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They should move him to the pine.

Move him to the unemployment line.

Agree with both of the above. The Braves dumped this guy at precisely the right time.

/agreed

See the Dodgers messed up when they kicked those two lesbians out of the stadium a few years back. Everybody knows Andruw enjoys some "good lesbian action". He would probably be playing better if he could look up and see a couple of chicks making out in the stands.

"Jones is batting .385 in four games at Las Vegas, with two home runs and two strikeouts in 13 at-bats."

Sounds like Las Vegas has found their center fielder.

Er, first baseman.

How much CRACK has General Manager Ned Colletti been smoking. How can anyone have signed this stiff to a 2 year 36 mil. contract. Amazing!!!!!!!!

I would like to see this guy get close to his glory days in ATL.. I'm sure he is putting in the extra work but I think it's mental with him at the plate. We he is in the box he is trying to pull every thing. He is pulling off fastballs during a fastball count.......kinda sad.

I'm not ready to give up on him but he's definitely a DH player now. Too bad he's stuck in the NL where he's going to have to move to 1st base due to his ballooning weight and lack of mobility.

They should just trade Jones to whoever will take him and for whatever they'll trade him for. The Dodgers would be happy with a bucket of balls. Jones is making $22 million next year, a bit steep for a guy who is hitting under .200 over the past two years.

I think he was a roid/hgh guy.......no facts- just my opinion
you don't just fall off the earth naturally
and you CERTAINLY don't go from a low 30 hr guy to a 50+ hr guy in one season....that's almost a 50% improvement

Whaqt a horrible signing.....I have no idea what they were thinking, because Andruw has obviously been declining for a couple of years.

Now they are just stuck with his salary. I can't imagine his lard-butt playing first base in the big leagues.

jgb.. Andruw never looked like a steroid guy to me.. he was never in particularly good shape at any point in his career. He was kinda skinny when he came into the league.. then he started getting a little pudgy.. now he's fat

Andruw never looked like a steroid guy to me..

bigdog1002 | 08/25/08, 10:34 AM

yeah but palmerio never looked like he did riods either. so you never know. but i agree jones is a lazy player after he got his contract. it looks like he has gained at least 20 to 30 lbs in the last couple of years.

they should have moved him to a corner outfield spot or put a clause in his contract that he couldnt weigh over a certain amount like the red sox did with schilling.

I don't think Andruw did steroids, but I agree we'll never know..... but that's not his problem..... it's not like he developed warning track power all of the sudden..... he just got really fat and started striking out 40 pct of the time...... I believe the real issue is that he's a few years older than he says he is..... If he's really 33/34, then that's a normal age to decline absent steroids.....

I was ticked off at Kenny Williams when he didn't sign Andruw. Now he looks like a genius for this move and some of his other moves he made or didn't make.

I don't think Andruw did steroids, but I agree we'll never know..... but that's not his problem..... it's not like he developed warning track power all of the sudden..... he just got really fat and started striking out 40 pct of the time...... I believe the real issue is that he's a few years older than he says he is..... If he's really 33/34, then that's a normal age to decline absent steroids.....

Sir Robin (as himself) | 08/25/08, 10

It looks like he's shooting streiods into his gut. He was going downhill before they signed him so I can't quite understand why they did it.

the reason he 'only' got his 2yr deal was he was AWFUL his walk year.

I thnk we're all agreed he's a fat pig....
but it is the precipitous jumps & drops - in this day & age-
that is a red flag to me

Trade him to the Royals for Alex Gordon.