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"
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Originally Posted by blueagleace1
Last edited by Tapate50; 08-10-2018 at 07:34 AM.
Ivermectin Man
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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)
I don't know... a few of them have big arms with plenty of talent... if one or two stick, its yuge
It is kind of weird, but I'm not against it. Again, we're ahead of the curve and this was what we PLANNED to do from the beginning. We happen to be in the hunt but still have to get these guys some experience. It's an odd situation.
I'm fine with it. It's about keeping some fresh arms as the last man or two in the pen. Guys you can throw out there to keep your top relievers fresh for when you need them.
I’m ok with it. Some of these guys have real talent and can likely stick. Sobotka and Mcreery have had good stuff so they aren’t scrubs.
I’m watching names like Clouse, Burrows, Johnson-Mullins, etc pretty closely.
Ivermectin Man
Kimbrel was cycling up and down from AAA to ATL in 2010. Only pitched like 20 innings that year. Nobody thought Venters would be as great as he was in 2010 either.
Forever Fredi
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)
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.
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.
The source was me, my brother-in-law played with Chad at USC-Upstate, and talked to Chad right after he was told.
"Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon"
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To be quite frank about Sobotka— we’ve long needed to shore up the pen with another man.
I like this kid and hope he has a great finish with us, main concern is keeping down the walks. Chad Bell on the other hand stinks and should've been DFA'd rather than added to our roster.
Sure, but can he be a long man?
This guy has closer written all over him.
UNCBlue012 (08-13-2018)
With his walk issues, he at least has Braves closer written all over him. (Viz, Minter and now Sobotka LOL)
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