Comments on: Buzz: Braves Close to Acquiring Kotsay http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/ Latest Mets News, Links, Rumors and Opinion Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: davidatlbr14 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79662 davidatlbr14 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:27:57 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79662 Deal has been agreed to by both sides. Physicals are Sunday, barring any red flags there it will be announced afterwards. A's get Devine a nice RH relief pitcher with some upside. Have control of him for 6 seasons also. Braves get Kotsay and only pay 2M as Athletica are paying 5+ M in this deal. Should leave enough for the braves to make a serious run at Fuentes of the Rockies. Good move with a chance to be great if Kotsay can remain healthy. Deal has been agreed to by both sides. Physicals are Sunday, barring any red flags there it will be announced afterwards.

A’s get Devine a nice RH relief pitcher with some upside. Have control of him for 6 seasons also.

Braves get Kotsay and only pay 2M as Athletica are paying 5+ M in this deal.

Should leave enough for the braves to make a serious run at Fuentes of the Rockies.

Good move with a chance to be great if Kotsay can remain healthy.

]]> By: DaveSchneck http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79652 DaveSchneck Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:12:54 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79652 Dear nrmax88: You sound like a real blowhard. I'm not going to put forth any statistical evidence to back up that claim, either. So there. Dear nrmax88:

You sound like a real blowhard.

I’m not going to put forth any statistical evidence to back up that claim, either.

So there.

]]> By: DaveSchneck http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79651 DaveSchneck Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:08:07 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79651 How so? He'll get squeezed there just like he got squeezed here. How so? He’ll get squeezed there just like he got squeezed here.

]]> By: Number41 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79640 Number41 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:53:23 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79640 Braves lineup is better than most but their bread and butter is pitching I would not be laughing at the Braves or the Phillies Braves lineup is better than most
but their bread and butter is pitching
I would not be laughing at the Braves or the Phillies

]]> By: metsftw http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79616 metsftw Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:13:33 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79616 reyes is a shortstop, church is a corner outfielder. more offensive output is expected from an easy defensive position, as opposed to the 2nd hardest one on the field. reyes is a shortstop, church is a corner outfielder. more offensive output is expected from an easy defensive position, as opposed to the 2nd hardest one on the field.

]]> By: kendychavez http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79599 kendychavez Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:07:02 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79599 ugh that reminds me. how frustrating is it going to be watching him pitch against us? if we don't absolutely rock him every time out I'll be furious. as long as alou is healthy when we face glavine he's in trouble. and i can't see him getting david out either ugh that reminds me. how frustrating is it going to be watching him pitch against us? if we don’t absolutely rock him every time out I’ll be furious.

as long as alou is healthy when we face glavine he’s in trouble. and i can’t see him getting david out either

]]> By: Nate W. http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79591 Nate W. Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:56:40 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79591 If the A's are paying a large portion of his salary as suggested, then they are basically buying the prospects. This is how many teams get better talent back than is normally warranted for a player. If the A’s are paying a large portion of his salary as suggested, then they are basically buying the prospects. This is how many teams get better talent back than is normally warranted for a player.

]]> By: nrmax88 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79588 nrmax88 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:45:07 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79588 They are both extremely overated. Neither one of them is a star. They are both solid players, nothing more. Juat like your friend Blue_N_Orange, you dont try to revoke my point with any statistical evidence, or numbers, or any other sort of information, you just tell me that they are all stars and I am a clown. Well here is my comeback. Anybody that uses all star appearances to judge a player is an even bigger clown. I shouldnt have said mediocre, but they certainly are not star players. Even if you only take offense into account, neither is a star. If you care about defense, then that lowers their value even further. My main point was, these guys are not star players at all and both got monstrous deals. They are both extremely overated. Neither one of them is a star. They are both solid players, nothing more. Juat like your friend Blue_N_Orange, you dont try to revoke my point with any statistical evidence, or numbers, or any other sort of information, you just tell me that they are all stars and I am a clown. Well here is my comeback. Anybody that uses all star appearances to judge a player is an even bigger clown. I shouldnt have said mediocre, but they certainly are not star players. Even if you only take offense into account, neither is a star. If you care about defense, then that lowers their value even further. My main point was, these guys are not star players at all and both got monstrous deals.

]]> By: JDuelz (Athens, GA) http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79574 JDuelz (Athens, GA) Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:25:04 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79574 Whoever thinks Carlos Lee and Alfonso Soriano are mediocre players is a clown... They easily add a great deal of impact to any lineup. Perennial All-Stars are not considered mediocre. Whoever thinks Carlos Lee and Alfonso Soriano are mediocre players is a clown… They easily add a great deal of impact to any lineup. Perennial All-Stars are not considered mediocre.

]]> By: nrmax88 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79572 nrmax88 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:23:38 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/01/12/buzz-braves-close-to-acquiring-kotsay/#comment-79572 Again, these are normally the type of posts that people will come up with when they are beaten in a point, and have nothing factual or contructive to add to a discussion. You make fun of the length of my posts, and tell me to jerk off to stats and whatnot, all this tells me is that youare not very intelligent. Again, these are normally the type of posts that people will come up with when they are beaten in a point, and have nothing factual or contructive to add to a discussion. You make fun of the length of my posts, and tell me to jerk off to stats and whatnot, all this tells me is that youare not very intelligent.

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