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Braves Ongoing Season Comments Thread..
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And who's closing in the pen for you? Luke still is probably the best pitcher in the pen. And yes, that should terrify all of you.
Also make a trade trade or two any time now AA
Shoot, at this point I'd throw Minter back out there. Could he do any worse? What's the point if all you can throw is fastball/slider and you abandon the fastball one batter into the inning? This is now 6 blown saves in 16 opportunities. I know he's been very good for us this year, but he is not, and has never been more than a 7th or 8th inning setup guy. He hasn't pitched a clean inning in over a month.
It's frustrating that one guy can blow a game for the entire team. That error was frankly inexcusable. I don't dislike the guy, but some pitchers aren't closers for one reason or another. It's the lowest hanging fruit in the orchard and AA needs to address it.
Will Smith, SF
Felipe Vasquez, PIT
Jordan Hicks, STL
Most of the top pitching prospects are still very young. Maddux, Glavine and Smoltz all had rocky times when the broke into the league. It's too early to judge Folty and Newcomb. We still have 3 or 4 guys in our minor league system as well.
Even so if we just had an average closer we'd have near the best record in MLB right now.
Frank Wren would have pulled the trigger.
A couple of years back it did seem his name was frequently mentioned as trade bait. I call your so glad and raise you a big thankful!!
No doubt in my mind once it was clear we don't have a viable closer on roster good ownership would have gone after Kimbrel aggressively. It was a huge mistake baseball wise not to have done so. To Liberty it was nothing but a line or 2 on their ledgers. If we'd pulled the trigger 2 months back when anybody paying attention knew it was the best option he would have been closing games for at least the past month.
donm. Riley looks like he'll be a good hitter for a long time. He has excellent natural strength, good balance and a quick smooth swing. He also looks like he knows he belongs at this level, which is no small thing.
Yes, we need a solid closer, but being at the game which was standing room only, so my son and I stood through a VERY disheartening loss for 4 hours. Was still a very entertaining evening.