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BAD, BAD news. Mike Rodriguez @mikedeportes Breaking News: According to my sources, Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar tested positive for some substances banned by the MLB and will be suspended. #Braves #JuricksonProfar 1906807617894412567

Like the Fairchild add. Better short-side platoon option (career wRC+ vs LHP of 107) as compared to Bryan De La Cruz (career wRC+ vs LHP of 91). Also, much better defender.

We obviously need all the good news we can get, so the combination of Jose Suarez looking useful + AA taking his medicine on Neris has me feeling a little better. Chavez should take over the role of pitching meaningless innings with Suarez moving up a notch on the leverage ladder. Grant...

While my preference was to add a high leverage reliever from the jump, I can grudgingly accept the idea of adding a bunch of bounce-back candidates as NRIs to see if anyone emerges. Problem is, we had 3 spots and only one guy emerged (De Los Santos). This started to become pretty clear 2-3...

Point well taken. He was gonna throw the pitches today anyway (probably even more than he did), but they're higher stress pitches in a game.

I don't mind Holmes throwing his side during the game. It's kind of a "use it or lose it" situation. Given the state of things in the pen, I don't think this is the last time we'll see it.

The Neris situation has me fuming. He struggled last year and showed a lot of warts this Spring. Today's outing was actually a littler better than the one last Thursday where he was missing locations and allowing absolute rockets. I'm honestly not sure what boxes he even did check to make...

I have no real qualms with the Anderson for Suarez swap on.a valuation basis. Suarez is probably a slightly better pitcher. Still though, I'm disappointed with how the bullpen situation was handled. After auditioning a boat-load of guys, we had one guy exceed expectations in Enyel De Los...

Really small sample, so trying to stay hopeful . . . but Profar's instincts in LF don't look good. He's a fairly athletic guy, but bad reads / bad jumps are a regular occurrence. He comes across as a guy who will put in the work to get better, so maybe the staff can help him along a bit this...

Yeah, noticed this too. Checks out on Savant. That's WAY up. Maybe this is too obvious to say, but he figures to give the Braves a better option than Anderson as the 6th starter...

That's now 18 walks in 17 innings for Anderson. I feel for the guy, but I'm starting to think he's on the outside looking in. There are any number of ways they can pull off the quasi 6-man rotation that Snit intends to use without him until Strider is ready.

Amazing from Strider. Looks like he threw all 4 pitches, but not certain about the CU. 94-98 MPH on the 4-seamer. I wasn't expecting him to go more than 1 inning. It feels like they've been playing coy on how far along he is . . . I ain't mad at it.

Hard not to be excited about AJSS. CoolToday Park gun clocked a first inning FB at 100 and a couple 4th inning FBs at 99. Generated quite a few awkward swings on the breaking stuff. Still a little raw though. Some hangers (mostly the new Cutter) and some non-competitive pitches. 8 Ks and no...

Anyone else concerned about Reynaldo Lopez? He last pitched on 3/7 and his velocity was down around 3 MPH. His normal day to pitch would have been Thursday, but they went with the bullpen game instead. I don't recall the beat writers saying anything about him pitching on the back fields...

As the bullpen world turns . . . Perdomo faces the minimum in 1.1 IP against actual big leaguers, including 2 Ks. FB velocity still 92-94, below pre-injury. Had a great back-foot slider to Crews, then kind of hung one to Wood (but got away with it). No walks is probably the headline...

Wait, isn't that Jake Diekman? ;) In all seriousness, another roster manipulation thing that Bowman mentioned is that the Braves can technically put Angel Perdomo on the IL to start the season since he ended the season on the IL recovering from TJ. It seems like dirty pool since he's actually...

Enyel De Los Santos is really cookin' with gas. That was the best relief inning I've seen from a Braves reliever this Spring. Popped a 98 on the gun being used in the Phillies broadcast. That probably ain't right, but ya never know. His breaking stuff looked great. I'm gonna be peeved if he...

Joe was complaining about a tight strike zone, but I thought the ump was solid and Holmes was just a little off . . . probably nibbling a bit too. All the same, he came through it fine. He's got a rotation spot locked up, IMO.

We'll have to wait til tomorrow, but at least there's optimism from the training staff . . . 1898739924825723345 1898731601191748079

A couple of guys that have surprised me so far this Spring . . . Enyel De Los Santos: 95-96 with the FB and command was strong in the couple outings I saw. Last year was pretty disastrous for him with the long ball, but he turned in a couple of really solid seasons for CLE before that. Maybe...