The Cincinnati Reds

Harold Reynolds: we're getting spoiled watching all these young players. Jackie Robinson was 28 when he won rookie of the year. Guys used to be just getting started at 28!


Uh Harold there were probably other reasons JR didn't get started until 28 but I wasn't there so I can't be sure

 

Satchel Paige spent 30 years in the minors before he got a shot. That's just how stacked the pitching was back then.

 

Whaaaaat? I..I..what?

 

We should have been swept.

 

So long Johnny, and thank you. Glad you are going to a team I can root for.

The rumored return right now doesn't include a bat, but if its Manaea, Finnegan and Lamb I would imagine that Chapman and Leake will follow soon and Byrd is gone by the end of the week. Our system is about to look real good once that Chapman return hits.

 

Good start. Now deal Chapman, Leake, Byrd, and Bruce.

 

You want to deal Aroldis?

 

Absolutely. What value does a closer have to a 75 win quality team?

 

Could always blow his arm out converting him to a starter.

 

I tried explaining that to some of my Barves fan friends when Kimbrel got traded

 

Okay. Let him do it one someone else's dime.

 

#sarcasm

Easy there grizzly bear!

 

You find a team that needs a closer and a bat and you can get a king's ransom for Chapman and Bruce

 

Leake to the Giants for what is maybe their best prospect. Still haven't gotten a hitter.

 

Jesus, I had to make that argument with 50 fellow Braves fans back in April.

 

Oh man, it was awful. And don't even try to tell most Braves fans that Kimbrel was getting close to the end of the normal shelf life for a closer. He was going to be the best there ever was for at least the next 10 years

Except he isn't even the best closer in baseball this year.

While I am on that topic, why do 90% of Braves fans think that every half decent prospect in the org is the next best X in the majors? Heyward was gonna be Willie Mays all over again, Andrelton Simmons was obviously the next Barry Larkin, Mike Minor and Brandon Beachy were totally going to be the next Glavine and Smoltz. I mean, jesus christ.

 

I remember arguing with one that Dan Uggla was just not a good baseball player. "But did you see that home run he hit?" Yeah, I did, and did you see the 17 times he struck out the rest of the series and the 14 routine grounders he punted the **** out of at first? People wonder why I hate that damn team.

Sorry Huffman, </rant>

 

Braves fans didn't rank Heyward the #1 overall prospect in baseball. And Simmons is the best defensive player in baseball.

 

Heyward might have been the best prospect, he was never going to be as good as the fans made him out to be. Mother****ers I knew were convinced he would be MVP in his second year. And Simmons may be one of the top defensive players in baseball, but thats all he is.

 

You should probably hang out with smarter people then. And being good defensively is kind of a big part of being a shortstop.