GDT 5/1/15 Braves vs Reds

[Braves1976]

Great AB by Peterson is becoming a theme. My favorite new Brave at the major league level. May only wind up being a utility guy, but still those guys are very important.

Agreed.

[thethe]

You know - I'm still a fan of the team.

But when the club homers told us all offseason how we "got rid of the stench" from last year's team, and told us how fun this team would be to watch, it got a little annoying.

Sorry I'm not thrilled that my team traded away 4 young good players

Well really only 1 is an improvement over what we have on the roster right now.

[Braves1976]

Haha, Hart praises AJ's defense and he gives up a passed ball while he's still talking. That's what you get for blowing smoke at fans Hart!

[thethe]

Great AB by Peterson is becoming a theme. My favorite new Brave at the major league level. May only wind up being a utility guy, but still those guys are very important.

Especially at league min for a few seasons.

[weso1]

Again - I never bring up Heyward... it's always you guys

You could argue that trading Heyward has given us our best player this season to this point. I mean the reason it's brought up is because at least for the first month, the trade is looking pretty dang good. He pretty much was the guy that was grumped about the most in regards to being traded. Pretty big win for the posibraves in the first month.

[dak]

I hope Mike does well up here, but I it sure does not seem like he's ready. The breaking pitch is flat out bad, FB command is lacking, and he can't hold runners on. I think they should have kept him down to work on secondary pitches, personally.

[weso1]

Folty will be a really good pitcher if he can find his control/command. I hope the Braves will continue to be patient with him as a starter.

[thethe]

You could argue that trading Heyward has given us our best player this season to this point. I mean the reason it's brought up is because at least for the first month, the trade is looking pretty dang good. He pretty much was the guy that was grumped about the most in regards to being traded. Pretty big win for the posibraves in the first month.

Heyward will turn it around but Miller is going to be a HUGE piece moving forward.

[thethe]

Folty will be a really good pitcher if he can find his control/command. I hope the Braves will continue to be patient with him as a starter.

He can't spot his fastball at all. I'm concerned.

[dak]

Haha, Hart praises AJ's defense and he gives up a passed ball while he's still talking. That's what you get for blowing smoke at fans Hart!

Hart have anything interesting to say? I'm stuck watching the Reds announcers due to black out.

[weso1]

Heyward will turn it around but Miller is going to be a HUGE piece moving forward.

I'm hopeful that he's quietly turned into Tim Hudson. The irony is that when we traded for him I read a piece about his ceiling being Matt Cain because he was a flyball pitcher. But lately he's been a groundball guy with more contact.

[Braves1976]

Hart have anything interesting to say? I'm stuck watching the Reds announcers due to black out.

You might be interested that he praised Williams Perez and talked about him being next in line.

[weso1]

Hart have anything interesting to say? I'm stuck watching the Reds announcers due to black out.

The most interesting thing I took from his comments is that he pointed out that they planned for Folty to remain a starter.

[Braves1976]

I hope Mike does well up here, but I it sure does not seem like he's ready. The breaking pitch is flat out bad, FB command is lacking, and he can't hold runners on. I think they should have kept him down to work on secondary pitches, personally.

Agreed.

[sturg33]

Folty our best hitter

[dak]

Well, I guess that balances out the Tucker Barnhart and Mike Leake solo home runs yesterday.

[thethe]

Folty!

[TURBO]

Can he play CF?

[Braves1976]

Folty is called up to pitch and impresses with his bat first, lol. :)

[weso1]

He can't spot his fastball at all. I'm concerned.

It could come though. I just think it's too early to give up on him as a starter.