Atlanta Braves - 2015 Thoughts
First of all, full disclosure..... I grew up a Minnesota Twins fan. Still am a fan of the Twins and still consider game 7 of the 1991 World Series one of the best games ever played.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_World_Series
You can watch it here.
http://youtu.be/BT_MODis138
Also, Jack Morris came from the Tigers which was my Grandfathers team.
People ask me why I'm a Braves fan, when I should still be a full time Twins fan. While the answer is simple. The very first baseball game I ever went to (so I've been told) was a Braves game in 1956. In 1956, the Twins were still the Senators, and the Braves were not in Atlanta. If you are lost at this point, you can spend some time on the Internet catching up on Baseball history.
However I digress...........................
I truly believe that the Braves will be competitive in 2015. The roster has been overhauled and many pundits are calling this a "rebuilding" year. What do they call last year? September 2014 was a disaster. Do you really want to go into 2015 and somehow think that 2014 was a fluke and the same team will be competing with the Nationals in September? I don't think so. The Braves had to do something. BJ Upton Jr. has been a bust the past two years. Bringing in his brother did nothing. Both Justin Uption and Jason Heyward are in the final year of their contracts. No way the Braves were going to sign both to long term contracts at the end of 2015. Evan Gattis was fun to watch bat, but he was only an average catcher and I cringed watching him trying to play left field. He belongs in the American League, which is where he is now.
I agree the Nationals are the team to beat in the East, but come September, the Braves should be right there.
This will be a fun year to see what Fredi can do with this new team. Now if only the Twins could repeat 1991.
Let me know what you think.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_World_Series
You can watch it here.
http://youtu.be/BT_MODis138
Also, Jack Morris came from the Tigers which was my Grandfathers team.
People ask me why I'm a Braves fan, when I should still be a full time Twins fan. While the answer is simple. The very first baseball game I ever went to (so I've been told) was a Braves game in 1956. In 1956, the Twins were still the Senators, and the Braves were not in Atlanta. If you are lost at this point, you can spend some time on the Internet catching up on Baseball history.
However I digress...........................
I truly believe that the Braves will be competitive in 2015. The roster has been overhauled and many pundits are calling this a "rebuilding" year. What do they call last year? September 2014 was a disaster. Do you really want to go into 2015 and somehow think that 2014 was a fluke and the same team will be competing with the Nationals in September? I don't think so. The Braves had to do something. BJ Upton Jr. has been a bust the past two years. Bringing in his brother did nothing. Both Justin Uption and Jason Heyward are in the final year of their contracts. No way the Braves were going to sign both to long term contracts at the end of 2015. Evan Gattis was fun to watch bat, but he was only an average catcher and I cringed watching him trying to play left field. He belongs in the American League, which is where he is now.
I agree the Nationals are the team to beat in the East, but come September, the Braves should be right there.
This will be a fun year to see what Fredi can do with this new team. Now if only the Twins could repeat 1991.
Let me know what you think.
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