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Message #3707 of 6634  *NEW* To :   All From :   Jaydawg   Subject :   John Smoltz says he's open for a trade 'if it's best for the team' Date :   6/20/06, 8:23pm Now that Smoltz is on the last place Braves after being spoiled with 13 straight division pennants, you can understand why he's willing to get out of Atlanta. They're no longer the Yankees of the N.L. I wouldn't be surprised if Smoltz ends up with his hometown Tigers at this point. • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #3707 • Back to Topics 4102 reads 1736 clickthrough(s) You cannot start a topic in the Headlines or Classifieds area... if you want to post a new message, try one of our other message areas!

Message #3709 of 6634  *NEW* To :   Jaydawg From :   drrubb   Subject :   Re: John Smoltz says he's open for a trade 'if it's best for the team' Date :   6/21/06, 6:04am The Braves should look to the future here. I would trade Smoltz for a couple of prospects. The Braves just need to forget about trying to win this season & start looking at next season & beyond. I invision the Braves with this starting line up for next season. 1B - Adam LaRoche or a free agent pick up there perhaps. 2B - Marcus Giles SS - Edgar Renteria ( still has 2 or 3 more productive years I think) 3B - Wilson Betemit ( time to give this kid a full time job!) or platoon him with Chipper Jones. Chipper might be good trade bait as well. I think Chipper could also be moved to first base to platoon with LaRoche. C - Brian McCann RF - Ryan Langerhans or maybe a free agent signing CF - Andruw Jones (still a young player. The Braves should lock him up. He is the Braves clean up guy & he saves you a run a game playing in CF. LF - Jeff Francouer - is getting better. With Terry Pendleton as his hitting coach, he will learn to be more patient & take some more pitches. The Braves main concern is pitching. With the exception of Hudson, they need a complete overhaul! • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #3709 • Back to Topics 4874 reads

Message #3712 of 6634  *NEW* To :   drrubb From :   Guest17265 (IP: 69.141.76.197)   Subject :   Re: John Smoltz says he's open for a trade 'if it's best for the team' Date :   6/21/06, 10:46am The Braves have Kyle Davies and Chuck James to build a rotation around. They tried to do their bullpen on the cheap and it's killed them this year. Chrisa Reitsma as your closer? C'Mon! • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #3712 • Back to Topics 4873 reads

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