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Regular season starts Sunday April 3rd with Pirates & Cardinals. Braves look atrocious in Spring Training with 6-20 record. The genius Jim Hart (GM) has a secret plan to make the Braves great by 2017.



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I hope the Orioles have a great year this year. I always pull for the Braves ever since they came to Atlanta but I think it's gonna be another one of those years. I remember when the Braves won so many in a row people were going just to be there when they lost their first one. They still couldn't win anything at the end of that year. RTR!

Strange, building for the future with older veterans?


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https://www.yahoo.com/sports/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/braves-cut-their-two-highest-paid-players-during-spring-training-210958827.html

Braves have stockpiled lots of prospects but it is going to take sometime to see just how good they turn out to be.

The Braves have stockpiled everything except front office people who know Baseball. RTR!

The Braves had a good team BEFORE they traded everyone away last year. They needed maybe 2 more solid players but chose to destroy a competitive team. For what, a bunch of prospects who might work out. In 2013 Braves won 96 games. In 2014 the Braves lost 5 pitchers to injury & won 79 games. It was amazing. Now, while "rebuilding" we went 67-95 in 2015 but are told just wait till 2017. I think most of these moves were made for one reason only, to save money.


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O's will be able to mash the ball with the best, but we have got to get some better pitching this year. We can't hope to make it by beating everyone 9-7 every night.

 #+, I think Bucky will find a way during part of the year to get the pitching he needs. He is still one of the best mgrs. today there is I think. RTR!

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Well, at least we won't be disappointed this year!!

Reminds me of the old days when you expected Atlanta to have a crappy team every year.

FIFY

Lol! Yeah, them too.

Boston opens up at Cleveland this afternoon. David Price, acquired during the offseason, will get the start today.

I do not know what to expect out of the BoSox this year.  :dunno:

Always liked Boston.  Hopefully they get it together again.   :clap: :clap:

Yeah, I like them too. Last year was very disappointing for them. The acquisition of David Price certainly won't hurt them.

Gotta cheer for a winner this year.  Hopefully the Sox are it.

Off to work.   :wave:

I sure hope the first 3 games are a valid indicator of the type team the Dodgers will field this year.  Unfortunately, I'm guessing it's just that the Padres suck.

Yeah, the Dodgers have collectively outscored the Padres in the 3 games played, 25-0. If they keep this pace, they will be the best team in the history of sports.  :lol2:

Go Orioles! I thnk this is the year. RTR!

Is Jim Hart GM of the Braves & the Padres?


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Hey MD Hart can't be in 2 places at one time but who is he really the GM of? RTR!

Boston is 2-1 with 2 games of the young season being postponed due to rain and cold weather. They went 1-1 at Cleveland and beat Toronto on the road last night in Game 1 of that series. Their first home game will be Monday against the Orioles. David Price, who got the start and win in the Sox opener, will get the home opener start as well. Baltimore is off to a great start at 4-0.

I look for the O's to have a great year. Bucky is bringing these guys out with some good talent now. All the split games in spring season made them not look as strong. RTR!

I continue to be impressed by the sheer brilliance of Braves GM Jim Hart. He is suckering the entire NL into thinking the Braves are lousy & will lose 90-100 games this year. They have started the season at 0-7 with a blistering .203 batting average & 22 runs scored in 7 games with 3 home runs. Now, he can unleash the Braves mighty hitting attack & start winning after catching the NL by surprise.

This not the only example of Jim Hart's genius, here's another example:







http://jeffschultz.blog.myajc.com/2016/04/13/braves-0-7-season-takes-an-even-uglier-turn-with-olivera-arrest/



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FWIW, Hart is not the GM of the Braves. John Coppolella is. Hart is still apparently pulling strings in a different capacity with the Braves, but Coppolella has been the GM since October.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/152659872/braves-name-john-coppolella-general-manager

True, but Hart is the one calling the shots. They both get fired in 2018 if things don't improve drastically. Right now, I don't see big things by 2018.


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Braves lose again; start season with eight straight losses.

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Meanwhile, the Red Sox finally pinned a loss on the Orioles last night. Their first.

Braves are red hot and on a 1 game winning streak. Now 1-9 for the season. Watch out NL, Braves are getting ready for 2017 by showing what they can do this year.