Non-tender mania
Braves make no offers to Giles, Reitsma
It’s done. Neither of these moves came as a surprise to anyone reading the AJC.
Rietsma has had flashes of brilliance, but he demonstrated pretty clearly that he couldn’t be entrusted with a lead. At his salary, he would have just taken up space in the bullpen that might instead have gone to developing talent.
Giles’ departure stings a little more. He wasn’t one of my favorite Braves, but for several years he’d been a guy you could count on for solid performance. But his numbers are apparently declining, and he was inching towards Glenn Hubbard / Mark Lemcke territory as the most popular .230 hitter on the team.
In short, both moves are unfortunate. But they will eventually improve the team by clearing room for more capable players.
December 13th, 2006 - Posted in baseball | |
