Pitching is what gives you the opportunity to win games, to be in the playoffs, and have a chance at winning a World Series. Without Glavine, Maddux and Smoltz, or any of the three, would the Braves have had even a chance to be in five World Series in the '90s?
Albert, you should have stayed in St. Louis.
Marte, McCutchen, Walker, Jones, Alvarez...not bad, but what kind of deal will the team make at the deadline to bring in one more bat?
Tony LaRussa? Joe Torre? Bobby V?
Not sure who the replacement would be, but I think he may gone.