2005 Hypothetical Atlanta Braves

by Grudyfan on Jun 30, 2008 8:18 PM EDT Comment 14 comments

This following roster for the 2005 Atlanta Braves assumes what the roster could've looked like if no players departed via free agency or trades. In order to qualify, players must have originally signed with Atlanta as an international signing or through the amateur draft.

Please note that this post is meant to generate discussion on each teams' ability to develop and/or sign homegrown talent. This team is fictional, and details like its economic feasability should be ignored.

Everyday Lineup:
SS Rafael Furcal
C Javy Lopez
3B Chipper Jones
LF Jermaine Dye
CF Andruw Jones
1B Adam LaRoche
2B Marcus Giles
RF Jeff Francoeur
P Slot

Bench:
C Brian McCann
Util Mark DeRosa
1B/OF Ryan Klesko
1B/3B Wes Helms
SS Kelly Johnson

Rotation:
Tom Glavine
Jason Schmidt
Kevin Millwood
Odalis Perez
Jason Marquis/Adam Wainwright

Bullpen:
LR Bruce Chen
LR Chuck James
MR Kent Mercker
MR Matt Belisle
SU Blaine Boyer
SU Mike Stanton
CL Esteban Yan

Excluded players: C Eddie Perez, 1B Randall Simon, 2B Mike Mordecai, 2B Tony Graffanino, 2B Nick Green, SS Wilson Betemit, 3B Andy Marte, OF Ryan Langerhans, SP Kyle Davies, SP Horacio Ramirez, P Darrell May, P Rob Bell, RP Jose Capellan, RP Macay McBride

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hmmpphh

had to remind myself where Smoltzy came from. Still, he’ll be one of those guys that in my mind played his whole career for one team. Mad Props to Smoltz.

The Giants need to sign Harry Doyle.

by jrose643 on Jun 30, 2008 10:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Awesome....

Great batters there, and a pretty solid rotation. Bullpen is a little suspect though. I guess this just goes to show how solid Atlanta drafts and the type of international player they sign. Also, I think this shows that they have a pretty good coaching group in the minors since they are able to get so many players to reach their ceilings, or close to it.

There is a reason they are consistently a top rated farm system.

"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile

by Boxkutter on Jul 1, 2008 12:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hmmmm

did not mccann overtake catcher by the end of 2005?

by biggentleben on Jul 1, 2008 12:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

True

But for being McCann’s first year in the bigs, and since Lopez (for Baltimore) still had a decent offensive season (‘decent’ being the operative word by his standards – he was still an above average offensive catcher) I had Lopez as the starter, though in this hypothetical roster they probably would’ve split time close to 50/50.

by Grudyfan on Jul 1, 2008 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

interesting to note

easily the weakest part of that roster is the part of the team that consistently kept them from winning 3-4 more world series during their run….the bullpen….

by biggentleben on Jul 1, 2008 1:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hm

Chen obviously wouldn’t have won a rotation spot on the real Braves but if you are doing this based off 2005 production from the various players Bruce Chen would have been in the rotation

by nms on Jul 1, 2008 1:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Chen

That’s why I inserted him as a long reliever/swingman type – he could have been a back end starter on most teams, but due to the logjam in the rotation, I thought he fit best in the bullpen. Of course, the same thing could have been said about Darrell May or Horacio Ramirez, but that’s why I started to include the players who didn’t quite make the cut, because some roster spots could be almost interchangeable.

by Grudyfan on Jul 1, 2008 3:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

no

my point was that his 2005 pitching quality, as a starter, was very good and, if you go off that, he would have been in the rotation for this team

by nms on Jul 1, 2008 3:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

BTW

I really like this series

by nms on Jul 1, 2008 3:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks

I just started it as a way to put to paper some ‘hypothetical’ teams I was thinking of and to also generate discussion on the francshise’s ability to scout/develop talent, but it looks like I may end up doing one for every team now. Not that I mind at all, it’s a labor of love for me.

by Grudyfan on Jul 1, 2008 3:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs