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Around SBN: MLB Trade Deadline: Phils, Astros complete Roy Oswalt deal

Tom Glavine

 

Would sure look nice in Red!!!  Just released by the Braves after a successful rehab start in A ball.  If I'm running the team I'm already on the phone seeing if we can make a run at him.  We haven't gotten much out of the 5th spot in the rotation and with Volquez on the DL this makes a lot of sense if a deal can  done.  I mean worst case he flames out but I bet he has innings and wins left in him.  Not to mention the pitching knowledge he can share with the youngsters.  Go get him, now!  I have spoken.



 

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A brief distraction from the injury bug?

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by "Red" Moskau on Jun 3, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions  

If Volquez's injury ends up being big, I wouldn't hate having Glavine around

Assuming the guy can still pitch, it’d be nice to have a lefty in the rotation.

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by BK on Jun 3, 2009 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

But not for 4 million dollars.

"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san

by BK on Jun 3, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

yeah

i figure he will probably go to a bigger market, for more money, like maybe join Smoltz in Boston.

Bloop

by justin007000 on Jun 3, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Boston

Glavine expressed this winter his jealousy of Smoltz to have the opportunity to play for the Sox. Glavine grew up around Boston.

That said, I’d be surprised to see him go that route. Boston’s already well stocked to run through the playoffs even if they run into substantial injuries. If Glavine demands money, he won’t find buyers in Beantown.

by ben nevis on Jun 4, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

If he picks a team for personal reasons,

I would bet on seeing him in the NL East to stick it to the Braves. Of course, the Braves might welcome the opportunity to tee off against Glavine a couple of times this year.

by ken on Jun 4, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Glavine has always seemed like a classy guy

i don’t think he would stay in the NL east just to “Stick it” to Atlanta. I’m guessing that while he may be hurt and upset, there is probably a rational side of him that understands why this happened.

Bloop

by justin007000 on Jun 4, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

well

before getting hurt he went a combined 28-15 in 2006/2007, and pitched about 200 innings each year.

by Tommyboy45 on Jun 3, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

but he is a 40something year old man

returning from reconstructive arm surgery. If he were 10 or even 5 years younger, i would say go for it. But i mean how many people his age come back to previous production? If nothing else he may have fallen of the cliff with out the injury.

Bloop

by justin007000 on Jun 3, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

if it was 1999

that would be a great idea- in the year of lord 2009- not so much.
I think Glavine will just retire. He was pretty bad last year- had shoulder surgery- and is of course 43 years old.

by davidmac84 on Jun 3, 2009 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions  

Depends. Are they juicing?

/not saying Glavine is a juicer. Like the guy as a person and a player.

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by Farneyismycopilot on Jun 4, 2009 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

If he's cheap...

I guess he won’t be cheap. I was thinking less than a mill.

by Jake Liscow on Jun 4, 2009 3:02 AM EDT up reply actions  

he was released

That means a team can sign him for minimum wage, doesn’t it? The Braves are on the hook for his salary this year. Whoever signs him pays him league minimum, and the rest of his contract is made up by the Braves.

Paying him more just means the Braves pay him less, which wouldn’t benefit anyone but the Braves.

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by BubbaFan on Jun 4, 2009 6:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

He's 43. hire him as a coach.

"I just wanted to be like my dad, Jesus. He was a good shortstop.
Johan Santana

by Madville on Jun 4, 2009 12:52 AM EDT reply actions  

43 years young

I’m 44. If he feels like I feel, he should hang it up. The Reds should JUST SAY NO.

by Dude Rock on Jun 4, 2009 1:02 PM EDT reply actions  

stick a fork in him

"We're going to Adonis, son"

jch24

by obc2 on Jun 4, 2009 3:01 PM EDT reply actions  

No because he's jello

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by Madville on Jun 4, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

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