Get rid of him as now he's made the Texiera trade worse. That trade was between Andrus and Schafer. Now i'm mad and I hope he never sets foot in turner field.

Man. What an idiot. Kid's got no reason to use that stuff. I guess we'll have to wait and see what he does when he comes back, but this could well be a psychological blow to him.

I know it certainly won't ingratiate him with the Atlanta organization. Probably pushes his timetable back a year, too.

Are you guys serious? He has no value at all? He makes you mad?

Whatever. He's still an extremely valuable asset and still stands a pretty decent chance of being a solid major leaguer, just as before. I can't say that I like that he's done this obviously, but he's not the first early 20-something kid to do something really stupid and regrettable in the course of trying to make a career for himself. Mark him off for "makeup" or drop him five spots on your prospect list or whatever.

From a development standpoint, all that really concerns me is that he's going to have to chill out for a couple of months on the sidelines. It's not a long-term problem obviously but maybe it takes him a little while to get his bearings again. Of course, a slump in such a context would be grounds for some of you dropping him all the way to like the No. 90 prospect or something, not that would even say anything other than that he's still pretty dang good.

Here's the problem with Shafer now, though: how much of his "abilities" were fueled by HGH? Do they go away now that presumably the HGH is gone? This is what GM's all over baseball have to wonder now. Last year is out the window. He'll have to prove himself all over again.

I would love to hear why he took it. Im hoping its a Paul Byrd thing, well not hoping, but maybe you get my point. Just stinks that a good young prospect is getting tagged with this early.