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I always thought Leo Mazzone, while certainly an very good pitching coach, was a bit overrated because of the talent he was working with, but one of his main tenets is that everything works off the fastball. Unless a pitcher has one spectacular pitch that negates that philosophy, he has to...

Some guys can move fast, but most can't. Carey was getting ready for his senior prom a year ago and he's a northern kid (New Hampshire). Being a northern kid means less in the showcase era and Carey did well in a summer league that led up to the draft, but I like easing high school guys into...

14% K-rate, which is really impressive for a guy who skipped the complex league altogether (as did Hartman). Thanks to Southcack who reported live on him. Maybe he gets moved up to Rome later in the season, but I would just keep him where he's at for the time-being. Nice to see what looks...

As much as I have enjoyed watching Freeman and was sorry he left, I wasn't driving at the current comparision between him and Olson with my comments. We still don't know how things will play out over the length of the contracts in terms of overall performance and budget effects (budget effects...

The franchise has been on a roller coaster since its inception, but the Rockies have had some pretty good years. Mid-market blues in that they just haven't gotten any value in return for the guys they've unloaded. Bags of non-magical beans for Tulowitzski and Arenado and Story and LaMahieu...

Olson's career OPS is 134. He's sitting at 113. A week or two and he can probably cut that difference in half, but he's declined and his performance has been viewed as central to the team's success. While batting average is misleading, I've always thought at .230, he's just-a-guy; at .250...

I can understand the aggressive promotion of some guys. Ritchie is ready for the next step. Lara looks to be another guy they are just going to burn option years on before he's ready to actually contribute.

On August 3, 1960, the Tigers traded their manager Jimmy Dykes to Cleveland for the Indians' manager Joe Gordon. Gordon was fired by the Tigers after the 1960 season while Dykes lasted through the 1961 season in Cleveland.

My biggest critique of Anthopoulos over the past two off-seasons (especially the 2023-24 off-season) is that if you are trying to avoid the next luxury tax threshold, you shouldn't be paying guys significant amounts of money to play for other teams (or in the case of Evan White and Max Stassi...

Agree. Fredi coached for the Braves prior to getting the Marlins' managerial post and came back to the Braves after he was fired. He was a known commodity with roots in the Schuerholz/Cox matrix.

Agree with most everything you say, but why is Rosario even on the roster? Front office seems in love with the idea of bringing back retreads like Rosario and Chavez, to what end I have no idea. I'm not going to defend Snitker's obvious mistakes, but when he looks at the bench (outside of...

Deester, I take it you were down at the FCL fields. Any comments about Juan Mateo? He's playing 3B as Perdomo is the SS. I did a little research and it looks like Mateo was a low-bonus international signee who was probably the best position player on a terrible DSL team in 2024.

Jeffries had a lot of hype (I don't follow as closely as I did when Jeffries was coming through the Mets' system) and some of his more enthusiastic supporters saw him as the next Pete Rose (sans gambling). His 1993 season with the Cardinals was what was hoped for (5.1 bWAR, .342/.406/.485), but...

Deester, who is pictured?

Vizcaino came to us in the deal that brought Melky Cabrera and Mike Dunn to the Braves with Javier Vazquez and Boone Logan going to the Yankees.

FCL season started today. Braves lose 11-2 to Tampa Bay. Familiar names on the FCL Braves' roster: IF Mario Baez, IF Diego Benitez (now playing 1B), and 2024 big-time bonus recipient Jose Perdomo. A couple of 2023 and 2024 draft picks: OFs Kade Kern and Dalton McIntyre. 2022 HS UDFA RHP...

Riley yes and Harris no. Both these guys aren't known for their patience, but Harris' career BB-rate is < 5%. Riley's is a little better 7.7%. When it comes to talking a walk, Harris is basically LHH-Jeff Francoeur and I don't think that's ever going to change. Riley's minor league BB-rate...

Three HR, 8 RBI night for Ethan Workinger in Mississippi. I don't know if he fits in the Braves' long-term plans. He's been a slow but steady climber in the system after signing as a NDFA after the truncated 2020 MLB draft. Puzzler to me is that he had a decent season at a California JC but...

This team is built for a specified window of contention. Unless they viewed Kelenic as someone who could extend the window, I don't think the move made any sense. Unlike you, I'm not that big a fan of the outside-the-box thinking in the acquistion department. I think we've seen a similar...

But that's really part of the issue. A team just can't make assumptions that everyone who had a career year is going to gave another career year. I get why they wanted Kelenic and he was decent in 2023. The problem is (zbhargrove, who I greatly respect thinks otherwise) we did take a...