ajc: Bradley: Glavine is not the answer (RR)

Sudden Notrytis Glavine rot...is sweeping the land.

They need a Nate Robertson (who had a bad year for Detroit but who still has gobs of potential), a Joe Blanton (who was mentioned in trade talks before the deadline and who won 14 games for the A’s), even a Shaun Marcum (who’s 26 and who won 12 games for Toronto but who’s facing minor knee surgery).

The Braves don’t need a one-year rental. They need to make a trade and invest in the long term. (Just because John Schuerholz and Bobby Cox are nearing the end doesn’t mean the franchise will fold once they’re gone.)

There was a time when any rotation would have been fortified by the addition of Tom Glavine. That time, sad to say, is past. He’s not what he was. He’s not what the Braves lack. He’d be more of what they already have.