Braves sign Kyle Kendrick

[nsacpi]

There's no stopping Folty or Perez' clocks, and with Banuelos out of options we're looking at...

The service time clocks of players like Folty and Perez do stop when they are optioned to the minors. In the case of Banuelos, I think his being out of options does work to increase the odds he will not only make the team but also be in the starting rotation. It makes sense to try to develop as many of our prospects as starting pitchers as possible. Most won't make it but we shouldn't prejudge which ones will and which ones won't. Give them all as much of an opportunity as possible.

Right now I would guess our rotation coming out of spring training will be:

Teheran
Wisler
Norris
Banuelos
Chacin or Kendrick

Both Chacin and Kendrick are on minor league deals. So one of them or even both can be cut loose at the end of spring training.