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Braves could use more than just an outfielder at trade deadline
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But when you get Michael Harris back, Jared Kellnick has been playing quite well in the lead-off spot, right? Are you just going to be happy with the platoon and left or right field? Is that going to be an issue? Do you want a shortstop? I would love to get a shortstop. Bobi Shett might be available. Servicable club. Yeah. Pretty good, pretty good stick. But the braids, the best prospect, might be Nacho Alvarez, one of my favorite names ever. And he's tearing it up in the minor leagues. There's some intriguing, would you get a pitcher? Yeah, I wouldn't be opposed to it. I know Mike Bell, Mike Bell would love to go out and get like nine pitchers, I think. Well, yeah, because pitching's been their problem so far. I wouldn't be opposed to it, but also wouldn't be opposed to the pitcher being a bullpen arm. I wouldn't be opposed to having two guys that are closer, caliber players. I know that Mentor through the the rare three pitch inning last night to close the game. The Immaculate inning. No, that's a nine pitch strikeout. Yeah, I don't know what you would call a three pitch inning. I don't know what the word for it is, but I wouldn't mind another guy to give a glacial some time off and maybe have Mentor. Remember the key to that World Series win in 21. I know the momentum, all that crap you can talk about. The reality situation was your hitters were hot. Yeah. And you're six, seven, eight, and nine up bullpen guys. You basically the starters were going five innings other than Max and Morton air in there. Well, being locked it down. Yeah. So ghost, go get me another closer caliber guy. I like that idea. I want a shortstop though, or RC a this is why I think the all-star game is meaningless. He was an all-star. Bryce Elder was an all-star last year. Yeah. So it just doesn't mean a whole lot to me. It's also based on, you know, Christian Walker thinks his name. The first baseman in Arizona. Yeah. He's a he's an all-star. Look at his numbers. He's an all-star. But guess what? He's not because the Mets had to have a representative so they gave it to Piedalanza. So that's part of your look. I don't have a problem with that. I don't have a problem going to get in a shortstop. I'm but I'm not sold that Eddie Rosario and Adam DeValle are my outfield piece moving forward. I don't think so either. And why? They just look. Well, look at their numbers. They're fan. Yeah. They're kind of journey. They're journeymen, basically. I mean, they're they're they're distinct. They're distinguished pros, but they're journey. Do you know where they're big names? Adam DeValle and Eddie Rosario are big names in one city here at Lanta. That's it. Because they were a part of that retooling in 21 that helped us win the World Series. And Eddie Rosario, I mean, MVP of the NLCS, too. He just went nuts. I mean, your your outfield went from left to right. Rosario DeValle and center and then depending on where you were. So Lero had to be in right. Yeah. Or Jock, depending on, you know, it was Jock at times. That's not Jock is the only one that's a starting caliber player to this point in his career. I mean, so Lero technically is, but he's hitting like 220. Yeah. Um, so I he's going to be hit or miss. What do you have? 48? He had that when you already had 48 homers or something ridiculous like that. I think the next maybe two seasons before he got traded. That's a feast or famine type bat, though, with him. I would rather test the waters with Nacho, bringing him up it short and get a corner out filter. Um, well, do you bring Nacho up early and see if he can somehow find his one on the postseason roster? I don't know about that one. I guess what I would tell you is that if if I have Arcea's glove, yeah, with a hit here and there and he is a guy that's going to be like Devolver is going to get a hot streak. He's like a throwback type of shortstop back in the shortstop's like Mark the lander. They're expected to have a good glove. And anything you get offensively from them is a bonus. And then Cal Ripken kind of revolutionized position then comes a course, Jeter and a rod when he was a shortstop as well. When you had a bigger guy that could also hit for power. So what you're telling me is Arcea is Raphael Belliard on steroids. Pretty much. No, no, no. He's not on steroids. It's just a good holistic diet. Well, I just meant, you know, I know what you're saying. Yeah, but not really. He's not on any performance enhancing drug. I know I'm not saying that just saying he's if he is, he needs to go back to his pharmacist because they work. Well, I think the I hand coordination is what, yeah, or the discipline. But I would go, I would go corner out filter, bullpen caliber, closer caliber arm and a shortstop. Yeah. Now that being said, I'm also not opposed to getting a starter. I'm really not, but it depends on what you can get. I mean, there who's that left hander up in Chicago? Garrett Crochet, any of lefty crochet? Yeah, crochets. He's young, not making much money. And he's pitched really well in June. I also though, want to know what you've got to give up. What you got to give up. And what do you have to give up? It's like our farm system isn't as lush and deep as it used to be. When, and Mike Bell is guilty of this and he knows it, when you say, I don't care about prospects, go find me another player today. What you have to be careful on is here's the deal. Alex is not getting a rental for one, but for two, you have to have these guys in triple and double A that you can bring up to start. Like this year is living proof. Yeah. If you've got to have a couple of guys for spot starts. Yeah. And if Strider doesn't have this, if Strider doesn't have the injury, you're probably still working in some ways in a six man rotation, depending on how you wanted to do it. But the fact of the matter is Rob, a swell unbox, a Spinschauver, an elder. I'm missing one more guy. None of those guys are going to be down there. Now, you also though, have Ian Anderson coming back. And I think whether whatever you think about that, that definitely plays into their plans on a trade. Because they see that as a trade. They see that as getting a guy back like he traded somebody. Well, certainly it's going to be, he's going to be very, very active. I don't know which way he's going to necessarily go. So you're number one need though, probably corner out filter and maybe a short stop. I'm really leaning short stuff, but I don't want to sacrifice the defense. So because up the middle, it's so important. Yeah. And if you could get, that's my point with it. If you can get that corner out filter, your, your middle and your entire infield really is a bunch of gold lovers. Whether, whether Austin Rowley's been given one or not, he's still to these, these, these gold glove caliber. Yeah. So that's why I would go corner out filter. Yeah. 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