Braves1976 (08-04-2015)
Its funny how quick people are to diminish Mallex based on less than a half of season worth of AB's in AAA at 22 years of age. I swear it seems like there are a grouping of posters who are hoping that all players that John Hart acquired in the offseason fail. Mallex will be fine and will be in the OF at some point next season for ATL.
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BoneThrower (08-04-2015)
You can say its funny people are annointing a guy who had a good half season. His good half counts, but his bad half is just adjustments. I see a 5'9 guy who is a slap hitter. Good pitchers tend to knock the bat out of those type of hitters. I said Peraza was overrated and now everyone saw the light after the trade. Mallex is the same type of slap hitter but with a weaker hit tool than Peraza. He is a 4th OFer.
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I think he can be useful. But I am not making room for that guy. I think we can do better. Nothing wrong with being a 4th OFer. He hasnt done anything in the minors that suggests he will be an above average regular in the bigs. We can't just give him the CF job. That is silly, imo.
I have only seen Mallex in two games this year. He has plenty of range. His throws weren't awesome but hey, it was just two games.
I look forward to seeing what Peraza does in the bigs (hard to say how he turns out until he gets his chance).
I have no idea if Mallex will be our cf or not, but you don't either. The kid dominated AA and seems to figuring out AAA now.
Last 10 games...
.325 avg 4 bb 5 k 8 sb
I know this is a small sample size, but it's his last 10 games in a new league. He proved he can hit in AA, so I think this is a sign he's coming around.
Oh and our scouts must like mallex better than peraza considering peraza was taken out of cf upon mallex's arrival
Ivermectin Man
By the way, there is a pretty large gap in legit pitching prospects in our system. We better hope the next wave (Simmons, Winkler, Paco, Viz, etc.) don't flame out, because there doesn't seem to be reinforcements coming anytime soon. AA and AAA aren't looking like much help.
Ivermectin Man
I'm not particularly worried about our relief prospects. Bullpen help is usually readily available if we are suddenly contending next year, and even if all of those players you listed flame out, we do have a few intriguing relief prospects like Salazar, Cabrera, Zavala, Roney and Hursh. Not to mention some of our SP prospects that might end up finding their role in the bullpen.
That's a good point about starting pitching prospects ending up in the pen. I believe the majority of major league relievers spent significant parts of their minor league careers as starters. Guys like Jenkins, Janas, Simms as well as the trio we just got from the Mets and Dodgers (Gant, Whalen, Bird) could end up in the major league pen.
Chico (08-05-2015)
Hursh with another good appearance. In his last 5 appearances (all in relief) he's put up 1 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 6 Ks, in 6 IP.
As a reliever overall he has a 2.25 ERA in 12 IP with 9 Ks, 2 BBs, and 11 H. His BAA as a starter was .338. As a reliever its been .229. His WHIP as a starter was 1.85 and is 1.08 as a reliever.
We're talking a small sample size here but he's starting to show a little bit of promise as a reliever. Got off to a bit of a rough start out of the pen but hopefully he's starting to adjust to the new role. If he keeps it up you might see him get a call up in September.
Chico (08-05-2015)
I agree that MLB contribution would be a success. He was a huge reach where we took him.
Set up man is probably realistic if he can adjust to life out of the pen. He still has the good fastball which will play better out of the pen with his lack of offspeed stuff.
Super optimistic would have him be a middle of the road closer. His fastball is good enough but he'd have to develop one of his offspeed pitches. If he can take that curve and make it a nasty pitch then he could become a closer.
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Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?