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From: Tarkus on 29 Jul 2010 22:20
On 7/29/2010 6:39 PM, Tomasz Radko wrote:
> W dniu 2010-07-29 23:49, Tarkus pisze:
>> > On 7/29/2010 2:23 PM, Colin William wrote:
>>> >> Joe Schmoe wrote:
>>>> >>> http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100729&content_id=12760192&vkey=tradedeadline2010&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
>>> >>
>>> >> Not good for Atlanta. Be interesting to see if Wren responds.
>> >
>> > At what position? OF? I suppose they could always use another
>> > reliever, but the bullpen is already pretty deep.
> This is the problem - we don;t have any glaring weakness. Even the
> outfield is semidecent. SO the only way to strengthem the Braves is go
> big. I don't know if there is any player on the market, which would make
> Braves better by a full win.

Agreed. This Braves team is extremely balanced, and they don't
typically go after the big superstars, so I just don't see Wren making
anything more than a pretty insignificant move, if anything. I think
the Escobar-Gonzalez trade was their one "big" move. They may add
someone to the bench or the back of the bullpen, but I don't see them
doing anything more than that.

BTW, what the hell is Houston thinking? Am I missing something, or did
they get really fleeced on this deal? They're paying something like
half of Oswalt's salary, and from all indications, didn't get a whole
lot in return. I can see them doing a salary dump, but they didn't
really do that.
From: Colin William on 30 Jul 2010 07:55
Tarkus wrote:
>> Not good for Atlanta. Be interesting to see if Wren responds.
>
> At what position? OF? I suppose they could always use another
> reliever, but the bullpen is already pretty deep.

I'm betting OF. And it does concern me. We do need someone who can hit
in the OF, preferably at CF, but I'm not sure such a player is out there
and available to us. However, Wren might feel the need to sign someone
who's not that much help in order to send a message to the team that
he's doing his part.

Colin
From: Colin William on 30 Jul 2010 07:57
Tarkus wrote:
> BTW, what the hell is Houston thinking? Am I missing something, or did
> they get really fleeced on this deal? They're paying something like
> half of Oswalt's salary, and from all indications, didn't get a whole
> lot in return. I can see them doing a salary dump, but they didn't
> really do that.

I don't get that at all. I cannot fathom why they're picking up any of
Oswalt's salary - I'd have figured he'd have been a pretty attractive
pickup, but I guess the no-trade clause dampened his value. Still, I
think they got completely hosed.

Colin
From: Tomasz Radko on 30 Jul 2010 10:36
W dniu 2010-07-30 13:57, Colin William pisze:
> Tarkus wrote:
>> BTW, what the hell is Houston thinking? Am I missing something, or did
>> they get really fleeced on this deal? They're paying something like
>> half of Oswalt's salary, and from all indications, didn't get a whole
>> lot in return. I can see them doing a salary dump, but they didn't
>> really do that.
>
> I don't get that at all. I cannot fathom why they're picking up any of
> Oswalt's salary - I'd have figured he'd have been a pretty attractive
> pickup, but I guess the no-trade clause dampened his value. Still, I
> think they got completely hosed.

http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2010/07/why-the-oswalt-deal-worked/
From: Tarkus on 30 Jul 2010 15:47
On 7/30/2010 4:57 AM, Colin William wrote:
> Tarkus wrote:
>> BTW, what the hell is Houston thinking? Am I missing something, or
>> did they get really fleeced on this deal? They're paying something
>> like half of Oswalt's salary, and from all indications, didn't get a
>> whole lot in return. I can see them doing a salary dump, but they
>> didn't really do that.
>
> I don't get that at all. I cannot fathom why they're picking up any of
> Oswalt's salary - I'd have figured he'd have been a pretty attractive
> pickup, but I guess the no-trade clause dampened his value. Still, I
> think they got completely hosed.

If that's the best they could get because of his no-trade clause, I
would have respected his no-trade cause and not ask him to waive it.
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