Comments on: In Dempster for Delgado, the Braves are going all-in for this year

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:36:14 +0000

Sure, but is that a cause or effect?

By: jamaicanjasta

jamaicanjasta — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:57:37 +0000

And as a Braves fan, I’d have to say I hope this deal is indeed dead, I’ve never liked the idea of trading for Dempster period.

By: jamaicanjasta

jamaicanjasta — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:56:22 +0000

Dempster says no deal on Twitter. http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120723&content_id=35420372&vkey=news_atl&c_id=atl

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:55:50 +0000

Only one problem; Dempster confirmed via Twitter that he’s still a Cub and that no deal is done.

By: baseballisboring

baseballisboring — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:55:27 +0000

I think Delgado is too young to worry about. The fact that he’s holding his own in the bigs at 22 is impressive in itself, so hopefully he’ll continue to develop.

It’s an interesting question, though, one which I’m thoroughly unqualified to answer. But Hanson seemingly hasn’t been healthy in like two years, same with Jurrjens, Vizcaino is on his way back from Tommy John, Minor looks like he’s taken a step back.

Overworked? Something wrong with the medical staff? I think most likely it probably is just small sample size noise. But the Braves pitcher development machine isn’t as well oiled these days.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:53:24 +0000

Gentlemen, those are called feelings that you are experiencing. You need to let them out and talk about them. It’s therapeutic and will help you lower your stress level. It will also help you recover from your raging cases of my-team’s-future-is-murkier-than-I-realized-syndrome.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:48:33 +0000

Can anyone tell me why Craig hasn’t posted something about Minka’s sex tape that’s now on sale? That is totally baseball related and is essential to the baseball universe.

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/minka_kelly_sex_tape_reportedly_mnuPd8Yp6Prh2LtnLyMWSI

By: natslady

natslady — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:46:47 +0000

Gotta love the Cubs side of the trade, period. Saw Delgado this weekend, he was not bad at all, and very young. Atlanta just traded away a good piece for its future, and they are not so old that they needed to be doing that, OK. They still need BP help and SS is an offensive black hole.

They can beat up on the rest of the NL East, but that helps us as much as it helps them, so go for it. We only have six games left with them, so head-to-head is not going to be the issue. It’s going to be how they (and we) play against non-NL East teams.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:45:27 +0000

Run out of “Yo mamma” jokes Bravo?

By: thomas2727

thomas2727 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:44:11 +0000

Hold the presses multiple sources are saying the trade is dead. David Kaplan amount them.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:39:35 +0000

Yeah, that’s exactly what Craig said. Dempster will regress, probably. The Cubs will get more value out of Delgado. Probably. Except in a more measured, respectful tone.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:36:17 +0000

Well injury is certainly a major factor.

By: drmonkeyarmy

drmonkeyarmy — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:33:27 +0000

Great. We have now established you are literate.

By: illcomm

illcomm — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:31:39 +0000

One trade is considered going all in? LOL. Great move though to get the best numbers pitcher in the game right now. But as stats balance out, this trade is gonna suck for the braves.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:31:21 +0000

Typically….somewhat….

By: nolanwiffle

nolanwiffle — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:30:27 +0000

Paging Leo Mazzone.

By: drmonkeyarmy

drmonkeyarmy — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:28:12 +0000

I’ve come to expect more from you. Typically you are somewhat clever, but this is just…I don’t know, kinda hackish. Having an off day? Having a case of the Mondays?

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:28:04 +0000

Ya gotta have faith, brah.

- George Micheal.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:26:31 +0000

I can’t help but wonder what is up with the Braves and their young starting pitching the last couple of years. Delgado, Minor, Hanson, etc have all seemed to crash a bit. While there is plenty of time for them all to turn it around, these guys were touted as “can’t miss” types who should find immediate success in a system that had reliably put out good young starting pitchers for years. Maybe it is small sample noise, but it seems like something has changed in the Braves development system.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:26:02 +0000

Prediction: the Phillies suck. Oh wait, that’s reality. BAM BAM BAM!

By: A.J.

A.J. — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:25:56 +0000

I’m a Braves fan, I do think the Braves are capable of winning the World Series, but this feels like going all in on three 6s, or some other solid but not particularly good poker hand.

This depresses me. This is not the kind of thing I want to hear the day before I take the bar exam.

Dempster is solid, and he will help. But this team has too many other things that it is depending on to work out like Chipper, Prado and McCann staying healthy or Freeman, Uggla and Heyward avoiding (or getting out of) major slumps that it seems downright dumb.

Delgado may not be John Smoltz, but Dempster is still just Doyle Alexander. If the Braves don’t make serious noise this year, it will look incredibly stupid.

This short-sighted business could look even worse if the Braves lose Bourn and strike out in free agency.

By: drmonkeyarmy

drmonkeyarmy — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:18:39 +0000

Prediction: Delgado will put up better numbers the rest of this season than Dempster.

By: gmagic9044

gmagic9044 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:15:17 +0000

Very good analysis of the trade from both sides Craig. Well said.