Porcellow had a solid increase in his K/9 while keeping his walks and GB rate the same. If he can further improve those numbers then he might be a good starter. Put him in the NL and he might surprise some people. I'd be very encouraged with that move honestly.
Heyward with a homer already today and Beachy with a scoreless inning.
I was really hoping that we weren't going to be relying on Beachy to have a good year but that is the postion we are in now.
While I'm loving what Heyward is diong this spring it's concerning that we have IIRC 4 homers and 3 of them are from Jason.
I'm not gonna say Porcello sucks or is worse than our other options (he's certainly better than Freddy). But I'm not willing to part with Sims, Graham, Bethancourt, Hursh, Cabrera, Peraza, Caratini, or Hale for him. I'd part with others but not any of our top guys. I'd consider a move of aplayer like Schafer or Pena to go with trading a reliever/prospect.
I'm not gonna say Porcello sucks or is worse than our other options (he's certainly better than Freddy). But I'm not willing to part with Sims, Graham, Bethancourt, Hursh, Cabrera, Peraza, Caratini, or Hale for him. I'd part with others but not any of our top guys. I'd consider a move of aplayer like Schafer or Pena to go with trading a reliever/prospect.
Beachy only went 2 innings today. I wonder why.
me too. did have a lot of baserunners so maybe pitch count? MLB.com doesn't give pitch count on spring games.
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#Braves Beachy left game with tightness in biceps, which he said has bothered him in 2 previous starts but worsened today.
While I'm loving what Heyward is diong this spring it's concerning that we have IIRC 4 homers and 3 of them are from Jason.