Atlanta Braves Thread

What is it with people always wanting someone to get fired? He owned up to it and agreed with all aspects of the punishment. Get over it.

 

Saw this on SI.com. The pitching pipeline looks good.




Teams sometimes have an embarrassment of riches down on the farm. Few organizations always have them. The Braves are one of them.

They have the young talent in the majors and on the verge back in Triple-A, too. While Craig Kimbrel, Brandon Beachy and Freddie Freeman are NL Rookie of the Year candidates with the big club, Mike Minor is biding his time back in Triple-A with a 1.75 ERA ... and the prize of all prizes, Julio Teheran, is looking way too good for the high minors.

Kimbrel leads all rookies with six saves. Beachy leads all rookies with 36 strikeouts. Freeman (.215) hasn't gotten started, but he will, because he is still drawing walks and getting extra-base hits.

It almost isn't fair, especially when you consider the elite talent Jason Heyward is at age 21 and Tommy Hanson is at 24.

As well as Minor, 23, is pitching back in Triple-A -- 29 strikeouts and a .207 batting-average against in 25 2/3 innings -- Teheran is even more exciting. The 20-year-old Colombian should be too young to handle Triple-A. Instead, he is dominating it.

Teheran, armed with dynamic mid-90s stuff, is 3-0 with a 1.85 ERA, 25 strikeouts, a .231 batting-average against and just eight walks in 30 innings pitched. Most impressive of all, he has yet to give up a homer -- something he hasn't done very often in his brief pro career.

Owned in just 20 percent of fantasy leagues, Teheran looks like a bargain stashee for fantasy owners for the second half. The question was whether he was going to be called to the majors before Minor was recalled. The question now should be: Who is going to be a better fantasy option down the road, Teheran or Hanson?

Teheran is owned in two percent fewer leagues than Minor, but he should be the most-owned minor-league pitcher, not Minor. The problem is how are the Braves going to fit in not one, but two, impact fantasy pitching prospects?

The Braves already have Hanson operating on ace-mode, Hudson making like its 2003 and Lowe still pitching more like 27 than 37. Then Beachy comes out and pitches beyond his years, posting a 3.47 ERA, .200 batting-average against and 36 strikeouts in 36 1/3 innings. Oh, and Jair Jurrjens just happens to be enjoying a renaissance at 3-0 with a 1.52 ERA in his four starts.

Minor and Teheran must be feeling about as useful as a musket in a gun-fight with our U.S. military. If Teheran stays healthy, though, he is going to be arguably the biggest bullet in the Braves' arsenal by season's end. It is just about finding a spot for him.

An elite talent like this finds a way. He will come up too late to challenge Kimbrel, Beachy or Freeman for NL ROY honors, but he will be the best of that bunch long term.

It's good to be the Braves.


Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...y-baseball-prospects/index.html#ixzz1LV9HIcuh

 

Good start to the Phillies series tonight. Strikeout 18 times but still get a shutout win on the road against Cliff Lee. Lowe pitched great and so did the bullpen. Get a chance to see the new phenom Teheran tomorrow night.

 

I`m curious to see him pitch. It was said that he could bring it to the plate in triple digits. Lets just hope for the batters that his control is decent.

 

Tough first start for Teheran at Philly. Braves have said he is going back to Gwinett after the start.

 

I thought he did fine. Gave up 4 hits in almost 5 innings. He got no run support , but still showed maturity at 20 years old.

 

I didn't think he was bad but he needs some more work in the minors. Braves are in a good position in that they don't need him yet.

 

PHILADELPHIA -- Jair Jurrjens pitched neatly into the seventh inning, Freddie Freeman, Alex Gonzalez and Eric Hinske homered, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 on Sunday night.


Jurrjens (4-0) allowed one run and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings to outduel Cole Hamels. Jurrjens hasn't allowed more than two earned runs in any start, and has a 1.50 ERA.

Hamels (4-2) gave up three runs and five hits, striking out nine in seven innings. Coming off a complete-game win over Washington, Hamels could've gone the distance if he had a lead. He threw 92 pitches before being removed for a pinch hitter.

Jonny Venters pitched out of trouble after allowing a run in the eighth and Craig Kimbrel tossed a scoreless ninth for his eighth save in 10 tries.






Pretty ballsy of a writer to make a statement like this when he/she is just suppose to be reporting on what happened. Sounds like PP wrote the article.

 

Congrats. Phillies bats have gone quiet. if it isn't Howard or Polanco the Phils can't generate runs. Hopefully Utleys game down at single A is an indication that he'll be up sometime in June

 

I`m not sure if I`d call getting 12 hits going quiet.