MLB
Promising 2nd Half For Braves?
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
The Atlanta Braves rebounded from a paltry and powerless 15-36 record through the first two months of the 2016 season to play competitive baseball in June and July, heading into the All-Star break with a 31-58 record.
Still, with multiple trades already completed and host of options remaining, the Braves figure to be one of the more active teams in the second half; both on the trade market and with intriguing minor-league decisions.
Let’s take a peek at some of the storylines we’ll be keeping an eye on through the next few months of Braves baseball.
The Trading Game
By: TJ Hartnett
TheSouthernSportsEdition.com news services
We’re deep into the second year of the Braves somewhat controversial rebuild, and in Atlanta, things are going fairly poorly.
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, as they product on the field is by turns young, inexperienced and/or mediocre.
That’s been written about plenty, we won’t go into that with much depth right now.
Contrarily, the product on the field in the minor leagues for the Braves system is full of hope and talent. That’s also been well documented.
For now, I want to go back to the big tent poles of this rebuild: the trades that made Braves fans cry foul. We’ll analyze the returns a little, sure, but what I really want to do is focus on the players we traded away.
Woeful Braves
By Kipp Branch
We are approaching the middle of June and our Atlanta Braves are sitting at 17-42 the worst record in all of MLB. We all knew this was going to be a long year, but did we think it would be this bad?
The Braves fired their manager and I was a supporter of that move but look at the offensive stats through 59 games.
Should The Braves Trade Teheran?
By: TJ Hartnett
The Braves have already traded Jason Grilli and Kelly Johnson, and logic dictates that they will just be the first of many veteran pieces Atlanta will move this year as they continue to build up their minor league talent base.
There are a handful of players who have question marks by their name as to whether or not they are likely to be elsewhere come September, but the guy getting talked about the most is Julio Teheran.
Trading Julio is an interesting notion, and one that could very well come to pass. The Braves brass have said they’d have to be blown away by an offer to consider trading the young righty. There are certainly pros and cons to the idea.
