Once again, the Braves’ farm system is ranked in the bottom-10, yet they keep churning out talent. I get that our depth—especially positional depth—still isn’t where it should be, but the folks doing these rankings are dense as hell. I truly believe Caminiti, Ritchie, and O. Murphy all project...
Man, I’m so impressed with Tyler Kinley. Such a great pickup for the Braves. I’m getting serious Pierce Johnson vibes here — Rockies arm comes over, goes on an insane run. The surface numbers look good, but it’s the peripherals that really jump off the page...
Extremely impressed. Obviously, the strike-out stuff has to be better, but he made really big pitches when he needed to. You can't ask for much more from a rook.
Strider is so fascinating. He doubled the usage of his changeup and curveball yesterday, reduced his fastball usage to around 40% and sprinkled in the slider. For a guy known to throw his fastball so much, it's pretty amazing to see him adjust on the go and have success. It doesn't mean very...
Waldrep, easily. He's totally reinvented himself over the last year. Harris has always been incredibly talented, so while his turnaround is shocking, it's not unprecedented haha
Elder is hilarious. "I wonder if I can get away with throwing most of my pitches down the middle! It's not like I should try to get them down in the zone."