Malachore Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Just now, jidady said: Well, you're already in mid-season form. Nah but you can't honestly think this was a good choice. The guy worse literally the worst part of both guys and he's playing the most important position on the field. ATL Fan in the DMV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jidady Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Just now, Malachore said: Nah but you can't honestly think this was a good choice. I think you'd be shocked by how little I'm surprised by this. When I looked at the whole board this offseason, I kept coming back to this move. Shewmake's not ready yet, and Grissom's glove would prove disadvantageous to our pitchers. So, we go Raphael Belliard for a while. We don't want to sign anybody else when we have three players already for the position. The waiting game makes the most sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachore Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 30 minutes ago, jidady said: I think you'd be shocked by how little I'm surprised by this. When I looked at the whole board this offseason, I kept coming back to this move. Shewmake's not ready yet, and Grissom's glove would prove disadvantageous to our pitchers. So, we go Raphael Belliard for a while. We don't want to sign anybody else when we have three players already for the position. The waiting game makes the most sense. I'm sorry but no it doesn't. We've been told for 2 years that Shewmake's glove was ready just not his bat. If they didn't trust Grissom that's fine but you can't tell me Arcia's is much better. ATL Fan in the DMV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K26dp Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, Unknøwn said: No, he was OK but he didn't hit as much as Grissom or even Shewmake. The Braves are just clearly valuing the defense and range over Grissom's bat. Let him keep working on the defense at AAA. Shewmake probably would be a lighter bat than Arcia. Arcia has played 6 games at shortstop in the majors in the last three seasons. He's not as good a defensive option as Shewmake, and he's not as good an offensive option as Grissom. 1 hour ago, Malachore said: This was the worst case scenario when they passed on a SS and kept gassing us up over Grissom. I am forced to agree with Malachore. If they don't like Grissom, they should make a trade, but Orlando Arcia is not good enough to play shortstop for this team on more than a one-off basis. Quite frankly, this reeks of service time manipulation, which is not a game this team should be playing in its window of contention. Malachore, ATL Fan in the DMV, dmite and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmite Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 11 hours ago, K26dp said: Bally's on-air contributors this season will not include Paul Byrd or Brian Jordan apparently. Good moves, won’t miss either that much. ATL Fan in the DMV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kingfish Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 4 hours ago, Malachore said: I'm now convinced that this was the plan from day 1 because Grissom has been excellent this spring. He didn't do anything to lose the job, and Arcia didn't do anything to win it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jidady Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 2 hours ago, K26dp said: I am forced to agree with Malachore. Ghosts of Glanville, ATL Fan in the DMV, ATLBrave and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachore Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 30 minutes ago, The Kingfish said: I'm now convinced that this was the plan from day 1 because Grissom has been excellent this spring. He didn't do anything to lose the job, and Arcia didn't do anything to win it. Just not a move a team who's in a championship window makes. Boise Falcon Fan and ATL Fan in the DMV 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VNlanta Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Good point about time manipulation. If arcia is doing good they win. But if not they'll promote Grissom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachore Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, jidady said: It's been a while since I've gotten to use this, can tell baseball season is upon us. K26dp, jidady and labradford 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 According to DOB, it was partially a depth move to save Adrianza from leaving. Here's part of the story, can't post the full article or Arthur Blank will be mad at me If they had kept Grissom or Shewmake to play shortstop — Shewmake likely would’ve platooned with Arcia; Grissom would’ve been more of an everyday starter — then Adrianza, who was on a minor-league contract, has enough service time that he could opt for free agency rather than accept a minor-league assignment. Other teams are looking for players with Adrianza’s versatility and experience at this point in spring training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K26dp Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Yeah, I saw that. It's ridiculous. There's dozens of Adrianzas out there, some on the Gwinnett roster. Jimsmusic™ and Malachore 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K26dp Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Gammons long ago lost his reporting fastball, so if he's breaking this and all the local beat writers whiffed on it, just tells how contemptuous the team is for those guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL Fan in the DMV Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, Unknøwn said: According to DOB, it was partially a depth move to save Adrianza from leaving. Here's part of the story, can't post the full article or Arthur Blank will be mad at me If they had kept Grissom or Shewmake to play shortstop — Shewmake likely would’ve platooned with Arcia; Grissom would’ve been more of an everyday starter — then Adrianza, who was on a minor-league contract, has enough service time that he could opt for free agency rather than accept a minor-league assignment. Other teams are looking for players with Adrianza’s versatility and experience at this point in spring training. Adrianza is a below replacement level type player. A rando could provide about as much as he can. Why the **** is is he even part of any kind of equation for us? Boise Falcon Fan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL Fan in the DMV Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 15 hours ago, Malachore said: Signing Andrus would have made sense. If Braves brass thinking was, "We know Shewmake isn't ready (offensively), and Grissom has concerns defensively, but hey - we have Arcia to fall back on!" If THAT was the mindset, AA should have done more to sign a low-cost bridge like Andrus. He signed a 1/$3M. Jimsmusic™, Malachore and Boise Falcon Fan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknøwn Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 Snit said Acuna will rest most of the week. He'll likely return on Thursday. Snit said after playing 45 innings in CF for all of Venezuela's 5 games they want to give him a few days to rest up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tl;dr Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 I still think Grissom or Schewmake will start more games at SS than Arcia will this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie3127 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 The Grissom to AAA has to be service time related. That's the only thing that "makes sense" to me. Regarding Adrianza, I completely agree that he's very much a replaceable piece in terms of what he's capable of in a utility player role. I wonder if it goes deeper than that and he's one of the clubhouse leaders, especially for the Latin players. If so, that could definitely explain why they may want to keep him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachore Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Lmao at saving Adrian, the guy is not even a MLB player he's only here because he is likeable. Not only did you weaken the starting lineup but you weaken the bench by taking Arcia off of it. AA was brilliant in 2021 but his last few moves have really baffled me. Especially when we are told they are spending and then pull some Nicole and dime **** at a position as important as SS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachore Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, tl;dr said: I still think Grissom or Schewmake will start more games at SS than Arcia will this year. Of course they will because Arcia is terrible. Which makes the move even more stupid. Jimsmusic™, Boise Falcon Fan and tl;dr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malachore Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 4 hours ago, Unknøwn said: According to DOB, it was partially a depth move to save Adrianza from leaving. Here's part of the story, can't post the full article or Arthur Blank will be mad at me If they had kept Grissom or Shewmake to play shortstop — Shewmake likely would’ve platooned with Arcia; Grissom would’ve been more of an everyday starter — then Adrianza, who was on a minor-league contract, has enough service time that he could opt for free agency rather than accept a minor-league assignment. Other teams are looking for players with Adrianza’s versatility and experience at this point in spring training. Then why not trade him. His value will never be higher. K26dp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tl;dr Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, mookie3127 said: The Grissom to AAA has to be service time related. That's the only thing that "makes sense" to me. Regarding Adrianza, I completely agree that he's very much a replaceable piece in terms of what he's capable of in a utility player role. I wonder if it goes deeper than that and he's one of the clubhouse leaders, especially for the Latin players. If so, that could definitely explain why they may want to keep him. I wondered if it was time service related too. That was honestly my first thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jidady Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 It's adorable that Paul Byrd thinks Bally Sports will still be here in a year! ATL Fan in the DMV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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