12:38 PM
Braves sign catcher Wil Nieves to minors deal.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/0...il-nieves.html
Bethancourt Gwinnett bound or better yet, AJ bout to be traded?
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12:38 PM
Braves sign catcher Wil Nieves to minors deal.
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/0...il-nieves.html
Bethancourt Gwinnett bound or better yet, AJ bout to be traded?
My money is on Bethancourt being sent down. He's not hitting, and worse, he isn't the Yadi Molina defensive freak we were all led to believe he is. Our front office badly miscalculated with him. And worse, they traded away our best fallback option in Gattis. Frankly, he's better than AJ at this point and was a whole hell of a lot cheaper. Nieves is pretty much garbage himself, so I'm not real excited about him. We've totally fooked up our catcher situation and it won't be easy to fix.
ETA: Bethancourt, not Betancourt. Damn autocorrect.
Catcher is certainly a question mark going forward, but I'm loving the gattis trade right now. Folty looks like he'll be a solid pitcher for us, not sure about Thurman yet, and Ruiz should be a decent player.
If I knew gattis could stay healthy catching, I'd probably feel differently. I just don't think he can or could.
Hopefully Chris odowd can become a serviceable catcher
Kelly Johnson with an oblique injury. Gotta figure he'll be on dl. It'll be interesting who gets the call up
I like the moves that hart made for the most part, but...
Stults...
5.40 era
Wandy...
2.70 era
@KevinMcAlpin
Also at Gwinnett, Manny Banuelos allowed 1 run on 4 hits over 5 IP. He's posted a 2.89 ERA in 7 starts at Triple-A this season.
@GaryRTR
@KevinMcAlpin Banuelos also doubled and scored the only run. On an RBI triple by Peraza.
Grant McAuley ?@grantmcauley 2m2 minutes ago
#Braves have placed OF/INF Kelly Johnson on the 15-day DL (strained right oblique) and recalled OF Todd Cunningham from @GwinnettBraves.
Damn. Can we call up Banuelos or Wisler and dump Stults already? That said, I freaking hate the SmallPark. More homers hit there than in Coors the last several years. It's the epitome of a band box.
@DOBrienAJCQuote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
#Braves Stults has given up 24 hits, six homers and 14 runs in 18 innings over his past 3 starts. Fredi said he stays in rotation for now
Fredi has a lineup I like. Not sure how they'll do, but all these guys have a chance to be here next year... Play em
Peterson 4
Gosselin 5
Freeman 3
Markakis 9
Simmons 6
Cunningham 7
Maybin 8
Bethancourt 2
Teheran 1
Gosselin and Cunningham with 3 hits a piece. I think we've found 2 guys to start for a while. Maybe they can continue to contribute.
Oh yeah and goose got the bat taken out of his hands by fredi. Runner on 3rd with 1 out and fredi called the squeeze. Goose popped it up for double play. Dumb call by fredi. Goose was 3-3
It's one game. They're bench players for a reason. That said, we need to send Cody Martin down to Gwinnett. He sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
So you would rather play callaspo and Gomes? They're bench players too and very old. Let goose and Cunningham play. They might become decent players and if they don't... So what! Play the young guysQuote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Gomes, yes. He's still capable of being very productive. His skills haven't regressed much. Callaspo sucks, but Goose hasn't shown he's any better or he'd be playing. Jace Peterson should be proof enough of that. So young and sucks or old and sucks, either way whoever plays sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Gomes...Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
63 ab's .190 avg .284 obp .649 ops
He plays horrible defense
Cunningham (AAA)...
.286 avg .356 obp .708 6 sb's
His speed in lf will help our pitchers a ton
Goose...
33 ab's .333 avg .371 obp .826 ops
Callaspo isn't the answer and I doubt goose is but let's find out why we aren't going anywhere anyway
Cunningham with 2 more hits today. Obviously he won't keep this pace up, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts.
I think it's about seeing if he is a capable CF backup, thus enabling the release of EYJ. No reason to play a LF with no power.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
I'd be fine with that. Maybin & Cunningham could be a nice platoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoomBoom
If we added terdoslavich, I'd be fine with it. Gomes isn't an everyday player. I want a young guy in the mix at every positionQuote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Braves are playing well right now and really have been all year except for the bullpen.
5-0 early lead on Marlins. Cunningham and Gosselin with another hit today (just 2nd inning). Peterson with a huge 2-out, 2-rbi single. I'm loving Peterson
Wow...
David O'Brien @DOBrienAJC ? 47m 47 minutes ago
#Braves Fredi G says Williams Perez will start Wed vs Rays. Eric Stults to the pen
1:10 PM
Scott Coleman ?@scottcoleman55 4m4 minutes ago
I expect Peraza to be called up around the all-star break assuming his last injury isn't a big deal. Maybe sooner, around June 10 or so
....
Peterson to 3rd?
And goose sprains thumb. He's day-to-day. Hopefully he'll be ok
Miller now has era down to 1.45. Working on a gem right now thru 5
Hart should be locked up what he did to the cards in that trade
Miller thru 7 (73 pitches)...
Braves 6 9 0
Marlins 0 0 0
Miller's season era 1.38
I was just thinking last night I'd love to see us call up Peraza and move Jace over to 3B, assuming he has the arm for it. Get all our young prospects on the IF and see what they've got. Plus we'll finally have a prototypical leadoff hitter in Peraza, allowing us to move Markakis down to the 3, 4, or 5 hole where he can drive in runs.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Peterson was a SS before he got here, so gotta figure he's got an armQuote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Shelby Miller's no-no ends after 8 2/3. You gotta be ****ing kidding me!
It sucks, but hart hit the jackpot on him. He's ours till '19 I believeQuote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Miller. He's going to be damn good for us for a long time. Looks like he's really taken to whatever McDowell is teaching him. It just sucks to get that close to the no-no and lose it. I'm not upset with him by any means. Gotta give the Fish credit for getting the hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Miller has been flat out unbelievable.
And it started last year. He was very good his last 5 starts or soQuote:
Originally Posted by smootness
5:39 PM
@DOBrienAJC
#Braves Miller leads MLB qualifiers in ERA (1.33), WHIP (0.83), opp avg (.156) and opp OBP (.229).
Is that pretty good?*
Jenkins (miss Braves) today...
7.0 ip 3 h 0 er 5 bb 3 k
Season era at 3.00
If Jenkins can cut down on walks, he's gonna be a good one
Ryan weber (sp) got promoted to AAA.
Here's his AA numbers...
1.93 era 23.1 ip 18 h 5 er 1 bb 23 k .212 avg 0.81 whip
Here's his AAA debut today...
5.0 ip 2 h 0 er 1 bb 1 k
Don't know much about him, but gonna keep an eye on him.
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@KevinMcAlpin
After surrendering 9 ER in 5.2 IP May 1, Jenkins has allowed 1 run on 16 hits over his last 3 starts (20 IP) with the @mbraves
Meanwhile, the other RHP acquired from STL with Shelby Miller, Tyrell Jenkins is working on a 3 hit shutout through 7 at @mbraves
#Braves
@BravesReddit
The duo of Shelby Miller & Tyrell Jenkins last 3 games each: 3-0 0.20 ERA 0.778 WHIP 32K 11BB
....
Peraza in his last 13G: .382/.414/.473 9SB:1CS 4K, 2BB, 1iBB
Mallex Smith during his 12G hitting streak: .370/.431/.457 11K:4BB 2SB:1CS
Really like Mallex. It'll be interesting who emerges our cf next season between smith and Maybin. I guess I should include Cunningham in that too at least until he quits hitting
Didn't see it mentioned, but we're calling up Perez (I think) to start in place of Stults. Stults will move to the pen.
Yep. It was part of my spam earlier haha. Perez has actually been up a week or so. He has a 15.43 era. He got roughed up by the nats in his debut, but pitched 2 scoreless innings vs reds. Fredi really likes this kid. He had a 1.33 era in Gwinnett.Quote:
Originally Posted by War Machine Dawg
Miller, folty, wood, Teheran...that has the makings of an elite rotation over several years. Assuming Teheran isn't on a jurrjens type career path, which I don't think he is. Pretty obvious what the front office is trying to re establish within the organization.
Also, miller is becoming must watch tv. After the 1st yesterday I told my wife he had no hit stuff. I had to go out and do some stuff and it slipped my mind until I got back in...rite after the hit in the 9th.
Love the pitching we're putting together. I'm interested in Williams Perez starting some. Fredi talks really highly of this kid and he could be a wildcard going forward. Between wisler, banuelos, fried, Jenkins, Sanchez, sims, hursh, and Perez, I don't see how we won't have a top flight rotation with wood, folty, miller, and Teheran at the other spots. The bullpen is my concern. Maybe the guys that don't make the guys that don't make the roataion will fill the pen along with Thomas, cunniff, and Simmons (think he'll be the closer).Quote:
Originally Posted by shoeless joe
Catcher and corner OF are my concerns right now
About Teheran... At worst, I think he'll be fine at the back of our rotation