*OPENING DAY* 4/6/'15: Atlanta Braves (Teheran) @ Miami Marlins

[keithlaw]

He would have caught the baseball, but he most certainly would not have loved it—and you can quantify that factor.

He only catches baseballs because he thinks they're 8 balls

 

[Julio3000]

Avilan. You beautiful, dead-armed bastard.

 

[jcc03004]

Gritty double play there

Wow Luis coming up big would be nice to have a dependable Luis again

 

[sturg33]

Joe wrong per usual. Callaspo shoulda stepped on third then got the guy out at home..

Good play nonetheless

 

[Dalyn]

Johnson?

 

[jsebe10]

Joe wrong per usual. Callaspo shoulda stepped on third then got the guy out at home..

Good play nonetheless

Yea Morse is deathly slow.

 

[thethe]

I understand, but 100 pitches isn't going to blow the guy's arm up. Wainwright went 101 last night, and I'll bet he'd have started the next inning if he didn't have a 3-run lead.

I'm not advocating ignoring his IP or pitch count, I just think Julio was fine, at 89 pitches, to start the inning.

Sure, its not going to be the tipping point or anything for Julio going under the knife but I think its not a precedent I want to be set for him this season. We all know this season means nothing when it comes to wins and losses. Julio is the Braves #1 asset and should be carefully monitored for the long haul. I'm not a proponent of thinking you can just shut him down at the end of the season. At that point the stress to the arm has already been done. I'm an advocate of a slow and steady approach like how basketball is played now. Take away minutes (innings) here and there over hte course of the whole season. Julio is too important to mess up.

 

[jcc03004]

Joe wrong per usual. Callaspo shoulda stepped on third then got the guy out at home..

Good play nonetheless

1 more to get

 

[smootness]

Joe wrong per usual. Callaspo shoulda stepped on third then got the guy out at home..

Good play nonetheless

Yeah, that was dumb. The tag at home would have been easy, and you keep them at first and second.

 

[Dalyn]

Let's see if he can throw a strike.

 

[thethe]

Is Jhonson really throwing 95?

 

[Julio3000]

****, Johnson's sinker looks positively evil.

 

[sturg33]

I'm actually optimistic Johnson will be very good this year

 

[CrimsonCowboy]

What a job by Avilian and Johnson!

 

[thethe]

Braves bullpen is always good.

 

[bravesnumberone]

Outstanding work by the pen there. Great work by Teheran today. Too bad we don't have Kimbrel in the wings.

 

[Julio3000]

I'm actually optimistic Johnson will be very good this year

Me, too.

 

[thethe]

I'm actually optimistic Johnson will be very good this year

And be flipped for a good long term asset at the deadline.

 

[sturg33]

Look at that bullpen.

#closersareoverrated

 

[FreemanFan]

Nice job getting out of a jam there.