TUESDAY THREAD FINAL 4/25 ... Most important day so far

[msstate7]

That is my concern as well. hopefully we can get a few great years from him and then trade him off as the younger crop starts to press the rotation.

You have to be impressed with the AA rotation. That is usually the hardest jump A+ to AA and we have several guys who went from A to AA and early returns have been outstanding. Then you have the Rome entire pitching staff that is just dominate right now. Plus GoHard in A+ doing well.. Sims has looked good. Wisler/Blair/Newk all seem to have moments.. plus your pure stuff guys like Touki and Sanchez.. The MLB team has been depressing, but I have enjoyed the early start for our top prospects and beyond..

I felt pretty optimistic about the future; but then I found out soroka will never be an effective MLB pitcher and we signed dickey/colon over the next arrieta

[bravesfanMatt]

I felt pretty optimistic about the future; but then I found out soroka will never be an effective MLB pitcher and we signed dickey/colon over the next arrieta

why do you have to always piss in my cheerios.. I am all feeling good and you slap me with a dose of reality... Why did we not sign Arrieta 2.0 this offseason.. genius at work I guess.

[Southcack77]

The example we are currently discussing is Arrieta, who was not young when the Cubs gave him a chance at the MLB level. He was a disappointing prospect who the Cubs decided to take a chance on because they were terrible. The Braves should be doing the same thing in an attempt to find the next Arrieta, not paying old pitchers $30M to eat innings.

What you said wasn't immediately clear, but got it now.

You want the braves to acquire more formerly highly drafted pitchers with tools who haven't performed except you want them to play them at the major league level.

You aren't sure those guys are, which is odd since you keep a detailed list of every somewhat obscure position free agent the braves should have overpaid.

I assume this is just awaiting research.

Nothing wrong with your strategy I guess except the market in high upside but disappointing relatively young major league pitchers seems like it might be tight. Taijuan walker is one, I guess.

[smootness]

Was Arrieta even considered a guy with great upside? He was drafted in the 5th round out of TCU after a decent career there, and he got worse as a junior. Nothing from his numbers would indicate he had some kind of immense potential. His K/9 his junior year was under 9.

[atl717]

He was a 1st rounder prior to an injury.

[smootness]

He was a 1st rounder prior to an injury.

I do see that he signed a huge bonus for a 5th rounder. It just seems odd that he would have even been considered a 1st rounder at any point after his junior year. A K/BB ratio of under 2 at the college level doesn't scream 'elite'.