenchy and Blanco have roster spots. Infante and Greg Norton have bench spots. Schafer's a year a away. Jason Heyward is 2 years away. B. Jones and J. Anderson will spend the year back and forth from AAA.

I think we did well with the Kotsay trade. We get our youngsters more AB's, we get a mid-level prospect, and we don't lose anything as Kotsay won't command a type B free agent status. If we want him again, we can still sign him. We'll lose more games and get a higher draft pick. If Sumoza blossoms, great. If he doesn't, we didn't lose anything for him. I don't think we lost anything. I think we gained our youngsters some experience. I don't really care if Sumoza blossoms because he probably won't have a place in our starting outfield because our farm is loaded, and I mean loaded, with outfield talent.

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