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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    Not including the Reds' salary dump, Taveras was released for the fourth time this year today. This time, it was by the Braves. He hit .119/.213/.143 for their AAA team.


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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    Quote Originally Posted by camisadelgolf View Post
    Taveras was released for the fourth time this year today. This time, it was by the Braves. He hit .119/.213/.143 for their AAA team.


    T-Virus infecting lots of teams this season.

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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    Quote Originally Posted by camisadelgolf View Post
    Not including the Reds' salary dump, Taveras was released for the fourth time this year today. This time, it was by the Braves. He hit .119/.213/.143 for their AAA team.
    And we wasted Adam Rosales and 4 mil on him... Why again?
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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    Crap, this totally screws up my fantasy team.
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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    Quote Originally Posted by TheNext44 View Post
    Crap, this totally screws up my fantasy team.
    Shooting for last place in your triple A fantasy league were you? Don't fret Josh Anderson has to be available.
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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    Quote Originally Posted by WMR View Post


    T-Virus infecting lots of teams this season.
    Would love to see Mark McGwire take a shot at "fixing" him.
    Hope isn't a strategy

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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    Quote Originally Posted by Slyder View Post
    And we wasted Adam Rosales and 4 mil on him... Why again?
    Many have summed it up to say, "It's Jamie Quirk's fault." Apparently he was the one who pushed hard for the Reds to sign him, but he's no longer in the organization.

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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    Basically, get over it, WJ has made enough good moves that he should get a pass for a dud.
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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    And Taveras is back. The Rangers just signed him to a minor league deal.

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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    :dancingco

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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    Quote Originally Posted by redsfandan View Post
    And Taveras is back. The Rangers just signed him to a minor league deal.
    I wonder how many more teams he'll sign with before the season is over.

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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    The gift that keeps on giving.
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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    As the old adage goes, you can't teach speed. Lots of teams likely think they could tweak something in his swing to allow him to use that speed better. He'll likely keep getting offers for the next year or so.

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    Re: Braves Sign Willy Taveras

    Quote Originally Posted by Joseph View Post
    As the old adage goes, you can't teach speed. Lots of teams likely think they could tweak something in his swing to allow him to use that speed better. He'll likely keep getting offers for the next year or so.
    Until he officially plays in every AAA stadium in baseball.
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