Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Whoa-o-o, I'm on Fire

4 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Michael,
what do you think about the latest NYPost and AJC rumour that the Braves and Yanks are close to completing a Betemit for Proctor deal?

I hope to God that is just a negotiation ploy. Would be a terrible, terrible move in my opinion.

Anonymous said...

I second that would be a terr

I second that would be a terrible deal. Chipper and Giles have not exactly been a bastion of health and consistency this season, and I don’t think a young, productive IF who is making 400k is worth trading for a flash-in-the-pan setup guy who has been overworked this year. I’d like to see the Braves hold as is right now on the hitters and trade Giles this offseason for some pitching help. In the salary they save by plugging Betemit into Giles spot, they would have roughly 4-5mil to use on additional pitching/leadoff help.

The reason I posted because I wondered what you thought about LaRoche’s comments re: his booing (mentioned in AJC, 790 this morning). I could see a player like A-Rod saying this, but c’mon, not a guy who has had one good month in 2 years. He’s lucky he doesn’t play in Boston, NYC, Philly.

Dan said...

Laroche basically said if you were booing me a month ago then I don't want you cheering me now. Even poor Brian McCann couldn't give it a solid rationalization when they asked him about it.

I'd also really like to hear your thoughts on the Betemit trade rumors. Absolutely terrible idea, IMO.