Week two of Braves camp and all is well. No major injuries, no major problems, and some good and eagerly awaited performances. For reference, here is the week one pitchers MTM.
| Player, Position | Chance | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Manny Acosta, RHP |  |
Good work in the early going. He will likely fly under the radar all spring. |
| Jeff Bennett, RHP | |
With a good outing and a bad outing let's hope he's working the kinks out. |
| Blaine Boyer, RHP | |
Worked his way in and out of trouble in his first appearance. |
| Francisley Bueno, LHP |  |
A couple of surprisingly good innings from Frank Good. |
| Jorge Campillo, RHP | |
He had a tough first outing, but he was apparently working on throwing his fastball more. |
| Buddy Carlyle, RHP | |
Terrific first outing from Buddy. His flexibility is a nice luxury to have. |
| Rafael Cruz, RHP |  |
A heavy-set right-hander who is a bit of a mystery, but can bring it in the mid-to-upper-90s. |
| Emiliano Fruto, RHP | |
Nothing too impressive early on. |
| Mariano Gomez, LHP | |
Great first outing. |
| Tommy Hanson, RHP | |
I still just can't get over how TALL he is and how much leverage he gets off the mound. Oh, and he was throwing 99 mph in his first spring appearance -- exciting. |
| Anthony Lerew, RHP | |
He got pretty roughed up his first time out, looks like a long road back. |
| Boone Logan, LHP | |
Looks good in the early going. |
| Stephen Marek, RHP | |
He's picking up right where he left off during the AFL. |
| Kris Medlen, RHP | |
He pitched around a couple of walks in his inning of work. The Braves are starting him off in the bullpen, I wonder how long he will stay there. |
| Charlie Morton, RHP | |
A strained muscle early in camp has set him back a bit. |
| Peter Moylan, RHP | |
So far so good with one scoreless and pain-free inning. |
| Eric O'Flaherty, LHP | |
He had a tough first outing, but it's best to get those out of the way early. His second outing was better. |
| James Parr, RHP | |
A good first outing, but remember that his two scoreless innings came at the end of the game against other rookie-types. |
| Juan Perez, LHP | |
Took the loss in game one. |
| Todd Redmond, RHP | |
Nice inning of work from the youngster. |
| Jo-Jo Reyes, LHP | |
His first outing was good, and his second outing was even better as he handled the Phillies tough lineup... is he finally figuring it out? |
| Jeff Ridgway, LHP | |
Got hit pretty hard on Sunday... that won't bode well with all the competition for the LOOGY spot. |
| Rafael Soriano, RHP | |
Apparently his velocity is back, though he hasn't gotten into a game yet. |
| Phil Stockman, RHP | |
He's taller than Tommy Hanson, and it's about time he got a chance to open with the club. |
| Luis Valdez, RHP | |
He's been a bit too walk-happy and wild so far. |
| Arrow Key: |
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| = Chance of making the team is even. |
| = Chance of making the team is going down. |
| = Chance of making the team is going up. |
The hitters MTM will be up tomorrow.
0 recs | 13 comments
I am glad to see the Braves have a lot of depth in pitching.
bravesrbaseball - March 2, 2009
Kind of curious to see if they don’t put Lerew on the 60 day DL to make room for Glavine. If they put him on it now, he could do the 30 day rehab in April and then they could make the decision on what to do with him.
cbwilk - March 2, 2009
latest from peanut...
what does this mean?
“The past two years, they had been forced to assign Jeff Francoeur’s salary by unilaterally renewing his contract”
ryan c - March 2, 2009
It means he wouldn’t do the multi-year extension that they offered and so he ended up having to take what a guy who isn’t arbitration eligible has to take based on time of service.
KC Ryan - March 3, 2009
Why do you indicate that some pitchers had great outings but can’t make the rotation?
i.e., Gomez, and Merek.
Does Medlen, Stockman, or Redman have much of a chance?
otisbabs - March 2, 2009
redmond. please never speak the name that makes my dog weak up in a cold sweat howling about pathetic pitching, tons of walks, and a starting pitcher who gave us no shot to win.
im in the second stage of recovery, accepting that he happened, but not liking that he ever existed.
heapofoatmeal - March 2, 2009
-1
sdp - March 3, 2009
Stockman
This guys has to make the team this year. I know he was hurt, but look at his numbers the past couple of years. For some reason, Bobby just doesn’t like this guy. But the numbers don’t lie.
I say, YES!! Stockman should be in Atlanta on opening day.
bravos - March 2, 2009
I agree
I would like to know if anything happened between him and Bobby. Otherwise I don’t understand why he never pitches.
acie4mvp - March 2, 2009
YES
I agree. I will be pissed if we lose him to somebody else for nothing and then he puts up an ERA under 2.
KC Ryan - March 3, 2009
Frankie Good
Francisley has a great change up and I’m telling you are overlooking his chance to make the team
themurph - March 2, 2009
Where is Vlad Nunez? He looked pretty good in Dunedin against the Blue Jays. I was at the game by the way. Anyone else there at the game on Sat?
BravesFan - March 2, 2009
Do work Moylan.
Smoltz's Beard - March 3, 2009
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