04/19/24
July 29, 2006
Braves Beef up Bullpen with Baez: The Atlanta Braves, who recently aquired veteran Bob Wickman from Cleveland, aquired another reliever to strengthen their bullpen. Does the addition of Baez make the Braves favorites to win the wildcard?
posted by redsoxrgay to baseball at 04:19 PM - 6 comments
baez sucks ass ...glad the dodgers offloaded him..
posted by dodgerdan at 08:58 PM on July 29, 2006
Yea but it's too bad they had to get rid of a top prospect in Either (who isn't even 20 yet) in the process for a 26 year old who has never played a full season.
posted by kingosiris at 02:15 AM on July 30, 2006
Outside of the Mets, the whole National League stinks to high-heaven. This guy won't make a bit of difference to any team.
posted by dyams at 07:47 AM on July 30, 2006
...too bad they had to get rid of a top prospect in Either... Do you mean Andre Ethier? He's still on the club. Baez has been less than good for the Azul this year, so I'm not mourning his departure. I would have preferred to keep Aybar, he's a switch-hitter who bats for average and he would have been pretty handy if Kent goes down again (or if he doesn't complete his contract in L.A.). But Betemit's power is sorely needed.
posted by lilnemo at 04:35 PM on July 30, 2006
Compared to the rest of the Braves bullpen Baez is a vast improvement. Aybar could be a really good utility for the Braves too. I think they came out on top in this trade.
posted by kidrayter2005 at 07:29 PM on July 30, 2006
If he does for the Braves what he did for the Dodgers, they will finish in last place!!! RIP...