nsacpi
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Funny. My recollection is Bobby was not that sentimental about letting non-performing players go. I remember that just about every May he ditched a couple relievers in favor of guys who were doing well in AAA.
Harang: A Tale of 3 Metrics
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Funny. My recollection is Bobby was not that sentimental about letting non-performing players go. I remember that just about every May he ditched a couple relievers in favor of guys who were doing well in AAA.
I think he still had a soft spot for Glav and Smoltzie
If the rift between Bobby and Frank was that bad neither would still working for the organization. Cox still represents us at winter meetings.
Braves1976
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I also remember Maholm looked early on last year like he might have a career year. But in the end he had his worst season in years. That is the nature of small sample size, someone can have a great month but then follow that up with a terrible one, etc. MLB is a long season, I am grateful for Harang's great start but I agree with you about going to Floyd when the time comes. No way I remove Wood to keep Harang in the rotation either. Wood is our present and future, Harang and Floyd are just rentals. Plus Wood has pitched as great as anyone. He just hasn't gotten many breaks thus far.
zitothebrave
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Maholm's 2013 was on par with most other years of his career. Only part of his stat line that was out of the ordinary was his HR/FB. His xFIP was 3.89 well better than his career 4.15 even ignoring that his FIP of 4.24 was right aroudn his career 4.20
Harang is smoke and mirrors so far. and he's not gonna even remotely continue what he's done. But the key thing to remember is we don't need him to. WE only need him to pitch well until Minor and Floyd are healthy and ready. He's free to implode after that.
Why wait for Harang to implode?
Why not trade him now to a team that needs SP, and try and at least salvage the deal by getting a bullpen arm? Doesn't have to be the level of Kimbrel obviously or even an established set up man. Just a serviceable middle innings guy that can help take the load off Avilan and Carpenter. We don't know what's going to come of Venters at all, so play it safe and acquire a bullpen arm for Harang while he has value.
I like Thomas, but he's a rookie and there's no certainty he's going to be a reliable arm once he's faced the league a few times.
Why not trade him now to a team that needs SP, and try and at least salvage the deal by getting a bullpen arm? Doesn't have to be the level of Kimbrel obviously or even an established set up man. Just a serviceable middle innings guy that can help take the load off Avilan and Carpenter. We don't know what's going to come of Venters at all, so play it safe and acquire a bullpen arm for Harang while he has value.
I like Thomas, but he's a rookie and there's no certainty he's going to be a reliable arm once he's faced the league a few times.
Braves1976
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Maholm his previous two years was much more consistent than last year. But last year he went more back to what he had been prior years. He gave up more hits than innings pitched and was just not as consistent (though he was very good the first month as I said). Plus he missed time with injury too.
I agree on Harang, though I sure hope he doesn't implode before we trade him.
Braves1976
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Wren usually isn't one to sell high with starting pitchers that way. We usually wait till they come back down to earth if not longer. But hopefully we are able to get a good reliever for him at some point. We did with Hanson even after waiting till he wasn't pitching well anymore. But Hanson also had a track record previously much better than Harang's too.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
I like your scenario. Starting pitching is hard to find at this point of the season. The Yankees just put Ivan Nova on a DL with a partial tear of his UCL.