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#Braves will use Garcia as PH, might not get a start with Ciriaco and Callaspo to play 3rd till CJohnson returns

#Braves CJohnson could be ready as soon as road trip Monday, was cleared to begin more extensive activities.

#Braves will have Cody Martin start at Gwinnett, to get innings and be ready to relieve or spot start if brought back.

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Cahill seems to be righting the ship. He's put up 0's in 4 of his last 5 outings. During that stretch...

6.2 ip 1 er 4 k 1.45 era

He's getting ground balls again.

Hopefully Cahill can keep this up.

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I'm certainly no gm. When is the best time?

Oh and I forgot peraza was banged up last week so this wouldn't be a good time anyway

Early June. Not sure which day exactly, it won't be deteemined for 3 more years, but at that point he wont be a Super 2 anymore and the team gets an extra year of control withouy arbitration. it's a difference of several million in eventual salary.

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Early June. Not sure which day exactly, it won't be deteemined for 3 more years, but at that point he wont be a Super 2 anymore and the team gets an extra year of control withouy arbitration. it's a difference of several million in eventual salary.

Ok, thanks. That's why I've seen some projections for him to be up next month

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Ok, thanks. That's why I've seen some projections for him to be up next month

To be more specific, if called up now he makes the minimum in 2015, 16, and 17, amd arbitration in 18, 19, 20, and 21. If called up after the Super 2 cutoff he makes the minimum thru 2018 and then arbitration thru 2021. I'd estimate the difference to be about $8M in salary for him.

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To be more specific, if called up now he makes the minimum in 2015, 16, and 17, amd arbitration in 18, 19, 20, and 21. If called up after the Super 2 cutoff he makes the minimum thru 2018 and then arbitration thru 2021. I'd estimate the difference to be about $8M in salary for him.

Big difference.

Thanks for clearing it up. I need to study the business side of mlb more

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Ok, I'm impressed by Perez.

5.0 ip 6 h 1 er 7 k 1 bb

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Ok, I'm impressed by Perez.

5.0 ip 6 h 1 er 7 k 1 bb

Good movement and seemed to be a bulldog on the mound. But his long arm action causes him to be inconsistent with his off speed in particular and he struggled to locate on occassion.

This is the only time I've seen him pitch and Vincente Padilla came to mind pretty quickly. I actually like his stuff outta the pen better...yes I'm aware he's struggled so far coming in from the pen. Be interesting to see how he fairs from here on out.

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Good movement and seemed to be a bulldog on the mound. But his long arm action causes him to be inconsistent with his off speed in particular and he struggled to locate on occassion.

This is the only time I've seen him pitch and Vincente Padilla came to mind pretty quickly. I actually like his stuff outta the pen better...yes I'm aware he's struggled so far coming in from the pen. Be interesting to see how he fairs from here on out.

He actually just got lit up in his debut as reliever vs nats. He bounced back and went 2.0 scoreless vs reds. After that .1 ip disaster vs nats, he's pitched 7.0 innings and given up 1 er and struck out 9. Nats disaster was tied to walks if memory serves me right

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KevinMcAlpin
Fredi: "Cunniff is emerging himself into a guy you trust in high leverage situations"
Righties now 0-for-28 vs Cunniff

#Braves bullpen tossed 4 more scoreless innings tonight. Over the last 7 games, the Atlanta pen has posted a 1.35 ERA (3 ER/20 IP)

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If the bullpen can continue to pitch well, my prediction for .500 is certainly attainable.

Really interested in if peraza will get the call up in June. If he does, how will we play Peterson? Will he be 3b? Will he platoon at 3b with Cj, 2b with peraza, and spot start for Simmons? I'd like Peterson to learn lf too and use him like we did with Prato.

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A bullpen arm to keep an eye on is Ian Thomas (lhp).

Mlb stats this year...
2.70 era 3.1 ip 3 k 3 bb 2 h

Minor league (AA and AAA)...
0.00 era 15.2 ip 20 k 1 bb 5 h

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One of the biggest moves the Braves made this off season was the reorganization of the scouting staff. Tony DeMacio was demoted, and Brian Bridges promoted to scouting director. They brought back Tom Battista as a scout, and they also brought Roy Clark back as a "special assistant". The Roy Clark drafts from 2000-2009 were loaded with talent, and since Roy left, that talent has steadily declined in the system.

In about 3 weeks, the fruits of these guys labor will bear out. Atlanta has 6 draft picks in the top 85 picks in the draft. I'm anticipating a renewed focus on high school talent, especially local high school talent. Two players that Atlanta has been heavily connected with are Kennesaw Mountain catcher Tyler Stephenson and Griffin 3B prospect Cornelius Randolph. Both are high level bats that could really give two weak positions in the system a boost. They are also heavily looking at high school pitching again.

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Teheran was dealing tonight

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Nice win tonight to get to .500. Teheran pitched very well. Bethancourt called a great game to Teheran and got 3 hits (2 doubles) and an rbi.

Really hope we start Bethancourt again tomorrow with wood

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Teheran was dealing tonight

Really was. Not sure what to make of his velocity being down though

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What's the saying about 50 games? If you're in it after 50, you're in it? Well the Braves are at 20-20 and here's their next 10 games...

Brewers 3x
at Dodgers 3x
at Giants 4x

If we're at .500 after that stretch, I think we might have a decent team

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Oh and Maybin may end up being a nice piece. He's only 27 and he was a top 100 prospect at one time. It'll be interesting how long he can hold off Mallex smith

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Really was. Not sure what to make of his velocity being down though

Not really concerned unless it stays down the next couple of starts or continues to decline, that may be a big issue then. My feeling is they have been working on an adjustment and either he is still a little awkward with it a little bit or the adjustment created the drop but he has gained some control and movement. Need to compare and see what the next start looks like.

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Oh and Maybin may end up being a nice piece. He's only 27 and he was a top 100 prospect at one time. It'll be interesting how long he can hold off Mallex smith

Haha you're underselling his prospect status a tad. He was a top 10 prospect 3 years in a row. He actually just turned 28; I don't think his ceiling is anywhere near where it used to be, but he's certainly been a very pleasant surprise so far.

Eury Perez has looked good in Gwinnett as well. Suddenly we have some options in CF going forward.

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Haha you're underselling his prospect status a tad. He was a top 10 prospect 3 years in a row. He actually just turned 28; I don't think his ceiling is anywhere near where it used to be, but he's certainly been a very pleasant surprise so far.

Eudy Perez has looked good in Gwinnett as well. Suddenly we have some options in CF going forward.

I think it's way to early to know how the trades and moves we made will be truly impactful for the organization in the future. But the early returns look very promising and so far even some of the "extra" guys are having higher value than initially thought. I liked most of the moves we made before hand but still have been pleasantly surprised.