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Monday, February 06, 2006

John Thomson: Does a trade loom?



Ken Rosenthal reported yesterday that the Braves could trade Thomson for some relief support. He stated afterwards that might not be prudent due to the health of the rotation. This is similar to what the AJC reported last week about Thomson. As of late, Thomson seems to be the ultimate trade candidate. Here' s my take:

1. Atlanta has John Thomson for only $4.75M, what a steal.
2. Thomson can rack up the innings, when healthy.
3. Thomson likes being in Atlanta.

Thomson came back at the end of last year but couldn't quite get the spin on his offspeed stuff like he did before. He should be healthy for the start of this season. Here's some reasons that Atlanta could trade him:

1. Davies is ready to go full time in the rotation.
2. Cox/McDowell/Schuerholz isn't satisified with closer's role at the end of ST.
3. Thomson pitches crappy during ST.

Honestly I thought last year was Thomson's last season as a Brave. When they resigned him I was surprised but thought he could get back to '04 form. I really think Davies performance and the closer situation will really depend on Thomson's future with the team.

posted by Adam at 1:27 PM

5 Comments:

  • A friend told me you posted a nice analysis of the super bowl and I was wondering what happened to it.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:32 PM  

  • It's back up now. I took it down to add the pic and add a few lines.

    By Blogger Adam, at 3:13 PM  

  • Not sure if you saw this yet, but John Sickels at minorleagueball.com has his pre-season ranking of the Braves Top 20 Prospects.

    http://www.minorleagueball.com/story/2006/2/7/135230/0110

    No huge surprises or anything although I don't personally know much at all about C Max Ramirez - John Sickels seems to like him a lot though and that's always a pretty good sign.

    By Blogger XXX, at 8:33 PM  

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    By Blogger Adam, at 8:38 AM  

  • xxx-thanks for the link as it gave me the idea for my latest post. Max Ramirez won the Appalachian League POY award shared with Eric Campbell in 2005. Something the Braves aren't used to is having the Catcher position filled with rich talent.

    Javy Lopez was behind the plate for so long that Atlanta really didn't need anyone else besides the usual backup(E.Perez). The emergence of McCann, Brayan Pena who is coming off a solid winter, plus Salty and Maximilliano coming up give the Braves something to work with now and in the future. It will be interesting.

    By Blogger Adam, at 12:54 PM  

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