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Braves have made a trade...Ryan Doumit
Dec 18, 2013, 3:20 PM
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In exchange for Sean Gilmartin.
Doumit is a switch hitter, and I imagine he will be a primary weapon off the bench for Atlanta.
Sean Gilmartin is a lefty starter who was a first-round draft pick by the Braves in 2011 out of FSU, but has had back-to-back poor years on the farm.
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Extra catcher without wasting a roster spot also****
Dec 18, 2013, 3:22 PM
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Yes.***
Dec 18, 2013, 3:22 PM
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Hmm...seems a little premature to give up on Gilmartin
Dec 18, 2013, 3:25 PM
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I hope this doesn't turn into a Wainwright situation
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I doubt it...either way, it's a disappointing end result
Dec 18, 2013, 3:27 PM
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For the Braves' first round pick. They haven't hit on many of those in the last decade or so, Jason Heyward and Mike Minor being exceptions.
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And it's really very different from Wainwright...
Dec 18, 2013, 3:32 PM
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Adam was very highly regarded at the time of the trade, which is why the Braves were able to land a very, very good player in J.D. Drew. He had no performance issues, like Gilmartin. Gilmartin is being traded for a bench piece.
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J.D. Drew had been underachieving up until that trade
Dec 18, 2013, 3:36 PM
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and he was in the last year of his deal...Braves were pretty foolish on that one
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Didn't say it was a great deal for Atlanta...I'm saying it's
Dec 18, 2013, 3:38 PM
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Very different from Gilmartin. The Braves are, in a sense, "giving up" on Gilmartin. That was not the case for Wainwright. The Braves had a pretty good idea he would be a very good pitcher, but thought they could improve their chances at a championship by bringing in Drew. Drew was stellar in that one year for Atlanta, but it didn't work out for the team as a whole.
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Don't know if any cash is involved (I guess not)...
Dec 18, 2013, 3:30 PM
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Doumit is under contract just for 2014, at $3.5 million.
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Doesn't that just send chills down your spine? Another
Dec 18, 2013, 3:34 PM
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riveting offseason move by the Barves! What's next, have Bob Horner unretire and come back?
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What would you like them to do
Dec 18, 2013, 3:35 PM
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To drastically improve a team that won 96 games with a slew of injuries?
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Take the cap hit and dump Uggla either by releasing him or
Dec 18, 2013, 3:39 PM
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trading him for a few new baseballs and a pack of sunflower seeds.
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Rest assured, they are trying to trade him.
Dec 18, 2013, 3:40 PM
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And it won't be for much more than a bucket of balls if they do. If not, I believe they would at least consider releasing him if he started out (say, for a couple of months) poorly again.
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He's played poorly for his entire contract in Atl, why keep
Dec 18, 2013, 3:41 PM
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waiting for him to not suck?
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Because the Braves aren't the Yankees.
Dec 18, 2013, 3:43 PM
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They can't afford to just eat $27 million dollars...they have to make every effort to squeeze life out of that contract.
Like I said, if he stinks again, I think the Braves would consider taking the sunk cost and plugging in La Stella. But they will at least try one more time.
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LOL! I bet you would.***
Dec 18, 2013, 3:48 PM
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That's why guaranteed contracts are a joke. At least in the
Dec 18, 2013, 3:40 PM
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NFL when a guy sucks you can cut him and be done.
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