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Originally posted by KSig RC
Here's a question for the Braves fans in the house, since there's a ton of you . . . do you really think the Braves rookies will get better next year, as a collective?
Sorry, but Francouer played well above his ceiling for most of the year, and he's apparently allergic to ball three (not to even mention ball four). Marte is the real deal, but where do you play him? Chipper's considerably more valuable at 3b than in LF, Marte's service clock was started prematurely, and it's a crowded outfield for a guy with weak-to-mediocre defense (with Langerhans, Francouer, Jones, etc etc etc).
Other than Joey Divine, who should be extremely productive next season in a setup/relief role, I think the Braves rookies cannot be expected to produce more than they did this year. To put it shortly, they all played exceptionally well this season, and you can probably expect some regression.
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I think Betiment, Devine, and Farnsworth will get better. l I think Francouer will be a .300 hitter he just has to learn not to be swing happy. The other guys will probably end up like LaRoche and Charles Thomas.