From the Bowman:
Veteran starting pitcher Tim Hudson will make his regular season debut for the Braves on Monday against the Marlins.
The Braves have decided to have Hudson skip his final Minor League rehab start, which was scheduled for Friday.
The right-handed Hudson, who is coming back from Tommy John reconstructive surgery on his throwing elbow, will replace Kenshin Kawakami in the Braves rotation. The Braves have not indicated how Kawakami will be used upon Hudson's return.
I was wondering why they were pushing him back until after rosters are set. If (big IF) the Braves make the post-season, we certainly want Hudson to be eligible. Kawakami had pitched decently, better than Derek Lowe, but he becomes the odd man out.
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Good
Lowe is making too much money, they won’t kick him out of the rotation.
Ninerballin - August 27, 2009
Dag
Kinda killed my fanpost lol.
Tis all good
drumzalicious - August 27, 2009
Good for Huddy
but would’ve like 6 man rotation. maybe KK can be a good bullpen guy now
GoBravesNY - August 27, 2009
sweet lord yes, it’s about time
cirela20 - August 27, 2009
We may need to think about shutting Hanson down.
He’s gotten lots of great experience this year, but I don’t see the need to pile innings on a young arm if your odds of making the postseason are 5% with Hanson, 3% without.
DCP916 - August 27, 2009
No way
We’ve gotta pile up the stats, we’ve got our next 300-game winner/3000-strikeout guy
BravesRaleigh - August 27, 2009
HELL NO
That fraud J.A. Happ will NOT win Rookie of the Year!!
BigG1392 - August 27, 2009
Neither will Tommy Hanson
mvandonsel - August 27, 2009
Fraud?
What does it matter if he wont be an ace? hes been the best rookie this year.
esadb - August 27, 2009
Hanson: 4.36 tRA
Happ: 4.70 tRA
Hanson: 3.94 FIP
Happ: 4.15 FIP
Hanson: 2.16 K/BB
Happ: 1.90 K/BB
Yakker - August 27, 2009
all irrelevant in ROY consideration...
sad but true.
fphjr01 - August 28, 2009
Well actually, I don’t think so. K/BB and FIP are certainly becoming more mainstream, and tRA is next.
And moreover, I was actually responding to esadb, who said Happ’s “been the best rookie this year.” Doesn’t even seem like he’s been the best rookie pitcher.
Yakker - August 28, 2009
Rate stats
Laroche .390 BA, .480 OPB, .707 SLG
Conrad .344 BA, .382 OPB, .688 SLG
McCann .290 BA, .359 OPB, .511 SLG
MVP for the Braves = Laroche, with Conrad a strong 2nd (and Diaz nipping McCann for 3rd).
Of course not.
Drom John - August 28, 2009
that might be one of the dumbest things ive ever seen on this site…
no one has ever said rate stats were the end all be all… you need to use them in context… which means that Laroche and Conrad wouldnt be considered because they didnt play a majority of the season with the team… Which leads us to McCann who actually is the MVP (in terms of position players)….
Swo12bv - August 28, 2009
I don't vote for Hanson today.
VORP
46.6 J. Happ, big non-fraudulant best rookie, 13th best SP in MLB, less than a 10th of point below Vazquez.
31.3 R. Wells
24.8 A. McCutcheon, a better half year than Hudson
and you can only vote for 3.
22.5 T. Hudson 4th best.
It’s Rookie of the YEAR, not Rookie of the second half.
Long term, I’ll take Hudson, but this blind homerism denigrating Happ is pathetic. What’s next, McCann over Pujols for MVP?
Drom John - August 28, 2009
Are you drunk?
Yakker - August 28, 2009
Oh God, no. Big mistake here!
justincredubil02 - August 27, 2009
That’s what I’m thinking.
Gage23 - August 27, 2009
The only reason i like this move is for this reason only:
It will save KK’s arm in 2010. He has a history of breaking down after 140 innings or so, and we definately dont wanna pay a guy $16MM if his shoulder/arm is bad. I’d rather put Lowe or Huddy in the bullpen, but at least we help ourselves out a bit by saving KK.
Scott Coleman - August 27, 2009
YES!!!!!!!
Also, Carlyle got called up and Acosta is back down. Thank the lord.
Gotta love Tim Hudson, hope to god he pitches good enough so Wren picks up that option.
BigG1392 - August 27, 2009
why? So we trade Javy? No thanks. JV > TH
justincredubil02 - August 28, 2009
no so we trade you
Swo12bv - August 28, 2009
HAITHCOCK took Huddy deep in a live batting practice round.
sdp - August 27, 2009
Oh no,
I thought she was dead!
Bmacbandwagon - August 27, 2009
She was just released by the Red Sox.
TradeAndruw - August 27, 2009
and then claimed by the Mets, got injured put on the 60 day DL and thus unable to play for the rest of the season, have a miraculous comeback and claimed on waivers by the White Sox and just took Huddy deep. thats how
GoBravesNY - August 27, 2009
That's like saying a little league pitcher sucks because Pujols took him deep
It means NOTHING. Next thing you know, you’ll be saying Lincecum sucks because Randy Gress took him deep. Sheesh.
buzzdeadwax - August 27, 2009
I'm shocked that this blog doesn't have a Ted Kennedy post...
every other blog or internet site has something on him.
taney71 - August 27, 2009
go to the other blog then
Swo12bv - August 27, 2009
that was rude of me… but to clarify… the moderators do a very good job of not allowing politics to seep into our conversation… any post on Ted Kennedy.. is bound to elicit opinions that are going to be politically biased (on both sides of the aisle)… and that is generally unwelcome here. If we wanted to discuss politics and politicians we would go to CNN or FOX’s blog
Swo12bv - August 27, 2009
I DO NOT want to bring politics into this
BUT I just need someone else to either say I was crazy or correct. In ESPN’s chat on August 27th with Keith Law, the chat was began as such by Keith:
Now I think that is wrong. I sent in a comment to Law, but of course he didn’t choose to answer it. without any answers besides yes or no, because again, NO POLITICS, do you think that was wrong of Law, or was I overreacting? (ONLY answer yes or no as to avoid politics)
GoBravesNY - August 28, 2009
yes
mdhenshaw - August 28, 2009
I completely screwed up the question: was Law wrong? if yes I was correct if no I was overreacting
GoBravesNY - August 28, 2009
Totally inappropriate comment by Law, IMO.
Yakker - August 28, 2009
No, because its one of those ‘too soon’ things. In 6 months it would be totally kosher.
soup du jour - August 28, 2009
This
buzzdeadwax - August 27, 2009
a tough choice
but i guess KK is the logical one. even though he has been pitching better then DLowe lately, he is not used to the workload where DLowe is a 200+ innings a year guy every year.
Slee - August 27, 2009
welcome back Huddy
Cracker! - August 27, 2009
Glad to have Hudson back.
crime_dog - August 27, 2009
This
If he pitches effectively, it helps the playoff chances. If not, the more starts he gets, the greater the data from which to evaluate the team option.
Yakker - August 28, 2009
Completely agree
Having Hudson spot start and give everyone (‘cept maybe Vazquez) a rest I think is a good idea — if he’s great, we don’t lose any performance and the tired guys (we could have 3 200IP pitchers this year) get a blow during the WC race. If he can get 5-6 starts the rest of the year that is at least something to help the FO make some decisions this offseason.
fphjr01 - August 28, 2009
Maybe Hudson could take the place of Kawakami, but have Hanson and Kawakami used in one spot in the rotation so they don’t get worn out. Having 9 days rest might not work out to well though
eaheckman10 - August 27, 2009
Upcoming pitching probables look tough
Hanson vs. Pedro goes in our favor, but after that:
Lowe Vs. Cliff Lee
JJ Vs. Blanton
Hudson vs. Josh Johnson
Not easy times.
Bronn - August 27, 2009
?
JJ is 10x better than Blanton and who knows what we’ll get out of Huddy on Monday. Not to mention DLowe has pretty much dominated Philly all year long.
Scott Coleman - August 28, 2009 via mobile
I think we will see a big game from Lowe against Philly this weekend. Call it intuition or a haphazard guess but I just have a gut feeling that he is due and he is no stranger to a big stage.
Mountngrown - August 28, 2009
You are underrating Blanton
He hasn’t been great in the past, but he is very solid this year. That will be a tough game.
fphjr01 - August 28, 2009
specifically Blanton is pitching well in the 2nd half i believe
Swo12bv - August 28, 2009
Blanton owned us in his last start.
mdhenshaw - August 28, 2009
Everything i read just says that they’re skipping KK for one start, and that they’re not sure beyond that.
10-4 - August 28, 2009
I bet a lot of it depends on how Huddy pitches on Monday.
Yakker - August 28, 2009
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