2025 Spring Training Thread

Here's the final roster decisions:
C: Baldwin and Tromp
OF4,5: Kelenic and De La Cruz
IF: Allen and White
SP 4,5: Holmes and AJSS
RP 6,7,8: Neris, De Los Santos, Suarez
 
why Suarez.. I would rather have just kept Ian and let him throw from the pen..

the pen scares the crap out of me. I am hoping AJSS is good and Holmes can help the pen when Strider returns.

I don't trust twit to use Lee or Bummer correctly. The only high leverage righty out side of riggy, is prince albert and he was ass the second half and not particularly spectacular in spring.

AA really, really dropped the ball on the pen..
 
From Fangraphs Boom or Bust article:

Boom:

Every time I watch Spencer Schwellenbach or look at his profile, I like him a little better. The ZiPS in-season projections weren’t super excited about Schwellenbach last year, as could be seen when people objected to the fairly low Atlanta win probabilities in the playoff game he was projected to start. But when the full-fat ZiPS projection, rather than the slimmer in-season model, took over, his projections improved by a significant margin. ZiPS already projects him at a 3.62 ERA for 2025, and that was before the spring. After a dominant run in the Grapefruit League, Schwellenbach’s ZiPS projection has improved by another two-tenths of a run.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/szymborskis-2025-booms-and-busts-pitchers/
 
Tapate50 said:
From Fangraphs Boom or Bust article:

Boom:

Every time I watch Spencer Schwellenbach or look at his profile, I like him a little better. The ZiPS in-season projections weren’t super excited about Schwellenbach last year, as could be seen when people objected to the fairly low Atlanta win probabilities in the playoff game he was projected to start. But when the full-fat ZiPS projection, rather than the slimmer in-season model, took over, his projections improved by a significant margin. ZiPS already projects him at a 3.62 ERA for 2025, and that was before the spring. After a dominant run in the Grapefruit League, Schwellenbach’s ZiPS projection has improved by another two-tenths of a run.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/szymborskis-2025-booms-and-busts-pitchers/
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I'm a little surprised spring training could move a projection that much.
 
bravesfanMatt said:
why Suarez.. I would rather have just kept Ian and let him throw from the pen..

the pen scares the crap out of me. I am hoping AJSS is good and Holmes can help the pen when Strider returns.

I don't trust twit to use Lee or Bummer correctly. The only high leverage righty out side of riggy, is prince albert and he was ass the second half and not particularly spectacular in spring.

AA really, really dropped the ball on the pen..
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So, I posted on this a couple days ago. Suarez was a pretty nice starting prospect back in the day, top 100 MLB prospect. The peripherals on his breaking stuff were impressive a couple years ago but the past two years have been bad. Wondering if the Braves see something and think they can fix him... considering the Angels are awful at developing pitching, I'm willing to give him a shot. Ian pretty clearly has very little arm talent anymore and Suarez at least seems to have some raw talent still and may excel in the pen with the Braves development staff. I am sure he will have a short leash so I don't see the harm.
 
zbhargrove said:
So, I posted on this a couple days ago. Suarez was a pretty nice starting prospect back in the day, top 100 MLB prospect. The peripherals on his breaking stuff were impressive a couple years ago but the past two years have been bad. Wondering if the Braves see something and think they can fix him... considering the Angels are awful at developing pitching, I'm willing to give him a shot. Ian pretty clearly has very little arm talent anymore and Suarez at least seems to have some raw talent still and may excel in the pen with the Braves development staff. I am sure he will have a short leash so I don't see the harm.
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Braves have a pretty solid record with reclamation projects so I wouldn't be surprised if they can get Suarez back to where he was before his performance dipped.
 
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