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Do the Braves have a minor league developmental guy specifically for pitchers? I wonder if the # of misses or guys who don't pan out after being brought up to the majors is about the same across the league. Does any other team have a consistently higher % of guys who make it?
Paul Davis is the current pitching coordinator for our farm system. I believe he replaced Dave Wallace who held that role for several years off and on through 2019. Wallace was a highly respected veteran instructor but a bit long in the tooth. (73 years old as of today.)
We hired Davis away from the Cardinals, where he was their "manager of pitching analytics." Interestingly, he also taught psychology at the university level before joining the Cardinals’ organization. Hopefully he is the right man for the job. Too early to tell.
For those interested to know what the rest of our minor league pitching staff looks like:
Mike Maroth is the pitching coach at Gwinnett (AAA). He was once a 3rd round draft pick and spent five years in the bigs. He has been with the Braves for five years and has worked his way up from A ball. I imagine that means he's pretty good.
David Chavarria is the pitching coach at Pearl, MS (AA). He was a minor league player and has been in coaching since 2001, mostly with American League clubs.
Dan Meyer is the pitching coach at North Port, FL (high A). He was once a 1st round pick of the Braves (2002), traded away as a prospect as part of the deal that brought us Tim Hudson. Ended up spending five years in MLB.
Thanks!!
my other question revolves around how many drafted pitchers actually make it in the bigs. I've heard the saying "you have to draft 10 to get 1". Does anyone know if any teams are more successful than the average (whatever that may be) in selecting/developing pitchers?
No way Acuna is being thrown out at third on his bases clearing "triple" today. Score it what you like Mets, it's still a 7 to 0 thumping!
Believe Wright has finally turned the corner, giving three solid starters now with hopefully Hamels providing the fourth for the playoff stretch. Albeit the three all being relatively young. Roll the dice and see what happens!
Props to all of us who didn’t give up on Wright! Kid definitely still has a long way to go, but I really think he’ll be a solid/reliable starter for us by this time next year.
Here’s my question to the board: who will Snit run out there during our first playoff series? Assume we go all 5 games.
Another question: could Soroka-Fried-Anderson-Wright be one of the best rotations in baseball over the next 5-10 years?
EDIT: admittedly rose-colored glasses here, just food for thought!
They could. Might not though. They’ll be young that is for sure
Your hopes for Hamels have officially been dashed. Great signing!
What’s the Mets playoff rotation looking like?
kind of depends on what day it is. I think they are a little banged up right now.
like don said...depends on the injuries
#MVFree Man Freeman is so good.
Bump, Braves takes the field at 12:08 today against the Reds in the Wild Card round.
Best 2 out of 3 series. So little room for error
Let's go braves!!!!
Thanks for the heads up Ted!
Fried got out of a jam in the top of the 1st.
man nice hit by freddie even better catch by the OF