Jarrod Saltalamacchia

[Chief]

Braves star of the future or big ole hunk of trade bait?

Discuss

 

[El Grande Donkey]

someone will overpay for him. he wont be a brave by the end of the year.

 

[utbravesfan]

keep him and change his position to 1b or lf. He is going to be a player that you can build a franchise around. Plus he is a switch hitter and he has a good knowledge of the strike zone as a young player.

Think of this lineup:
KJ
Renteria
C. Jones
Francoeur
McCann
A. Jones
Saltalamacchia
Thorman
Pitcher

 

[utbravesfan]

someone will overpay for him. he wont be a brave by the end of the year.

unless you can get a # 1 or 2 starter for him, you would be better off keeping him

 

[Chief]

unless you can get a # 1 or 2 starter for him, you would be better off keeping him

Paging Carlos Zambrano.

 

[Vercingetorix]

A good defensive catcher who can hit is a huge asset, and you throw away a lot of that value if you move him to 1B. If I were Schuerholz, I'd probably be looking to trade him -- or maybe McCann, if I decided that Saltalamacchia will be better. But a deal for either of them would have to be really, really good.

 

[Vercingetorix]

And by really good I mean either A) a good starting pitching prospect, or B) a big bat for 1B or LF, signed for at least a couple more years. The worst thing they could do is throw Saltalamacchia away for a half-year rental of some retread to try to hang in the race with the Mets.

 

[El Grande Donkey]

And by really good I mean either A) a good starting pitching prospect, or B) a big bat for 1B or LF, signed for at least a couple more years. The worst thing they could do is throw Saltalamacchia away for a half-year rental of some retread to try to hang in the race with the Mets.

whats that? Are you talkin about Griffey. i think you are or maybe you are talking bout Dunn.