Quote Originally Posted by FlipKing
Personally, A. I still think Smoltz is still good for 200 innings and a sub 4.00 ERA. I think the braves OWED him the last contract out of respect. Smoltz took discounts on his last conract to stay with the braves.

B. A rebuilding team should NOT be siging these old players IMO.Smoltz out of repsect, but Lowe? Jr? No, we will NOT win now. Our team isnt good enough. we are a few years away.
I was upset at both sides of the Smoltz situation. But looking at it rationally, Frank Wren did the right thing. We can't over spend on him. If you look at the contract that was offered though, the Atlanta one would have paid him about the same amount IF he was to play... He took the Boston one for 2 reasons, better team, and no contract stipulations.. If he wasn't going to be healthy (which was the only requirement of the Atlanta contract) then we don't need to waste our small budget on him. We had other needs that needed to be met and we have noway of competing with Boston and New York in bidding wars.