![]() To commemorate Rick’s final episode, my Ringer colleague Ben Lindbergh and I-two people who have committed a disconcerting amount of time to this undead universe-are ranking all of Rick’s horrible plans over the years, from the least bad to the absolute worst. It’s difficult to imagine The Walking Dead without Rick, and despite his frequently questionable leadership, he’ll be sorely missed. Of course, this bad plan went awry when he was surrounded by a second horde, and as the realization hit that this was probably a terrible idea, his horse threw him off its back, impaling him on some sharp rebar as the undead descended on him. Something finally gave in “The Obliged.” Once again, Rick devised a nonsensical plan: He would single-handedly shepherd a zombie horde away from the construction of a bridge that’s essential for establishing trade routes. Sure, Rick’s had some solid leadership moments: He did sneak up on the Terminus cannibals and hack their insidious leader to pieces, and he did help conceive the zombie-guts-as-immersion tactic, but how many times has Rick’s planning gone awry and led to some of his own people getting slaughtered? ![]() It is legitimately strange that nobody from the group has questioned Rick’s leadership long enough to supplant him with someone else. If there is one constant to The Walking Dead outside of its endless zombie hordes, it’s that Rick Grimes likes to come up with a plan, and more often than not that plan is disastrous. You see, Rick is going to die because of a really stupid plan he hatched. In the pilot, we watched Rick stumble out of a coma into a desolate world with confusing signage like “DON’T DEAD, OPEN INSIDE.” From there, Rick has experienced about everything you’d expect from a fully realized zombie apocalypse: He’s fought and killed countless walkers, lost loved ones, forged inseparable bonds with fellow survivors, and even ripped out a dude’s throat with his mouth when his son was threatened (it was gnarly).īut after the fourth episode of Season 9, “The Obliged,” Rick has reached the end of the road, and with a cruel, ironic twist of fate at that. We’ve followed Rick, played by Andrew Lincoln, for nine seasons, over 100 episodes, and countless mumble-growls about stuff and thangs. For longtime (and arguably long-suffering) Walking Dead fans like myself, it’s a shocking turn of events. It just won't be here.On Sunday night, the unthinkable is happening: Rick Grimes is exiting The Walking Dead. "The doc said you'll probably feel back to normal about a year in. 20 last year, said he's optimistic about his health. Swisher, who had surgery on both knees on Aug. He has a $10 million team option for 2018, with a $1 million buyout. Johnson is making $6 million this year, is owed $7.5 million in 2016, and goes up to $9 million in 2017. They saw value in CJ and we saw value in what we were getting back." For us, part of it was the flexibility for 2017. "The other piece of it is the economic component. "We have some third base depth, so this is going to fit us better player-wise," he said. The Braves traded for Cuban prospect Hector Olivera at the trade deadline, a player Braves general manager John Hart feels will be Atlanta's future third baseman. He wound up on the bench and appeared in just 56 games, despite a rash of injuries. That earned the 30-year-old a long-term contract with Atlanta.īut Johnson's production dropped off significantly last season, and the team tried without success to trade him during an offseason makeover. Johnson was one of the Braves' most surprising players after being acquired from Arizona in 2013, hitting a career-best. Johnson lost his starting job with the Braves this season. Unfortunately since that time, things haven't played out the way anyone would have hoped. "In the 2013 season, both guys were key contributors to us making the postseason. "When we signed both guys, we were hopeful they would expedite our return to competitiveness," Indians general manager Chris Antonetti said. Swisher is under contract for $15 million both this season and next, with a similar $14 million vesting option in 2017. He's a guy that can help us at first base (while Freddie Freeman is on the DL)."īourn is making $13.5 million this year, is owed $14 million for next season and has a vesting option for 2017 at $12 million if he makes 550 plate appearances the previous year. "And we add a great personality in the clubhouse in Swisher. "We got a guy back here that we really love in Michael Bourn," Gonzalez said. Swisher and Bourn will arrive in Atlanta on Saturday and Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said both will likely be in the lineup against the Marlins. He was about to be activated and return to the Indians lineup for the first time since June 12 on Friday, but then he was informed of the trade and scratched. 198 with two homers and eight RBIs in 30 games. The 34-year-old Swisher, another former All-Star, is batting just.
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