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@Bdw3184 This is the very, very best that the Atlanta Braves ever have played ever during any run they’ve ever had during ALL of our lifetimes!!! Seriously, this kind of run is really unprecedented, even for the Atlanta Braves!!!
I don't know much about the ins and outs of being a GM either not by a long shot. But you mentioned his salary - that will be huge and I'm not sure the Braves can or will want to match it. If it's a trade, the Angelos will want a pirate's ransom in talent for him. Not sure we have that much talent in our minor league system.
But, then, my sports experience was mostly coaching skinny, brainiac kids to run around in the woods. What do I know. I'd vote for changing teams to 10 players if we got him - like in softball - because we already have to sit either D'arnoud or Murphy and I hate that. Rich people problems.
@donniem Perhaps he would be only a half season “rental”, for Atlanta to take on his huge $$$ numbers for only the remainder of the rest of the 2023 season, then let him (Ohtani) walk away after that???
And??? He has some CRAZY GOOD numbers with a bat in his hand too!!! This freaking guy is just AWESOME as a hitter!!!
GO BRAVES!!!
Never thought of the half-season deal. Not sure if he would take a deal like that. He might be more interested in a permanent home, somewhere with a similar climate - like Dodgers or Padres - who also happen to be big spenders. We won't likely have to wait too much longer to find out.
@donniem Well, the Atlanta Braves ARE THE absolute HOTTEST TEAM in Major League Baseball!!! All of the parties involved here might just consider that this potential deal could be a serious WIN-WIN for the next five months!!! GO BRAVES!!!
That was quite the performance by Strider. Seven strikeouts in a row with nine in the first four innings.
On another subject, I just realized Tropicana Field has a seating capacity of only 25,000. Wierd, right?
The Rays only sell the lower bowl and claim sellouts at 25k
Glad no Braves in home run derby, could mess with your swing for weeks. Can't be good for certain muscles to swing that many times with max velocity.
Sound thinking. Would be interesting to see how the top finishers in the Derby do their first couple of weeks back in regular season play. Surely someone has already done this research?
Braves have loaded up on arms so far in this draft. Given that only a few may pan out, the others may be good trade bait for other positions the Braves did not address. this whole thing about drafting over or under the slot to save money to higher rated draftees is quite interesting. Makes talent evaluation pretty important.
Well, tonight is the All-Star game with eight Braves players attending.
Wouldn’t it be sweet if, sometime during the game, all six players, minus the two pitchers, were in the game at the same time? The three starters, Acuna, Arcia and Murphy along with the three backups, Riley, Albies and Olson?
Would make one helluva lineup!
The pitchers, Strider and Elder, probably won’t play as they recently pitched in the series against the Rays, but what an honor for the Braves and the city of Atlanta to be so well-represented!
Go Braves!
I have the MLB Channel with my cable subscription. And they were featuring the 1971 All-Star game. The game featured 23 future Hall-of-Famers, including Hank Aaron who hit his career high of 47 hrs in just 139 games that year -- his 18th year of professional ball. And Joe Torre who played for the Cardinals and had a .363 batting average.
But the remarkable thing about that game (played in Detroit Tigers stadium) was a hr hit by Reggie Jackson that hit a transformer over the roof of the stadium. And someone said the ball was still rising.
Mr. October had some power, for sure.
It was!!!
Will never forget that game and the stoppage of play while Reggie tipped his hat to the crowd!
Incredible power....can't remember what they estimated the distance would have been had it not hit the transformer but it would be the longest HR ever!
I think the estimate was 1, 256 feet!!