Mississippi Braves roster released

C

Chico

New member
C Jonathan Morales
1B Andy Wilkins
2B Luis Valenzuela
3B CJ Alexander
SS Ray Patrick Didder
LF Connor Lien
CF Christian Pache
RF Drew Waters

SP Ian Anderson
SP Kyle Muller
SP Tucker Davidson
SP Jeremy Walker
SP Patrick Weigel
SP Joey Wentz

BN1 Carlos Martinez
BN2 Alejandro Salazar
BN3 Garrison Schwartz
BN4 Daniel Lockhart

RP Josh Graham
RP Jason Hursh
RP Phil Pfeifer
RP Mike Mader
RP Jason Creasy
RP Jordan Harison
RP Ben Rowen
 
Pretty aggressive with Alexander, Waters and Wentz.

Interested to see if they try to let Weigel get back to starting or just stick him in the pen where most people think he ends up. He could help the big league team this year in the pen if they go that route.
 
CJ9 said:
Pretty aggressive with Alexander, Waters and Wentz.

Interested to see if they try to let Weigel get back to starting or just stick him in the pen where most people think he ends up. He could help the big league team this year in the pen if they go that route.
Click to expand...

I'm wondering that as well.
 
interesting they still want to work Weigel as a starting pitcher...makes sense...you want to give them all a chance to develop as starters
 
nsacpi said:
interesting they still want to work Weigel as a starting pitcher...makes sense...you want to give them all a chance to develop as starters
Click to expand...

In fairness they just listed the pitchers and I made that assumption. I could be wrong as we have 6 starters and 7 relievers.
 
nsacpi said:
interesting they still want to work Weigel as a starting pitcher...makes sense...you want to give them all a chance to develop as starters
Click to expand...

Weigel was Wilson before Wilson was.

You definitely want to see how he bounces back from injury in rotation. And putting him in the MLB pen doesn't really make a lot of sense until he has a chance to come all the way back.
 
Southcack77 said:
Weigel was Wilson before Wilson was.

You definitely want to see how he bounces back from injury in rotation. And putting him in the MLB pen doesn't really make a lot of sense until he has a chance to come all the way back.
Click to expand...

He's 22 months past surgery. We have a million starters in the upper minors. People were talking about Weigel in the bullpen before he hurt his elbow, so it doesn't feel like a stretch to me, especially when there's a huge need at the big league level.
 
CJ9 said:
He's 22 months past surgery. We have a million starters in the upper minors. People were talking about Weigel in the bullpen before he hurt his elbow, so it doesn't feel like a stretch to me, especially when there's a huge need at the big league level.
Click to expand...

The organization had him slotted to take his turn in the MLB rotation ahead of most of those guys. The pen thing was largely residue from his drafting and overlooked his progression in developing a third pitch. Much like Wilson.

It makes the most sense to let him stretch out and see how it goes. He can always move back and always worth the effort to exhaust the possibilities of a starter.
 
Mississippi rotation order to start the year:

RHP Ian Anderson
LHP Kyle Muller
LHP Joey Wentz
RHP Patrick Weigel
LHP Tucker Davidson
 
msstate7 said:
Will waters be rf or lf? Or will they both rotate around the OF?
Click to expand...

I'd guess Waters plays right simply because we won't need him in LF in Atlanta for a long time. They'll probably move him around to keep him versatile though.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top