Mariners Trade Greg Norton to Braves
According to Mark Bowman at MLB.com, the Atlanta Braves have acquired Greg Norton from the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later or cash considerations. As reported here at Fleece Factor, the M’s deginated Norton for assignment last week when they decided to promote prospects Jeff Clement and Wladimir Balentein. The Braves’ current plan for Norton is to use him as the team’s primary pinch-hitter. Braves general manager Frank Wren had this to say about the acquisition, “We wanted to improve the bench a little bit, and Norton is somebody we’ve been looking at since Spring Training.”
Norton, 35 years old, is a switch-hitting infielder (primarily at 1B) who is a carrer .253 major-league hitter. In 2006 for the Tampa Bay Rays, Norton hit .296 and belted 17 home runs.
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GOOOOOOOD JOB ! Thats my boy, Frank Wren went and got the big ugly stick the Braves needed on their bench.
Norton will eventually help the Braves win two or three games later on in the season with his bat coming of the bench.
Yeah Coach, I thought I recaled you saying you like Norton. You must be excited?
Let me start by saying that I’m sorry if this post upsets anybody because I’m gonna rip Bobby Cox a brand new asshole.
The idea that Chuck James is the Braves fifth best starter is repugnant at best, in fact, it’s down right stupid.
Putting Chuck(HOMERUN)James on the mound this coming Thursday night in the Phillies bandbox home park against their lineup is a recipe made in H-E-L-L !
I’m anticipating fireworks and we are talking about baseballs flying over the fence. Chuck(homerun) James has given up at least one HR in 14 of his last 15 starts. In fact, his last two starts in Philadelphia have resulted in four HR’s in just over nine innings of work.
Why won’t the Braves call up Charlie Morton and what’s the justification for it, well here you go.
Whats the best team in the N.L.
Answer : The Diamondbacks.
Who is Max Scherzer,
Answer: the Diamondbacks first round pick from the 2006 draft. Why is he already in the big leagues, because they need him to help them WIN , NOW.
Scherzer has all of one full season of minor league experience. In fact, including his three collegiate seasons at Misouri, he has four years of pitching beyond high school consisting of 53 starts and 336 innings.
Why am I blathering on about him, you ask ???????
Because, by comparison, Charlie Morton(2002 3rd round pick)was pitching in the minors way back in 2002 when this kid was still in high school.
Morton has 86 starts, 564 innings, S-I-X , COUNT’EM OUT LOUD, S-I-X full minor league seasons and is currently playing number seven as we speak.
Morton is completely DOMINATING minor league hitters to the tune of 9 runs in 48 innings of work with 39 strike outs and 15 walks. His ERA is 1.69 in eight starts, he has pitched into the seventh inning during the last three starts and given up two runs in those twenty-one innings.
If the young 6-5 right hander isn’t ready for the big leagues, he never will be !
For Bobby Cox and Frank Wren to keep marching Chuck(HOMERUN)James and his ridiculous ERA of 7.58 out to the mound is A-S-S-I-N-I-N-E with pointed reference to the first three letters of that word because that is where Bobby Cox has his head right now.
If the Braves expect to win, then put the best pitchers on the mound. Otherwise, Cox is going to run this team right into the damn ground.
The Braves rank third in ERA at 3.61 in the ENTIRE MAJOR LEAGUES. Second in team BA at .284 and yet here we sit at 20-19. That my friends is the absolute definition of M-E-D-I-O-C-R-I-T-Y. And the blame for it falls squarely on the shoulders of Bobby Cox.