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[Braves1976]

David Peterson just blew G-Braves lead again, walk off grand slam. That was a no doubter too.

[rico43]

David Peterson just blew G-Braves lead again, walk off grand slam. That was a no doubter too.

Guy who hit it was late inning double switch sub, hitting .069. Double bagger ugly tonight here

[smootness]

I thought it was Arizona that took away his curve. I hadn't read anything about that being the case in Atlanta.

FWIW, I think we are at least a good year or two away before we should start focusing on results with Touki. If he was even close to being refined when he was drafted he would have been a no-doubt 1-1.

Yep. He's either going to flip a switch or he's not. There won't be gradual improvements. He's either going to figure out his command and then fly through the system dominating, or he's never going to put it together. It could happen at any time, even 3 years from now.

[Braves1976]

Guy who hit it was late inning double switch sub, hitting .069. Double bagger ugly tonight here

G-Braves have a strong rotation but their bullpen has been pretty bad so far.

[cajunrevenge]

Dont put too much stock in Touki this year. I think they are trying to get him to back off his fastball a little to get better command and thats not going so well. If he cant make the jump to High A next year and be around league average there then I will start to worry. Rome is where some our best development happens. Theres a reason the Braves like to keep a player at Rome for a full year.


As for Ruiz, I want to see him stay at AAA and mash for a while. We shouldnt be promoting players every time they have a hot streak.

[Deester11]

Dont put too much stock in Touki this year. I think they are trying to get him to back off his fastball a little to get better command and thats not going so well. If he cant make the jump to High A next year and be around league average there then I will start to worry. Rome is where some our best development happens. Theres a reason the Braves like to keep a player at Rome for a full year.


As for Ruiz, I want to see him stay at AAA and mash for a while. We shouldnt be promoting players every time they have a hot streak.

Excellent post sir.

[yeezus]

Dont put too much stock in Touki this year. I think they are trying to get him to back off his fastball a little to get better command and thats not going so well. If he cant make the jump to High A next year and be around league average there then I will start to worry. Rome is where some our best development happens. Theres a reason the Braves like to keep a player at Rome for a full year.


As for Ruiz, I want to see him stay at AAA and mash for a while. We shouldnt be promoting players every time they have a hot streak.

Yeah, I have a feeling they're planning on being really patient with Touki and having him work on a lot of different things. He's so young.

[yeezus]

I thought I had read before the draft on his draft year that Ruiz had good raw power. It hadn't really shown up until this year, but the Ks have to come down too.

[The Chosen One]

We shouldnt be promoting players every time they have a hot streak.

Pete Orr, Pumpkin Thomas, and Julio Franco.

[Julio3000]

Pete Orr, Pumpkin Thomas, and Julio Franco.

Compared to those guys, Julio's entire career was a hot streak.

[The Chosen One]

Compared to those guys, Julio's entire career was a hot streak.

Wasnt he hitting like .600 in the Mexican league when we signed him? Outrageous.

[Julio3000]

Wasnt he hitting like .600 in the Mexican league when we signed him? Outrageous.

It was over .400, I'm sure.

He hit .292 in over 1000 ABs with the Braves. Dude was amazing.

[The Chosen One]

It was over .400, I'm sure.

He hit .292 in over 1000 ABs with the Braves. Dude was amazing.

The one time he did swing at the first pitch I believe he homered or almost did. Hell I'd take him on the team now. He was the real professional hitter, sorry Garrett. Also the dude took a walk like a champ. Immediately dropped his bat.

[Julio3000]

The one time he did swing at the first pitch I believe he homered or almost did. Hell I'd take him on the team now. He was the real professional hitter, sorry Garrett. Also the dude took a walk like a champ. Immediately dropped his bat.

Every now and then he would ambush a pitcher who was trying to chuck a fastball over for an easy strike. It's about the only time he ever pulled the ball