IBC

Agree with BP. Is Gabe ready to draft tomorrow? Also, since he's been out of the game a while and left under odd circumstances I think he/his deals should be treated as a hybrid new/old gm. Every deal maybe not scrutinized, but not carte blanche, either.

Tigers wrote:Also, since he's been out of the game a while and left under odd circumstances I think he/his deals should be treated as a hybrid new/old gm. Every deal maybe not scrutinized, but not carte blanche, either.

Agree

Agreed. Let's bring him in for draft, he'll have time to get up to speed.

Dodgers wrote:Agreed. Let's bring him in for draft, he'll have time to get up to speed.

Ok then I won't research drops unless he takes over the other team.

By the way, my only concern about him drafting is that he'll take up lots of time researching since he likely has no idea who to pick.

I told him that I'd help him research and he could lean on me for draft advice particularly, but trade advice as well.

Pirates wrote:I told him that I'd help him research and he could lean on me for draft advice particularly, but trade advice as well.

"Hey Gabe, I really think you should deal Kershaw to Pittsburgh. I think Kyle Gibson is good value here."

You think I'd give up Gibson for Kershaw? Jumbo Diaz or bust.

Has Brandon sent a lineup yet?

No, he hasn't

I vote for removal then.

Co-sign

Agreed

I'll point out that this is going to be a very tricky roster for a new person to manage. The sharks are going to be circling some of the top assets and if history repeats itself we're going to see Forrest Whitleys and Dansby Swansons traded to the most aggressive sharks for deals they claim to think are fair but know aren't good for the new person.

We talked a lot in the winter about protecting new guys if we do away with TRC and I recommend that we ask whoever we're looking at what their plan for this roster is and be candid with them about that concern, if it's shared by anyone beyond me.

Long overdue. My fault for killing his interest with the Furcal grand slam 10 years ago. I'm on board with Pat, we need to make sure this team isn't stripped away of everything right away, we gotta make sure whoever the new guy is knows their shit

I would like to think we've strived for that with every new GM we've brought in, but I do agree that without the TRC, we need to protect against the roster being strip mined immediately.

I'll lock him out shortly and start taking care of the roster.

Is Gabe available? (Kidding!)

Since we're essentially in charge of the Braves now, we have a little cleanup to do with the roster to get it compliant.

The Braves have 7 draft eligible (16/17) guys and 49 total rosterable players. There are a couple easy cuts, in my opinion. They start with Aaron Barrett, who hasn't pitched for three years on any level. And both Deolis Guerra and Will Middlebrooks are bad and project poorly. Owens sucks, but he's still young and the Dodgers are going to try to make him a reliever to salvage his career.

So, I would vote for Guerra, Middlebrooks, Barrett, which would get the team legal plus an extra spot. I don't recall, but I don't think exco typically picks up guys to make a team compliant, but rather just gets the roster numbers in order for the next team.

Honestly I checked to see if Joe Crede was still on his team and was shocked he wasn't

Guerra, Middlebrooks, Barrett are easy cuts ... let's do those.