Saw that after I posted. Under 230 the first three, under 235 the last three.

Wish my job gave me bonuses for making weight.

Cue skits of him running around during the summer in the Phillie Phanatic costume to make weight

Son of a bitch, Frankie pulled off what most said probably won't happen this offseason.

Wren absolutely assfucked Towers.

And he didn't even bother groping him first. Absolute rape on Atlantas part.

FUCK YOU KEVIN TOWERS, I HOPE YOU BURN IN HELL.

They shopped Upton so much, they put themselves in a position where they pretty much had to trade him. I'm so baffled by it.

No Vaseline: The Justin Upton Story

Could be worse. I'm happy getting Prado and happy Parra gets more playing time.

I don't understand the entire Justin Upton saga. It never HAD to be this way.

The Braves' outfield is sick.

oh shit, we got Marteen Prado, look out National League!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You may as well just put me on Vito Cruz suicide watch for this season.

So who moves over to left now? Upton or Heyward?

Heyward just won a Gold Glove in right, I doubt they'll move him.

They do have a good outfield, but if I was an Atlanta Braves fan, I would've preferred Justin Upton, Jason Heyward and Michael Bourne.

But ATL will be just fine.

Why? BJ Upton is essentially Michael Bourne, except he hits for power and has a better arm.

I don't know who should move to left, but using gold gloves as a basis of figuring it out is silly.

Because that would've meant BJ Upton probably would've stayed in Tampa Bay, man.

Would've never thought that I'd see both of the Upton brothers on the same team.

In other former braves news, the orioles actually signed somebody. Jair Jurrgens 1 year 1.5 million.
A steal considering they were close to trading adam jones for him and prado last year. Had a bad year after going 13-6 with a sub 3 era..Now the orioles havelike 10 or 11 starters to figure out a rotation with..

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Jurrjens ERA against AL since 2010? BAL 0.00 (CG 1 hit), BOS 1.17, HOU 1.23, TEX 1.69, TOR 3.00. @masnRoch @masnSteve #orioles

Didn't know the Dodgers picked up Skip Schumaker. Good move, I like him.

Great baseball name.

I don't think it's silly if it was deserved. And why make the incumbent move when he has been used to playing that side of the field for three years now? Justin has already said he was fine moving to left, so it's a moot point.

Bourn goes somewhere else -> Braves should get a compensation pick. Coming back for one year (which is all the Braves could afford him) and probably losing that pick doesn't make sense. Braves' dealing Prado to free up cap space and then getting a deal on Justin Upton means Braves still have a similar amount of money to spend but are a better team because of it.

I'm hoping they aren't done, because they need a better third baseman, or some decent bench bats.

<font color=goldenrod>The Mets are still appealing having to give up their first round pick for Bourn. I do see their point. They had the 10th worst record in baseball and should have had the 10th pick...and only the Pirates' failure to sign their first round pick last year bumped the Mets to 11th. The union had already said they will support the Mets in their argument.

But the new CBA just says the first 10 picks are protected, not the 10 teams with the worst records. If MLB supports the Mets on this, it will create a precedent that will drive up costs on certain players since teams with unprotected picks could now potentially get the rule vetoed in certain situations. Hard to imagine the owners want to create a situation where costs will be even higher.

MLB also said they won't even make a ruling until the Mets agree to sign Bourn. So the Mets will have to take a HUGE risk in signing Bourn and then potentially the protected pick thing falls through.

I'm at the point where I just want them to sign Bourn for 3 years and be done with it. You only have Strasburgs and Harpers in the draft every so often. Nobody they could take at #11 would be a lock to be a start anyway.</font>

I have zero issue with either moving to left, but just feel that gold gloves are not a legitimate argument. Both are considered good defensive players, so regardless, it's a win.

Keith, there's no way, and I mean NO WAY BJ Upton would have remained in Tampa. None. They knew it, he knew it. Desmond Jennings will do fine in CF with Joyce eventually Myers flanking him.

Well I've seen a lot of people cite current fielding statistics as misleading, so I'm not sure what you want me to say. Like plenty of other awards in sports and elsewhere, Gold Gloves only lose their muster because people who occasionally don't deserve them get them anyway. I don't think Heyward is one of those people - from me watching over 100 Braves games last year, he was damn good - much improved over his first two seasons.

So Brian Cashman says it's possible ARod will miss the entire season.

Wow.

Why didn't he have his surgery right after the season, anyway?

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

The Yankees are just going to hand -out over $20million to ARod and he might not even have an at-bat this season.

LOL geez, what a bad contract.

The Yankees aren't idiots. I'm sure Arod's contract is insured, which means, after filing a claim, the Yankees aren't stuck wasting the money on a lost year while Rodriguez gets paid.

The reports say he had to condition it some first before having the surgery.

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w/e

Prey to God he doesn't start

He wasn't terrible (always)

If you enjoy your pitcher giving up multiple home runs a game, you'll love Carlos V!