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Nah, he arguably looked better than that for 2 innings. Problem is you're seeing the relief risk here.

He got a borderline call earlier in that same at bat...

Fried's thrown the slider a good bit more, and it looks pretty good. Problem is since it's a new pitch, it's not on his mediocre tunneling, so outside Bryant they're seeing it.

Yep. A ball might as well be a slightly upgraded college tbh (notice that I didn't note High A). Don't feel like we're going to learn much about either until they reach AA and play there for a bit. The problem however is the next level for us is the offensively challenged FSL. So the best...

It's quite possible that he altered his mechanics because he is afraid that his old mechanics, or more the 2018 ones will cause his bone spurs to flare and bother him again. Either way, these mechanics that he has now messed up his best two pitches. He tried a couple different things to try to...

This is the worst, just the absolute worst and it miffs the heck out of me. Those that get angered by Folty's emotional self, why would you think that being in relief would harness him? And do you think it'd get him his 2018 slider back to boot too? Because he needs that slider or he's a bust...

We're gonna be lucky to win 1 game in this series it feels like. Hot streaks can't last forever but it has that feel and that combined with the Nationals schedule being laughable out to the break is going to put them right back in the mix.

yep...Webb's ERA might look fancy but everything else really isn't.

Drew Waters is having a FASCINATING season. The K rate is getting better in the last two weeks (it’s around 20.5% in June), yet the BABIP to BA deal is still very bad if you consider it a factor. However, I thought about that and mentioned it with Acuna as he was getting promoted out of A+ (yes...

"Opening" with a guy the Braves have shelled previously. Bold strategy. Let's see how that pays off (badly so far).

Yeah the reality is the strikeout will always be a part of his game. It was obvious before he came up, and it's still obvious now. Would I like for it to be lower? Yes, but it's not all that likely that he's going to ever be better than around 20-22% as an overall. Although there's problems...

Yeah that's not the case. Earlier in the year it was Minter/Arodys share the role and pitch full innings. There's been only a couple cases in which they decided to go with NO closer and play matchups. ...and it worked. Both cases led to relatively easy 9th innings and the lead was not big for...

In the meantime the next consideration should probably be deemphasizing the closer label some, otherwise Luke is going to go the way of Sam Freeman and turn most of the fanbase against him. Like today hopefully this game is just a blowout with encouraging signs from Folty, but if not, I'd let...

I think Sobotka is on the minor league IL.

This was a bullpen game even if Newcomb didn't get nailed as his pitch limit actually wasn't all that high. One that was very nearly pulled out, and would've been without errors.

Webb very, very likely was unavailable for 1 more day since he threw nearly 40 pitches. You have Swarzak for 1, Minter, then... It's still an insanely difficult spot.

Pirates kinda toasted this pen to where the good choices are unavailable for tonight. Only thing is I would've probably gone to Tomlin earlier. Once Fried crapped the bed again, you were put in an insanely difficult spot for tonight.

Nah, it was a strike. It was in Ozzie's frigid zone, but it was a strike.

I have to think they've punted on Gausman starting tbh. The chatter is that he's going to be in the pen for good whenever he's healthy again, they just got sick of his ****. Fried regressing ain't an opportunity for Gaus to get a second chance, it's another shot for Newcomb IMO.

Fried is Mike Montgomery, a number four or five starter without consistent tunneling. He doesn't need a 3rd pitch to throw 30%+ of the time. I'd honestly IL him if Newcomb's start goes well and send him to Driveline for the next month or two.