Official Spring Training Thread

CJ9 said:
Bowman wrote today that Matzek sat 88-89 in his spring debut the other day. Gross.
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Spring debut. Can't read too much into it. They will bring him along slow. Though I do think it's doubtful he'll be averaging 94-96 like he was the 3 years prior
 
Eli White and Forrest Wall are the new Kazmars on the team who are absolute ST legends at the plate. I do wonder about Wall though… he’s still kind of youngish, has some real tools, and was a former first round pick. There was a good Athletic article on him this morning that the Braves have been tweaking his swing and approach.

He’s done nothing but hit since he’s been a Brave… even in his short MLB stint
 
I think wall and white did this last year and then evaporated in AAA. But I would take them over some of the other bench guys we have. Wish one could play short because I think Arica is going to crash hard this year.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
I think wall and white did this last year and then evaporated in AAA. But I would take them over some of the other bench guys we have. Wish one could play short because I think Arica is going to crash hard this year.
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Wall never evaporated and also tore it up in the MLB for a brief stint
 
bravesfanMatt said:
I think wall and white did this last year and then evaporated in AAA. But I would take them over some of the other bench guys we have. Wish one could play short because I think Arica is going to crash hard this year.
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Might be a reason to keep Fletcher around in AAA
 
It’s only a week into ST, but if Harris takes another step forward he may be the leadoff hitter this teams needs to finally push Acuna to the 2 hole and Albies to the middle of the order.
 
Culberson with a scoreless inning. I am rooting so hard for him. What a story that would be if he could actually be a decent reliever for even 1 year.
 
From the best I can tell, the guys on the 40-man who haven’t thrown in a game yet are Morton, Ynoa, Winans and Iglesias. I’ll throw Waldrep in that group as well since he was invited to spring but not on the 40 man. Just throwing that group out there to monitor in case there are some unannounced injuries.

Seems strange that Morton hasn’t thrown yet. Ynoa I’m sure is just management from the surgery and he’ll start throwing at some point - Bowman mentioned today he will likely be in the Gwinnett rotation. Iglesias I’m sure is just a veteran who doesn’t need a long ramp up time.

Waldrep is interesting. I was hoping we’d get a good look this spring, and that can still happen. Probably just taking it easy on him after he threw 131 innings across college and the minors last year.
 
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