Atlanta Braves Thread

Again, Big Sexy has to go.

 

hmmffff...



The Atlanta Braves have designated veteran pitcher Bartolo Colon for assignment, the team announced Thursday.

Colon, 44, an All-Star last season with the New York Mets, had been a disappointment this season, going 2-8 with an 8.14 ERA.






He returned Wednesday after being on the disabled list since June 6 for a strained oblique and a stiff back. Colon gave up six runs on eight hits and three walks over four innings of a 7-4 loss to the Padres -- the third straight start in which he failed to reach the fifth inning.

 

I can`t see this ever being duplicated.


Fifty-one years ago today, Atlanta Bravespitcher Tony Cloninger hit two grand slams in the same game, a 17-3 win over the San Francisco Giants. Cloninger is one of 13 players in major league history to hit multiple slams in a game, but the only pitcher to do so. The nine RBIs are also a single-game record for a pitcher.

 

3 starts too late.

 

Sorry Jim Johnson, but you suck!
19 saves, but 7 blown saves!
Why in the fuck did they ever get rid of Kimbrell?

 

Carmargo should be starting the majority of the time at SS and let Swanson spell him every few days.

 

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Johnson was saddled with his seventh blown save to tie him for the major league lead in that category and deny R.A. Dickey a win on a night when the Braves knuckleballer was dominant. The Braves closer has two blown saves in his past three appearances and has allowed at least one hit in eight of his past nine appearances, including four hits, three runs and a walk in two-thirds of an inning Friday.

“Trust me I’d like to be a lot more consistent,” Johnson said. “Just kind of go back, get some sleep and look at it tomorrow, with fresh eyes and unbiased, make the changes I need to make and adjustments I need to make. I’ve had bad stretches before and been in funks before. It’s not like I’m not healthy or anything like that. Like last year, I was fighting some physical stuff. I think it’s just about maybe a little bit better execution on some things.

“There might be something I’m missing or doing different, but yeah, there has to be an adjustment.”



Rightttt...

 

Bullpen sucks, but that is the case with a lot of teams.

 

Because they wouldn't have made the post-season if they'd kept him.

 

Probably not with the Nats in the way, but they would certainly be a lot closer to them this year with all the injured Nats.