The Braves as a Trading Partner

[snoodmonger]

kessinger--wouldn't howry/eyre be the 8th inning guy?

 

Also, could someone tell me what was wrong with Castillo's leg and the likelhood for full recovery.

[Blizzau]

From the Braves mailbag on MLB.com:

 

would anyone be interested in replacing Barrett with Estrada?

 

 

YES - I would vote for Estrada any day of the week. I don't think it is coincidental that our pitching staff has decreased in effectiveness since 2003 (granted, some of that is due to injury). While I love Barrett's offense, I miss the defense of Damian Miller. Estrada would surely equal Barrett on the offensive side, and my understanding is that he is also better defensively. Anyone have the numbers to back up this belief?

[don_kessinger_was_good]

From the Braves mailbag on MLB.com:

 

would anyone be interested in replacing Barrett with Estrada?

 

 

YES - I would vote for Estrada any day of the week. I don't think it is coincidental that our pitching staff has decreased in effectiveness since 2003 (granted, some of that is due to injury). While I love Barrett's offense, I miss the defense of Damian Miller. Estrada would surely equal Barrett on the offensive side, and my understanding is that he is also better defensively. Anyone have the numbers to back up this belief?

 

The problem with Estrada is that he will be 30 years old next year--so he's unlikely to get better--and he was just plain awful in 2005. A .300 OBP and sub-700 OPS is miserably bad. It looks like he just put up a flukishly good 2004. Shoot, Rick Wilkins had one good year, too.

 

Just say no to Estrada. Now, Victor Martinez? Then we can talk. :-)

 

Also, someone mentioned Ramon Hernandez--if you look, he's very similar to Barrett, so it's hard to see how that improves our team any. They are similar hitters, similar defense, and similar age. Blah.