Folty

[Oklahomabrave]

I am glad Folty has had a couple good games improving his command but for his potential to be as high as others in the system he'll need to improve his secondary stuff.

His slider looks much improved. He's using his change more too. His curveball is a good third/fourth pitch.

[Knucksie]

So there have to be some members here, who said he sucked immediately after the trade was announced and bitched on multiple occasions about the trade at the time. Let's hear back from them.

[The Chosen One]

So there have to be some members here, who said he sucked immediately after the trade was announced and bitched on multiple occasions about the trade at the time. Let's hear back from them.

I don't think anybody complained about letting the Gorn go. We got a really good package for him all things considered. I think people were doomsday mode when he was giving up homers every game.

[Braves1976]

I don't think anybody complained about letting the Gorn go. We got a really good package for him all things considered. I think people were doomsday mode when he was giving up homers every game.

Didn't y'all already do this discussion after Folty had a good few games last year starting in Cincy IIRC? It's like a time machine how we repeat the same discussions in the same manner with the exact same crowd, lol. Personally, I was hoping we could give Folty a few more games before we go down this road again. I guess not. :)

That said, I don't think I even commented in the original Gattis trade thread. But I'll be happy to admit I was wrong about Folty if he reaches the potential some here see for him. However, I'll need quite a bit more than two games against teams that came in slumping to do so.

[auyushu]

I don't think anybody complained about letting the Gorn go. We got a really good package for him all things considered. I think people were doomsday mode when he was giving up homers every game.

Yeah, I think most were fairly happy with the package we got for Gattis, I know I was at the time. I'd rather we had grabbed Velaquez, but it is what it is.

[Knucksie]

I don't think anybody complained about letting the Gorn go. We got a really good package for him all things considered. I think people were doomsday mode when he was giving up homers every game.

C'mon SAV, some members here overreact in a negative way to everything, especially after the Ritalin supply is depleted.

[zbhargrove]

So there have to be some members here, who said he sucked immediately after the trade was announced and bitched on multiple occasions about the trade at the time. Let's hear back from them.

I really hope he ends up being amazing and the next Smoltz... But let's not pretend 2 very good starts cements him into stardom.

[GovClintonTyree]

So there have to be some members here, who said he sucked immediately after the trade was announced and bitched on multiple occasions about the trade at the time. Let's hear back from them.

/raises hand

Very happy to see two excellent starts in a row. Command was always a concern; also the heat didn't have a whole lot of action. And not a lot of mental acuity that I could identify.

Mid-90s two-seamer moves down and ought to be repeatable. Staying out of the middle of the plate makes him look a lot smarter.

I would love to be wrong.

[Braves1976]

His slider looks much improved. He's using his change more too. His curveball is a good third/fourth pitch.

He seems to be using his secondary pitches more wisely the last few overall. But a number of the hard hit balls and hits have come off his slider. His change-up still seems below average but he isn't throwing it much and when he has they seem to be looking fastball. The biggest difference I see is the harder sinker being thrown more along with his four-seamer with much improved command in his last two games.