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Saturday, August 08, 2009

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AL Hurd

I have to agree with all of this, except maybe Garrett Anderson aka The Glide. Still, he is a decent stopgap until Heyward comes up next year (hopefully, though maybe too soon still for him.)

I admit to being sad at seeing Smoltz DFA'd by the Sox after a dismal performance (though there is some slight schadenfreude thanks to Smoltz's hyperbole on the way out the Braves door over the winter.)

I am happy to welcome both back when their numbers are retired, but the object is to win games and I think Wren rightly decided that neither man was able to help us do that this year. Tough to say with Glavine as he never actually pitched in the majors this year, but the jury is definitely in with the results on Smoltz.

Wren has definitely done well with what he's been given:
- Liberty media as owners are not interested in spending a lot of money so payroll is somewhat restricted (I'd love to see what Arthur Blank could do with this team.)
- The pitching staff was in shambles after last year and the rebuilding effort there was superb (especially acquiring Vasquez who you know I've coveted for some time.)
- No really good fixes for the lack of power out there (the other options for Anderson's spot were Griffey, Dunn and Abreu, IIRC, and none of them are particularly excellent players, at least anymore.)
- A hitting coach that doesn't seem to do much teaching, or at least doesn't know how to "teach" patience (witness the glorious trade of Franky for this one, as I do blame TP somewhat)
- Finally trying to stick with young guys that just were not getting it done - Schaffer, Franky and even KJ. How long do you wait before you replace them? All three replacements have worked for us for the most part - McLouth is in every way superior to Schaffer, Prado's hot streak is definitely better than KJ's many cold ones and Church has the added benefit of NOT being Jeff Francouer.

I must agree that this is not a playoff team, though they do still have a shot. If anything, they have been fun to watch this year, which is not something I could have said of last year's team. Much of that credit must go to Frank Wren.

By the way - good catch on "that is all." ;)

Nice 1st post. :)

AL

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