{"id":1323,"date":"2008-12-06T07:29:02","date_gmt":"2008-12-06T11:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/12\/06\/trading-the-farm\/"},"modified":"2008-12-06T07:29:02","modified_gmt":"2008-12-06T11:29:02","slug":"trading-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/12\/06\/trading-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading the Farm &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/sports\/mlb\/atlantabraves_2006logo.gif\" alt=\"Atlanta Braves Logo\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" \/><br \/>\nCan the Braves recapture any of the glory days from their early 90\u2019s run?  The Braves recent mistakes and their current pursuit of free agent pitcher A.J. Burnett does not bode well for an immediate recovery in the 2009 season.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point, an interesting article from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-blogs\/ajc\/bisher\/entries\/2008\/12\/05\/braves_failing_to_keep_farm_st.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-blogs\/ajc\/bisher\/entries\/2008\/12\/05\/braves_failing_to_keep_farm_st.html', 'ajc.com');\" target=\"new\">ajc.com<\/a> discusses the Braves trading away the farm.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn the past season the Braves have traded away a busload of prospects for, in one case, a mere flirtation with Mark Teixiera, who was merely passing through town. They did happen to pick up an inexpensive Casey Kotchman in the deal, but back to Vazquez again, they traded a hot number with power, Tyler Flowers, for him. And Tyler can play first base, and has power.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is the rub.  In the past, the Braves won with pitching, most of which was home grown.  Now they are going for quick hits (Vazquez and Burnett), which would not be some horrible if the Braves did not have to trade away the farm in the process.<\/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=\"https:\/\/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>Can the Braves recapture any of the glory days from their early 90\u2019s run? 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