Chad Sobotka being called up by Braves
Chad Sobotka being called up by Braves
"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon"
CJ9 (08-10-2018), Dalyn (08-10-2018), Freshmaker (08-11-2018), JohnAdcox (08-10-2018), jpx7 (08-10-2018), rico43 (08-10-2018), The Chosen One (08-10-2018), UNCBlue012 (08-10-2018)
50PoundHead (08-13-2018), gamecock4braves (08-10-2018), jpx7 (08-10-2018), The Chosen One (08-10-2018), UNCBlue012 (08-10-2018), wowbobwow (08-11-2018)
Sobotka Soroka
Forever Fredi
I can’t find a clip of Frank saying “you’re a Sobotka.”
Great big right hander, 6-7, 227. Fastball seems to come in from 93-96 with reportedly good sink. Also throws a slider. The Achilles heel for him, like most young pitchers (especially large ones), is control.
Some comps might be Brad Brach or Jim Johnson. Not saying he'll ever do what those guys have done in their careers but he's in that mold of the big, downhill right hander.
cycling through minor league releivers in the midst of a playoff chase is sub-optimal.
50PoundHead (08-13-2018)
Do we have a source for this info? The Braves roster is not showing any move and I haven’t seen it mentioned any where else.
At present, he is the only hope of getting a major leaguer out of the 2014 draft. Try not to shudder, that draft went like this:
1) Braxton Davidson (at least he's finally hitting for power)
2) Garrett Fulenchek (trade for slot money that was illegally used by, you know)
3) Max Povse (a big leaguer, but with Seattle. He was part of the deal for Alex Jackson)
4) Sobotka, who signed over slot for $400 K
5) Chris Diaz (does anyone at all know what became of him? 10 games for Rome in 2014, and that was it)
6) Keith Curcio (had 1,400 minor league at-bats before his release at end of 2017. Playing indy ball in KC)
7) Luke Dykstra (Len's kid was very much liked for about five minutes. Moved to St. Louis in 2017 and still in AA)
8) Brad Roney (injured, still in system)
9) Jordan Edgerton (promising debut in '14, released after '16, bouncing around indy ball in '18)
10 Matt Tellor (barely remember him. Big 1B, released after a month in Rome in '16 with .171 average and 31 Ks in 82 ABs)
A bunch of people that know Chad have been congratulating him on his major league debut that is happening today since yesterday in the evening on twitter.
Posts like this:
https://twitter.com/senor_galletas/s...59584855580672
Aggression with prospects is fine, but being stupid is not. There should be a way to find a happy medium between a Pirates like idea of being overly cautious with prospects and going stupidly fast with prospects.
FreemanFan (08-11-2018), Jaw (08-10-2018)
Here's the thing- we have to stick to our plan, and we are doing that. We have to see what we really have- while being in the pennant chase (which I think we will win) is fun, that wasn't the point of this season. This is all about the future. If we thought we could win the WS that would be one thing- but we have a lot of holes. Heading into 2019, with our surplus cash and a ton of trade pieces is a whole 'nuther conversation. For now, however, we need to bring 'em up and see what they can do. The above post about Kimbrel and Venters is spot on- hopefully one or two of these guys turns into a reliable high leverage situation arm.... just my .01
Well, when you have to play 97 games in 42 days with 18 double headers....you need pitching from somewhere
Acuña’s Bat Flip (08-13-2018), JohnAdcox (08-13-2018)
I'm wondering when we're going to put Bryse Wilson in the pen.