{"id":1897,"date":"2009-12-23T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/23\/braves-dump-vazquez\/"},"modified":"2010-06-05T10:15:44","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T15:15:44","slug":"braves-dump-vazquez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/23\/braves-dump-vazquez\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves dump Vazquez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am not sure what else to call this other than a <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/news\/story?id=4764085\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/news\/story?id=4764085', 'salary dump');\" target=\"_blank\">salary dump<\/a>.  I really do not see how <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=466320\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/team\/player.jsp?player_id=466320', 'Melky Cabrera');\" target=\"_blank\">Melky Cabrera<\/a> provides anything in the way of an upgrade for the Braves outfield other than a warm spot on the bench.  I could do that, for a lot less money!<\/p>\n<p>The only thing I can hold out hope for is that new Braves prospect Arodys Vizcaino is the second coming of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smoltjo01.shtml\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smoltjo01.shtml', 'John Smoltz');\" target=\"_blank\">John Smoltz<\/a>.  I assume that is doubtful, but according to <a href=\"http:\/\/rowlandsoffice.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/22\/wren-gets-kudos-for-deal-outside-atlanta\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/rowlandsoffice.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/22\/wren-gets-kudos-for-deal-outside-atlanta\/', 'Rowland\u2019s Office');\" target=\"_blank\">Rowland\u2019s Office<\/a>, landing Vizcaino was a win for the Braves.  Here\u2019s to future days, but I\u2019m not holding my breath!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am not sure what else to call this other than a salary dump. I really do not see how Melky Cabrera provides anything in the way of an upgrade for the Braves outfield other than a warm spot on the bench. I could do that, for a lot less money! The only thing I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/12\/23\/braves-dump-vazquez\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves dump Vazquez<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,61],"class_list":["post-1897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-mlb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2796,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions\/2796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}