Spring Training 2015

Did anybody else catch that sick play against the Astros on Monday? Astros at bat with runners @ 2nd & 3rd. Dribbler to 1B who fields an unassisted DP on the 3rd base side. Never seen that before.
 
jimsnores said:
I've only been able to watch a few at bats this year, but his balance seems way better than last year. I don't consider his swing "out of control" except when he overswings and loses balance. Maybe it's been worse than I have seen. Nobody is naive enough to think he will hit .400, but is it really unreasonable to hope for .275 with 50 walks?
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It was better at the start of spring training, but lately it seems like the same old thing. Believe me, I'm hoping I'm wrong.
 
The two biggest weaknesses I see on our projected roster currently are (1) 6th / 7th inning reliever, and (2) LHH platoon partner with Gomes and 5th place hitter.

On the bullpen front, we really miss Shae Simmons. We can hide one or two guys in a 7 man pen by giving them low-leverage innings, but we need someone to confidently put out there in key 7th inning situations when Johnson / Grilli / Kimbrel needs a day off. If that guy is on our roster, he hasn't shown himself yet.

On LF, Gomes should be at least okay against LHP, but we have no yin to his yang. KJ may well be the favorite to fill this role and is projected to do something like this w/ below average defense: 225 / 300 / 365.

I'm really hoping Hart and Coppy are on the prowl for external options for these two roles. It's likely that some other teams' cast-offs are better than our current options.
 
dak said:
The two biggest weaknesses I see on our projected roster currently are (1) 6th / 7th inning reliever, and (2) LHH platoon partner with Gomes and 5th place hitter.

On the bullpen front, we really miss Shae Simmons. We can hide one or two guys in a 7 man pen by giving them low-leverage innings, but we need someone to confidently put out there in key 7th inning situations when Johnson / Grilli / Kimbrel needs a day off. If that guy is on our roster, he hasn't shown himself yet.

On LF, Gomes should be at least okay against LHP, but we have no yin to his yang. KJ may well be the favorite to fill this role and is projected to do something like this w/ below average defense: 225 / 300 / 365.

I'm really hoping Hart and Coppy are on the prowl for external options for these two roles. It's likely that some other teams' cast-offs are better than our current options.
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That looks like the biggest holes right now. Curious to see what happens when other teams cut down.

I think Grilli and Kimbrel give us a solid set-up/closer team; getting to those two will be interesting. Outman is probably the LOOGY. I think Vizcaino will get a lot of rope, although he may not go north. I found it interesting that they used Martin in a one-inning stint yesterday. He was a college reliever (and was projected as a reliever initially), but the Braves seemed to convert projected relievers to starters with some regularity under the previous regime. It will be interesting to see if they put Martin back in the pen. He's probably a lock to go north if they do.
 
dak said:
The two biggest weaknesses I see on our projected roster currently are (1) 6th / 7th inning reliever, and (2) LHH platoon partner with Gomes and 5th place hitter.

On the bullpen front, we really miss Shae Simmons. We can hide one or two guys in a 7 man pen by giving them low-leverage innings, but we need someone to confidently put out there in key 7th inning situations when Johnson / Grilli / Kimbrel needs a day off. If that guy is on our roster, he hasn't shown himself yet.

On LF, Gomes should be at least okay against LHP, but we have no yin to his yang. KJ may well be the favorite to fill this role and is projected to do something like this w/ below average defense: 225 / 300 / 365.

I'm really hoping Hart and Coppy are on the prowl for external options for these two roles. It's likely that some other teams' cast-offs are better than our current options.
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Centerfield, third base, catcher.
 
This is what I HOPE we see (based on what I think Fredi WOULD do, so it's a mix) -

Jace 2B
Young CF
Markakis RF
Freeman 1B
Gomes LF / Terdo LF
Johnson 3B / KJ 3B
Simmons SS
Bethancourt C

/ Terdo, / KJ, A.J. (would do Buck, but that isn't happening), Ciriaco (probably going to be Callaspo), Cunningham

Teheran
Wood
Miller
Wandy
Martin

Kimbrel
Grilli
Russell
Johnson
Avilan
Vizcaino
Kohn
 
Dalyn said:
This is what I HOPE we see (based on what I think Fredi WOULD do, so it's a mix) -

Jace 2B
Young CF
Markakis RF
Freeman 1B
Gomes LF / Terdo LF
Johnson 3B / KJ 3B
Simmons SS
Bethancourt C

/ Terdo, / KJ, A.J. (would do Buck, but that isn't happening), Ciriaco (probably going to be Callaspo), Cunningham

Teheran
Wood
Miller
Wandy
Martin

Kimbrel
Grilli
Russell
Johnson
Avilan
Vizcaino
Kohn
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I really hope that Fredi platoons CJ.
 
dak said:
The two biggest weaknesses I see on our projected roster currently are (1) 6th / 7th inning reliever, and (2) LHH platoon partner with Gomes and 5th place hitter.

On the bullpen front, we really miss Shae Simmons. We can hide one or two guys in a 7 man pen by giving them low-leverage innings, but we need someone to confidently put out there in key 7th inning situations when Johnson / Grilli / Kimbrel needs a day off. If that guy is on our roster, he hasn't shown himself yet.

On LF, Gomes should be at least okay against LHP, but we have no yin to his yang. KJ may well be the favorite to fill this role and is projected to do something like this w/ below average defense: 225 / 300 / 365.

I'm really hoping Hart and Coppy are on the prowl for external options for these two roles. It's likely that some other teams' cast-offs are better than our current options.
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It really shouldn't be this hard to find a decent LHed hitter to form the other half of a platoon in LF with Gomes. Literally any guy out there with normal platoon splits would be better than anyone on the current roster.

Holy **** the Braves are going to very bad this year.
 
Also filed under "unlikely scenarios": I hope that when Young craters Fredi will give one of the kids a crack at CF . . . or that (gulp) Melvin is able to contribute.
 
I think Young deserves a chance to start the season as the opening day starter. If you tell someone it's an open competition and then they perform well in spring training and you don't give them the job what message are you sending to them and the team? If he starts to struggle you can always go with someone else but he's had a great spring, let him start the year with the job.
 
ChapelHillMatt said:
I think Young deserves a chance to start the season as the opening day starter. If you tell someone it's an open competition and then they perform well in spring training and you don't give them the job what message are you sending to them and the team? If he starts to struggle you can always go with someone else but he's had a great spring, let him start the year with the job.
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I havent checked recently but pretty sure Perez was outperforming EY last week
 
If the roster is similar to Dalyn's projected, that would mean adding 5 players to our 40-man roster that currently has 39 players.
 
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