MINORS FINAL THURSDAY 4.20: Nooner for Gwinnett

[striker42]

Minor league velocity reports always seem to be a few mph high. I don't know how our prospects always seem to lose 2-3 mph when they hit the majors as opposed to the scouting reports. If I hear a starter throws 94-95 then.they are usually about 91-93 when they debut.

This.

[bravesguy]

.. brought up Blair and Kemp and sent Jackson and Camargo down. I don't get Blair at all.. why not let him stay in AAA and build his confidence/value back.

Blair for Jackson makes no sense unless it is the classic Snit plan of use and send down, then call up, use and send down. I really dislike this approach as confidence is very important for pitchers. Snit is basically telling Jackson that 1 bad outing over shadows his 2 good ones.

[zbhargrove]

IIRC the issue is that scouts say his FB is very strait with no life on it. It's fast but ppl hit it. And he his other options are not good enough to get ppl off of the fastball.

What I remember is that his fastball has wicked break on it as it gets toward the plate. That's when he's sitting 92-94 though. When he runs it up to 96-97 it tends to straighten out. He's been working on keeping the break action going in his FB. His curveball is a potential plus plus pitch if he can find consistency. Problem is that its inconsistent but he's been working it hard. He does throw a change but its just average at the moment.

His change has tons of movement and huge speed separation but he tips it with slower arm motion. These are all things that can still be worked out as a 22 year old.

[bravesfanMatt]

Blair for Jackson makes no sense unless it is the classic Snit plan of use and send down, then call up, use and send down. I really dislike this approach as confidence is very important for pitchers. Snit is basically telling Jackson that 1 bad outing over shadows his 2 good ones.

I figured they would send Jackson down. He wasn't up for the long haul anyway. This was just to replace Roe for now. He worked enough last night to send him down and bring up a 'fresh' arm to pitch. I just don't like the 'fresh' arm they picked. Blair should stay down and work..

[msstate7]

Blair for Jackson makes no sense unless it is the classic Snit plan of use and send down, then call up, use and send down. I really dislike this approach as confidence is very important for pitchers. Snit is basically telling Jackson that 1 bad outing over shadows his 2 good ones.

No way Jackson should be going down... he was bad last night bc he was tired.

[bravesfanMatt]

No way Jackson should be going down... he was bad last night bc he was tired.

He is going down because he was tired... They did this all last year. bring a new guy up for a week or two and then send him down.

[nsacpi]

it is called the AAA shuttle

[msstate7]

it is called the AAA shuttle

Let's get boni and recker in the deck then

[Enscheff]

He left with injury after that start. I haven't heard any updates on him since.. but I haven't looked either. Just glad we took Anderson over him..

When did we start talking about Groome?

[bravesfanMatt]

When did we start talking about Groome?

Around 1 I think

[nsacpi]

IIRC the issue is that scouts say his FB is very strait with no life on it. It's fast but ppl hit it. And he his other options are not good enough to get ppl off of the fastball.

Straight FB is usually not associated with a strikeout rate of 10 per nine innings.

[bravesfanMatt]

Prospect watch. Touki is getting ahead with off speed stuff. I am predicting a huge game for him.

[bravesfanMatt]

Straight FB is usually not associated with a strikeout rate of 10 per nine innings.

His cut fastball has a lot of arm side movement. His four seamer is hard and straight. He located the four seamer great today. I think the cutter was less accurate. His curve was good though.

[Managuarantano's Volunteers]

IIRC the issue is that scouts say his FB is very strait with no life on it. It's fast but ppl hit it. And he his other options are not good enough to get ppl off of the fastball.

I've heard different things depending on the day, so I say his fastball has intensive care.

[thethe]

Jackson with his 5th Homer tonight. Me likey

[bravesfanforlife88]

Acuna with 7 SB this year

[bravesfanforlife88]

Touki with 7 runs on 7 hits over 5 innings. Era over 7 now

[atl717]

The Fried hype is dying down. He's getting roughed up. Also velo is in the low 90s.

[Enscheff]

His cut fastball has a lot of arm side movement. His four seamer is hard and straight. He located the four seamer great today. I think the cutter was less accurate. His curve was good though.

"Cut fastball" doesn't mean what you think it means. A cut fastball doesn't break arm side.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutter_(baseball)

What you actually mean is a 2 seamer:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-seam_fastball

You're welcome. I look forward to your snarky response despite the fact you were completely wrong.

[bravesfanMatt]

Touki with 7 runs on 7 hits over 5 innings. Era over 7 now

That was a strange game. He was cruising. Even in the 2nd. Got ahead of every hitter. 2 quick outs then got ahead 0-2. The hitter just kept fouling off pitches then hit a laser to center. Seemed to rattle him but he then cruised through the 5th. I stopped listening and he promptly fell apart.