Tuesday, January 13, 2009
what does this tell us
Only eight baseball players have ever changed teams after playing with one team for twenty straight seasons. Four of them spent those twenty seasons with the Braves. That's crazy.
Derek Lowe would be a good signing if it weren't for the money. As is, still solid. Yeah, he'll be 39 when the deal ends, but unlike Smoltz, Glavine, AJ Burnett, Ben Sheets, Kevin Millwood, Vicente Padilla, or most of the other starters mentioned in Braves rumors, Lowe has no history of injury. Dude's been ridiculously dependable since the Sox moved him to the rotation eight years ago. He should make a good bridge to what could be the next generation of great young Braves starters.
Kawakami, meanwhile, is scary. He might be solid, but too many experts are predicting Kei Igawa Mk II. Hopefully they're all wrong.
Still, Lowe / Vazquez / Jurrjens should be an above average trio, and hopefully two of Glavine / Kawakami / Morton / Campillo / Reyes / Hanson will pan out. There's also the possibility of Hudson returning late in the season, if they're still in the playoff hunt. Now go sign Adam Dunn or turn some non-top prospects into a solid left-fielder with power.
Only eight baseball players have ever changed teams after playing with one team for twenty straight seasons. Four of them spent those twenty seasons with the Braves. That's crazy.
Derek Lowe would be a good signing if it weren't for the money. As is, still solid. Yeah, he'll be 39 when the deal ends, but unlike Smoltz, Glavine, AJ Burnett, Ben Sheets, Kevin Millwood, Vicente Padilla, or most of the other starters mentioned in Braves rumors, Lowe has no history of injury. Dude's been ridiculously dependable since the Sox moved him to the rotation eight years ago. He should make a good bridge to what could be the next generation of great young Braves starters.
Kawakami, meanwhile, is scary. He might be solid, but too many experts are predicting Kei Igawa Mk II. Hopefully they're all wrong.
Still, Lowe / Vazquez / Jurrjens should be an above average trio, and hopefully two of Glavine / Kawakami / Morton / Campillo / Reyes / Hanson will pan out. There's also the possibility of Hudson returning late in the season, if they're still in the playoff hunt. Now go sign Adam Dunn or turn some non-top prospects into a solid left-fielder with power.
