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And Bedrock, Gene Garber and Kimbrel
Auto correct on here is the devil!
Who was it said Biff would finish third in a race against a pregnant lady?
You beat me to mentioning Biff.
I started following the Braves after my stint as the Yankees AAA Bat Boy in 1979 and running the scoreboard the following three years. During the 1982 Strike, the major league TV Crews were coming to Columbus to televise AAA games. I met the Atlanta Crew and the Yankees Broadcasting Team including the Scooter, Bill White and Mel Allen.
Saw a lot of talent those four years including Cal Ripken, Jr., Don Mattingly and Mookie Wilson. When I moved to Richmond in 1988 it was unreal the talent that they had including David Justice, Chipper Jones, Blauser, Ron Gant and John Smoltz.
I'm going to guess Skip Carey. Sounds like something he'd say. Had to be him, Ernie Johnson or Pete Van Weiren.
My best guess is Folty will emerge as the #1, Julio will rebound and be #2, Gohara will be our best starter, but have injury problems......
I really like Newcombe and hope he can get it together.
That’s cool. Mattingly one of the best hitters in MLB history.
Even if by default we'll have somebody at each position.
The open question is whether they will fill those roles well.
We still have potential, but we're a good full season behind where we hoped to be in their development though.
Last season was the targeted year for the rotation to take shape.
This might be a make or break season for our projected rotation of the future.
Camargo had an unsustainable .364 BABIP last year, so his .299 average is going to come back down to earth. Couple that with the fact that he doesn’t walk or hit for power, you’re looking at a super utility type player and not a third baseman. Don’t get me wrong, he’ll play third this year because we don’t have any other viable options, but once Austin Riley is ready, Camargo shifts back into the utility role.
WC, you are a brilliant man, but way off on this one. We had 2 guys in the rotation that were horrible and clearly past their prime. They were buying time for kids who were still in AA/AAA.
I agree that the development has been about 30% slower, but this year is the year, not last year.
I'm not saying the young pitchers won't prove to be good, just that the stated target of having a viable young rotation when the team moved to Cobb was not met.
No doubt management can't and shouldn't give up on these young pitchers yet, but history informs me the longer the wait, the less likely to see optimum results.
Ok, I see your logic. Yeah, they missed the eta in that regard
i heard some announcers comparing Folty with Scherzer. They were throwing out some stats and they were pretty similar. I hope he is as successful as Scherzer.
Folty is in no way in Scherzer's class
One is a #3 starter on a good staff, the other is a 2 time Cy Young winner.
Lets do a little comparision
At age 25, Scherzer was 21-26. 3.69 ERA 422 IP 154 Walks 424 K's
At age 25, Folty was 23-25. 4.87 ERA 382.2 IP 130 Walks 345 K's.
Numbers look pretty similar to me considering Folty was 25 last season. Scherzer didn't gain his all star status until 28. Folty is still a couple years away.
Not sure that 200 innings is the benchmark it once was with the way pens are managed these days. You've got your middle guy, your lefty specialist, your 7th/8th inning specialists, closer, etc. A guy has to pretty much be dealing to go past 7 innings these days. You multiply that x 30 starts and gets tough.
I do think you're spot on about the timeline, though. If there isn't notable growth out of some combination of Folty, Fried, Gohara, etc then it will be a big concern. More time on the clock for Corona, Allard, Anderson. I'd probably push Wright more towards the first group given his age and college experience at Vandy.