McLouth traded to Braves

[Hasselbeck]

It's fucking great isn't it?

I was planning on taking a trip to Pittsburgh to watch two games sometime in August. What's the point? What's the fucking point?

I like McLouth.. but the Pirates were going to suck ass with or without him..

[goDawgs1433]

They're 24-28 and their pitching has been pretty darn good this year with Duke, etc. Not too shabby.

[goDawgs1433]

mbuser, it wasn't really the Braves that instigated the deal. The Post-Gazette reported that basically the Pirates went to the Braves with that Morton-Gorkys-Locke deal and said accept this deal or no deal it all, that was the deal they wanted.

Houtz, good to see McCutchen doing well - that franchise needs som hope right now. Here's hoping he can actually keep up a pace remotely close to that.

And hopefully McLouth fits in well in Atlanta, I don't see why he won't. Rave reviews from guys like Chipper, Bobby Cox, McCann. Mike Gonzalez loves him (he said, and I quote, "Nate's a baller dude!" after hearing about the trade) because he played with McLouth in Pittsburgh.

[chazmaniandevil]

Huntington said the Braves made "a offer the Pirates couldn't refuse" so I'm not buying the report that Pittsburgh approached Atlanta. If Pittsburgh wanted to trade him they could've gotten somthing better in return.

technically speaking, if the pirates couldnt refuse it, i guess they couldnt

[Mogriffjr]

Mets had like half their team still out...pelf just had a bad game today.

I thought it was a steal for the Braves because they see that Schafer isn't ready and his defense really isn't that great neither...though I'm hearing that McLouth in CF isn't an upgrade neither...offensively, this is good for the Braves who now have more pop in their lineup.

Pirates supposedly LOVE McCutcheon but why trade for Gorkys who's essentially the same player as him? They don't have a big bat in that lineup...guess they going to build around speed and defense which isn't a bad idea at all. Also, supposedly the Braves offered this trade and loved the deal and took it. The braves offered a similar package for PEavy plus another guy but they turned it down.

[chazmaniandevil]

How could you say a gold glove, all star center fielder isn't an upgrade over Schafer?

he said defensively he isnt that much of an upgrade, and i kind of agree with him, schafer had a straight gun for an arm

[mfbmike]

That Mccutchen kid had a pretty good game lastnight eh

hahahah fuck the mets.

[goDawgs1433]

Hell yeah, FUCK the Mets.

[Obst]

Good debut for him today, only went 0-4 in the loss.

[Rylo]

Hey he is pissed about being traded. What do you expect?

[goDawgs1433]

Just trying too hard last night.

He was 2-3 tonight, 2 singles, a walk, and a stolen base. Just about the only guy that did anything.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Braves got away with highway robbery.