Braves sign Kris Medlen

[bravesfanforlife88]

Welcome back!

[zbhargrove]

Hey good news! I love Kris! Hope he makes the club.

[thethe]

Oh yeah!!! So glad he is back where he belongs.

[Julio3000]

Crip Walk Kris. Love it.

[Knucksie]

Does anybody know what kind of condition he's in and how he's been throwing?

[mqt]

Does anybody know what kind of condition he's in and how he's been throwing?

Is it bad that I don't even care about the answer to this question?

[bravesfanforlife88]

Hopefully he can become a solid bullpen piece....I don't see him cracking this rotation

[Knucksie]

Is it bad that I don't even care about the answer to this question?

Not really, but seems ironic that you'd then feel the urge to post that then. Was just curious to know if anybody had been following his progress since the surgery and how he did in KC.

[thewupk]

Does anybody know what kind of condition he's in and how he's been throwing?

No idea about his condition but he got lit up at all levels last year with the Royals.

[Freshmaker]

[thethe]

His shoulder blew up like everyone predicted it would. Another case where the Braves should have sold high on him and didn't.

Even before the injuries. Something happened between the year he came up and the following year.

I was one of the loudest on the board about he would have injury issues but that didn't happen officially until his 3rd year.

Maybe it was just the wear he was naturally going to have.

[The Chosen One]

Great move.

[Enscheff]

Even before the injuries. Something happened between the year he came up and the following year.

I was one of the loudest on the board about he would have injury issues but that didn't happen officially until his 3rd year.

Maybe it was just the wear he was naturally going to have.

I'm willing to bet a little research will reveal that shoulder issues started to derail him before he was "officially" injured.

[chop2chip]

Love it...

Medlen is an all-time favorite. Hope he makes the team.

[smootness]

Hanson threw at about 120% effort on every pitch. Seemed like he was always destined to lose velocity.

[Hawk]

Medlen won't receive a ST invite because he's 'behind schedule'. Bit of a bummer.

[Oklahomahawk]

OK you guys correct me on this, but not just with Medlen but any pitcher when he gets tired or just starts to wear out, he loses the movement on the ball first, before he even loses velocity, right? I know that's the way it used to be looked at. I remember Mark Wohlers throwing 100mph in the World Series but Bobby liked using him every day back then and while he had the super velocity every pitch was as straight as a string and didn't "look" anywhere near 100.

[thewupk]

Even before the injuries. Something happened between the year he came up and the following year.

I was one of the loudest on the board about he would have injury issues but that didn't happen officially until his 3rd year.

Maybe it was just the wear he was naturally going to have.

Before that injury he had a sub 3 career ERA. He was doing great until he wasn't.

[rico43]

I'm feeling this is a flat-out gift. I'd let him compete for the rotation if he's good to go.

[gilesfan]

Even before the injuries. Something happened between the year he came up and the following year.

I was one of the loudest on the board about he would have injury issues but that didn't happen officially until his 3rd year.

Maybe it was just the wear he was naturally going to have.

His numbers were virtually identical the first 3 years