Braves cut Tom Glavine

[burnzy24]

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According to the article his rehab was going well and he had thrown 11 scoreless innings in his last two rehab starts. "Glavine was due a $1 million bonus if the Braves added him to the active roster and would have received another $1.25 million after 90 days."

 

Could be worth a shot, I'm guessing Melvin will give his agent a call.

[LaprilOne]

'Tis a Melvin kind of move.

[jjkoestler]

I'm shocked the Braves cut him to save 2.25 mil. He was the face of the franchise for years. I think the Braves owe him an opportunity.

[burniebrewer]

Perfect.

 

We can sign him and then he can go out and beat the Braves for us this weekend.

[Invader3K]

What a strange move by the Braves. I guess I don't get it.

 

I hope Melvin at least calls him.

[PeaveyFury]

Seems like a stunningly classless move from what is usually a very good organization.

[Schlitz001]

I wonder if this means the Brewers will face Tommy Hanson in the upcoming series?

[joshjs]

I hereby promise to go attend two extra games if the Brewers sign Tom Glavine.

[pretendastronaut]

Wow, what a disgusting move by the Braves.

 

It appears to be a changing of the guard around there. Cutting Smoltz, cutting Glavine. Chipper was not happy about Smoltz, I can't imagine he's going to resign after this year, if they even try at this point.

[patrickgpe]

this would be perfect, you can move parra to the pen till he gets his head straight or send him down and you got your lefty in the rotation, makes perfect sense, do it doug!

[Schlitz001]

Chipper was not happy about Smoltz, I can't imagine he's going to resign after this year, if they even try at this point.

Chipper signed an extension in the offseason that runs through 2012 for $42 million with an option for 2013. He wants to retire with the Braves and who wouldn't for that money.

[DHonks]

Interesting move...given the Penny and Smoltz signings, the BoSox could go for an all rehab rotation

[Mr QL]

Yea, I'd be a fan of picking him up. Manny should get some time to figure himself out in AAA or the maybe the bullpen. Makes a lot of sense. Always nice to have another HOFer on the team too.

[TooLiveBrew]

Wasn't this the same face of the franchise that spurned the Braves to sign with the Mets?

 

Still, I agree that this is an odd move, and would like to see the Brewers inquire on him.

[pretendastronaut]

Chipper was not happy about Smoltz, I can't imagine he's going to resign after this year, if they even try at this point.

Chipper signed an extension in the offseason that runs through 2012 for $42 million with an option for 2013. He wants to retire with the Braves and who wouldn't for that money.

 

Wow, I never saw that. Surprising based on the comments he made about the organization after the Smoltz incident. Thanks for the info.

[Ennder]

At this point I doubt he is better than Suppan so I'm less than excited about the prospect of signing him. I guess it couldn't hurt if we don't give him much and can cut bait early.

[brewdude15]

Just think...Tom Glavine and Trevor Hoffman...on the same team. Just think how much knowledge our younger guys like Yo, Manny, CV, Stetter, etc. could get out of both of them.

[Yeti73]

If he is well enough to pitch, I say go for it...

 

But that is a big IF. He's gassed.

[Kricket755]

Sad to see a HOFer like Glavine go through this towards the end, but he isnt the first and definately won't be the last. Per cbssports.com, Tommy Hanson will be making his debut on Saturday in Atlanta against the Crew. He is my favorite non-Brewers prospect, so that will be fun to watch. A few pitching debuts against the Brewers in recent memory that stand out to me are, of course, Anthony Swarzak a few weeks ago, Zack Duke, and Anthony Reyes. Any other 1st career starts against the crew that stand out to anybody?

[JohnBriggs12]

Sad to see a HOFer like Glavine go through this towards the end, but he isnt the first and definately won't be the last. Per cbssports.com, Tommy Hanson will be making his debut on Saturday in Atlanta against the Crew. He is my favorite non-Brewers prospect, so that will be fun to watch. A few pitching debuts against the Brewers in recent memory that stand out to me are, of course, Anthony Swarzak a few weeks ago, Zack Duke, and Anthony Reyes. Any other 1st career starts against the crew that stand out to anybody?

Randy Wells. How quickly we forget.

[TuesdaysWithRillo]

Marcel projections have Glavine at a 4.66 ERA for this year. That's pretty valuable. Hopefully Melvin can get him at the right price.

[phxMILWfan]

With the Braves adding McClouth I don't know that they are completely punting on the season. If Glavine wasn't worth 1 million to the Braves I'd have my doubts about what he has left. His rehab start stats look like he would be still be effective. According to ESPN news this morning he is considering retirement. I'd say that the Mets would be the most logical place for him he was going to play.

[Thurston Fluff]

Wasn't this the same face of the franchise that spurned the Braves to sign with the Mets?

 

Beat me to it. I don't think class has anything to do with it. The organization felt it was better off without him. Players get old and when they do they have ot be replaced or the team suffers. Brian Noble often cites something Ron Wolf told him when he was a player "you're only here until I can replace you." That is the only way IMHO a team should handle players regardless of stature. No player in any sport has earned the right to hurt the team. Neither do they have the right to be on the team if there is someone who is better than them. That would be a disservice to the rest of the team.

 

If the choice is to be classy or do what it takes to be competitive while still remaining financially sound sign me up for the belching contest.

 

as far as him helping us if he has anything left it might be worth a shot. We would be a good situation for him. Not on the other side of the country and it's a team that has a real chance at the post season.

[JohnBriggs12]

The Braves made a business decision. The same franchise sold the greatest lefthander of all time to the Mets 45 years ago. As beloved as Spahn was and hated the Braves management was back then, it saved Spahn from enduring one of the saddest times ever in Milwaukee (the lame duck 65 season), and it also spared us from seeing Spahn struggle mightily to hang on.

[pretendastronaut]

I like how Harold Reynolds said it last night on MLB Network. What he basically said, as a baseball move, I understand it, but as a personnel move, I don't like it. He pointed out that none of us knows what happened behind closed doors and he would hope that with what Glavine has meant to that organization, they would have pulled him into a meeting and offered him a chance to decide if he would like to retire and they could give him a big send off, or otherwise go this route as a worst case scenario. The reports right now seem mixed on if that happened or not.

 

I agree with what he said. I grew up a Braves fan and have fond feelings for Glavine and was very happy to see him come back to Atlanta, so on a personal level, I don't like the move, but I understand why they had to do it. They really don't have room for him on the staff, they have a decent young staff and they're better off using that roster spot and money elsewhere as a club. I would just hope they gave him a chance to just retire if he wanted and not have a PR blight like this on the heels of John Smoltz.