5/12/15 Braves @ Reds

chop2chip said:
Folty has looked pretty awful tonight, but having strike out stuff helps mitigate potential disasters.
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He is good enough to stay in the bigs on a losing team but he needs to improve to justify throwing him out there every fifth day next year.
 
chop2chip said:
Folty has looked pretty awful tonight, but having strike out stuff helps mitigate potential disasters.
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He has also gotten them to chase some bad pitches, Byrd probably didn't see a strike his last AB but still took a full count to walk him and he struck out his first time chasing too. However, AJ has also done a poor job framing likely costing him some strikes. But at least AJ threw out Hamilton in the first. So he actually helped in that regard.
 
thethe said:
He is good enough to stay in the bigs on a losing team but he needs to improve to justify throwing him out there every fifth day next year.
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Two "ifs" for Folty. Ne needs better command of his high velocity fastball and he needs to develop a reliable second pitch to get batters off his heater. There's obviously work to be done but i think it's doable. I think he has a pretty high upside.
 
USMA76 said:
Two "ifs" for Folty. Ne needs better command of his high velocity fastball and he needs to develop a reliable second pitch to get batters off his heater. There's obviously work to be done but i think it's doable. I think he has a pretty high upside.
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The gap between his ceiling and floor is tremendous. Guy could be a #1 starter or a decent 8th inning guy. Nobody has any idea what he is going to end up being.
 
thethe said:
He is good enough to stay in the bigs on a losing team but he needs to improve to justify throwing him out there every fifth day next year.
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Yeah he can't give up homers and walk guys. That recipe is about the only one you can't skate by.

The difference, though, between Folty and this guy Desclafani is so obvious. Both have command issues, but Folty is far better equipped to accidentally pitching himself out of jams.
 
thethe said:
The gap between his ceiling and floor is tremendous. Guy could be a #1 starter or a decent 8th inning guy. Nobody has any idea what he is going to end up being.
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Agreed. One thing I like about Folty is that he seems to be teachable. If he takes coaching well, he could give us an absolutely overpowering (most likely)#2 or #3 starter.
 
Folty is definitely getting squeezed tonight. Almost every close call has gone against him.

Also, I can't think of less intimidating home run hitter than Todd Frasier.
 
USMA76 said:
Agreed. One thing I like about Folty is that he seems to be teachable. If he takes coaching well, he could give us an absolutely overpowering (most likely)#2 or #3 starter.
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Kiley McDaniel says Folty has a reputation of being kind of a dunce. Not that he isn't coachable, but there isn't much a cerebral factor to his game.
 
I'll say it again...Jace is a really good hitter. I'll put him anywhere on the diamond.
 
Peterson is an on-base machine, three more times tonight after another good AB. Now he steals second too. Great job kid!
 
chop2chip said:
Kiley McDaniel says Folty has a reputation of being kind of a dunce. Not that he isn't coachable, but there isn't much a cerebral factor to his game.
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He may not be a mensa candidate but, in watching him through his first three MLB starts, he does seem to be making incremental progress. For a young guy, that's about all you can ask.
 
USMA76 said:
Two "ifs" for Folty. Ne needs better command of his high velocity fastball and he needs to develop a reliable second pitch to get batters off his heater. There's obviously work to be done but i think it's doable. I think he has a pretty high upside.
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His upside is through the roof. He hasn't been on in any of his starts, yet he's keeping us in every game.

He has two potential plus pitches outside of his fastball - the curve, and the hard slider that he's just now started to get down, and it's already a devastating pitch at times.

To me, he's a clear future starter, just needs to keep working on some things.
 
I like Folty's capacity to settle down and work. He's gone deeper into this game than I thought he would at first. That was a nasty breaking ball to Frazier.
 
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