Braves trade prospect pitcher Jose Capellan for Danny kolb, paving the way for Smoltz to return to the starting rotation!
who cares about anything else?
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Braves trade prospect pitcher Jose Capellan for Danny kolb, paving the way for Smoltz to return to the starting rotation!
who cares about anything else?
I care that Jeff Kent signed with the Dodgers, and that Steve Finley signed with the Angels.
In a perfect world, the Giants would trade A.J. Pierzynski, which would free up enough salary space to sign Magglio Ordonez.
now as long as the Braves don't make a huge blunder and trade Giles for Hudson, we'll be ok.
I hope Oakland doesn't trade Huddy, even though they don't have enough to sign him long term. Stupid free agency.
Liking Kendall though. He is an underrated catcher. Great durability, and a good person to bat between Kotsay (an underrated CF) and Chavez (one of the elite 3B).
Gone (so far) - Rhodes (eh), Dye (overrated), Redman (not so hot in the AL)
Acquired - Kendall (good)
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The only important thing for the Rangers thus far is the signing of RF Richard Hidalgo. Inconsistent, but he had a bad year in '04, paving the way for a good '05 in the 5th or 6th spot in the lineup.
From what I hear, Carlos Delgado really wants to come to Texas, where he's a .316 hitter in his career. That would make next year's lineup this:
2B Alfonso Soriano
SS Michael Young
3B Hank Blalock
1B Mark Teixeira
DH Carlos Delgado
RF Richard Hidalgo
LF Kevin Mench
CF Laynce Nix
C Rod Barajas
That's a pretty good lineup, from the looks of it. We're involved in talks with the Rockies about the availability of pitcher Shawn Chacon, who had a good first half of '03. I really don't know.
Other than that, their pitching rotation next year may be:
Kenny Rogers
Ryan Drese
Ricardo Rodriguez
Juan Dominguez
Chris Young
With Park on the DL. All young, except for Rogers. Go Rangers!
The Braves need to get a replacement for Drew. They were smart not to resign him, though. As soon as he gets a contract he'll go back to getting hurt again.
Another perfect world scenario:
Atlanta trades Marcus Giles for Tim Hudson. Now in need of a second baseman, the Braves contact the Giants, who have been interested in trading Ray Durham's contract. And since Atlanta has been looking to dump Andruw Jones' contract after salary cuts, they trade him to San Francisco for Durham and prospects.
god help us if that happens
Everyone in the NL west has made some kind of big move, except for the Padres. They lose Wells to the Red Sox, but they get Williams from the Cardninals.
Everyone else they've signed seem to be crap anyway.
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NL West turned from a toilet bowl to one of the toughest divisions in baseball.
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Eric Young isn't crap.Originally Posted by Matty Pie!
Compared to Mark Loretta, every second baseman is crap.Eric Young isn't crap.
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You're being completely honest when you say Mark Lorretta is better than the likes of Jeff Kent, Alfonso Soriano and Marcus Giles?
Loretta was bad ass last year.
Better than Kent yes, on par with Soriano probably. Better defensivly. Giles is awesome, but he was injured alot.
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