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  1. biggentleben
    No mention of the fact that Recker's posterior will be a high point for those fans who will enjoy that... That has to be a win! (Seriously, that is one of the things that has been mentioned about him at every stop recently)
  2. biggentleben
    Yes, and the Braves have done that 3 or 4 times recently, so it'd be an ideal thing to do with Burdi, to be honest.
  3. biggentleben
    Burdi was surprising to me on the Braves end for pretty much all the reasons you mention...
  4. biggentleben
    You do realize that the Braves and Twins have basically the same record, right? The AL has been so mediocre this year that there's everyone hanging around the middle, leaving the Twins very near playoff contention while the Braves are roughly 10 games out of contention with nearly the same record. Also, the Braves aren't at any "early stages", either. The team is expecting to compete for playoffs in 2018 and have financials set up to be able to possibly make a splash going into 2019 to push for a big piece for contention if needed. The top prospects in the system are primarily in AA/AAA or already getting major league time.
  5. biggentleben
    Absolutely always my perspective. There is no such thing as a bad one year deal. If all else fails, you cut the guy before the year is done and eat the entire year early. You know you're getting rid of the guy at year-end anyway. When you know he's a rental, pay the cash, go for less of a prospect (or in this case the likelihood of the Braves not opening the book on Burdi's medicals and cancelling the deal).
  6. biggentleben
    I'd give that possibility a plausibility score of about 0.00000000001%
  7. biggentleben
    I'd wager it was a flyer and the Braves wouldn't have even cared all that much on medicals when the Twins were paying every dollar, but when the Braves were taking on cash, they were more picky about those medicals.
  8. biggentleben
    Rosenthal's tweets indicated that the teams are still talking.
  9. biggentleben
    Multiple beat guys on both sides had tweets about negotiations about how much money would be split. I'd have to search for it, which is not something I'm going to worry to much about at this point with the deal dead, but it was discussed.
  10. biggentleben
    From what I mentioned on Cory's podcast, the Braves have a habit of targeting certain players, so it would make sense that they came to the Twins looking to get Burdi. The Twins then balked at something in Garcia's medicals and asked the Braves to pay more, based on people I know within the Braves. That suddenly made Burdi's medicals much more vital to the deal, and when they didn't come back clean, the Braves backed away.
  11. biggentleben
    He did throw a tremendous game. If you watched the game, you would have seen the way he attacked the Dodgers hitters was something that hasn't happened to them in ages, so much so that their announcer (who is tremendous, btw) mentioned it multiple times. He was through 5 innings on less than 65 pitches. I think he could have been pulled earlier, but he had been through five without stress and worked through issues quickly all game.
  12. biggentleben
    Like I said, I understand. I just know they started the year with their two A-ball teams having paired starters because there were so many starters needing work, especially left handed starters. I would love to see Thorpe in the Braves system. I'm happy I get to cover him in the Twins system. Win-win for me! LOL
  13. biggentleben
    Rosenthal says Burdi...
  14. biggentleben
    Not debating that, though there is the depth on the team to allow them to be picky.
  15. biggentleben
    Thorpe makes the most sense based on the Braves strong interest in Australia. It wouldn't surprise me if it was Jay as well. Perhaps Brusdar Graterol as well.
  16. biggentleben
    Grand Slam for Garcia tonight against the MLB's ERA leader coming into the night.
  17. biggentleben
    Except that'd be very, very odd by Coppy, who is incredibly tight-lipped about any discussions, as is anyone in the org as far as names.
  18. biggentleben
    LOL...okay, that's not mine. The guy who wrote the article at Talking Chop got a lot of info from me and a number of the posters follow me on Twitter and were asking away last night, but that one is not mine. I also love the "humble brag" line...
  19. biggentleben
    Part of the issue is that Garcia's medical file was going to be crud. That was well known. He's injured his shoulder, neck, back, and pretty much everything involved in the pitching motion.
  20. biggentleben
    If I knew this, I'd be making the little bucks in a front office.
  21. biggentleben
    Before the trade, all three were top 30 guys.
  22. biggentleben
    Yeah, I don't know. I know Coppy won't let out any player that he is targeting, so any speculation would be just knowing guys they've liked in the past.
  23. biggentleben
    Sounds like the Twins were going to take on all of it and want the Braves to take on roughly 55% of the remaining salary now based on medicals.
  24. biggentleben
    It all depends on the money. I'd say the range of Garver, Thorpe, Wade, Graterol would be a feasible expectation to be included. The intriguing names would be Blankenhorn or Baddoo. Baddoo's a Georgia guy who could be of interest and fits the high-ceiling profile in the low-minors that the team has in position players. If the Twins are eating all funds, I'd wager it's a minor league reliever type, like a Jake Reed/Andrew Vazquez/etc. along with a rookie ball guy from the Braves.
  25. biggentleben
    Not what is coming out of Atlanta at all. Sounds like Twins had concerns with medicals and changed previous agreed-on $ amounts, so prospect wasn't appropriate in the Braves' eyes anymore in that view. That's where the deal is from guys I have talked with.
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