From Bill Shanks over at The Braves Show:
Arodys Vizcaino, who was acquired from the Yankees in the Javier Vazquez trade, was dominant in a four-inning appearance Thursday against Detroit's Low-A team. Vizcaino faced 12 batters and retired all 12 batters. There were not many good swings off Vizcaino, who at times toyed with the hitters with his outstanding curve and blazing fastball. You could tell Vizcaino still needs work on his changeup, but his fastball and curve are above-average pitches. Vizcaino even wowed some of the other Braves pitching prospects who were watching the game.
I like. Just think how good he'll be when he gets his changeup working.
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WOW
This franchise has a very bright future. Think of where this team could be in a few years. Whether we hold on to these prospects or use them as trade chips, ATL should be a team in the hunt every season for the next 10+ years…that’s not even considering the potential the ’10 team has. Great time to be a Braves fan.
Brave Neander - March 26, 2010
If Vizcaino reaches his potential...
And becomes a #1/2 for the Bravos for a long time, the Javy deal is going to look like an absolute steal.
Scott Coleman - March 26, 2010 via mobile
Well
I’ll believe it when I see it.
blackertai - March 26, 2010
You hearing about a scout SEEING it now
Jay212033 - March 26, 2010
Besides
We got this kid for 1 count it ONE year of Vazquez. Even if he only becomes a RP we’d still be getting 6 yrs of value at a fraction of what Vazquez is making this season.
Jay212033 - March 26, 2010
The good news just keeps on coming today
JKowalek - March 26, 2010 via mobile
The amount of talented arms the Braves have...
competing for A ball slots is just sick. Vizcaino, Teheran, Delgado, Hoover, Stovall, Spruill, Devall, Lopez, Perez, among others. It’ll be interesting to see who makes it up from this mix into the fight to replace KK, Lowe and Hudson in a couple years.
Mr. Sanchez - March 26, 2010
You left out 2 huge sleepers
Andy Otero – LHSP, 17 and Caleb Brewer – RHSP, 20 both have very good stuff and are on the rise in our system.
Jay212033 - March 26, 2010
Brewer is my pick for sleeper of the year in 2010..
bwellnjonesco - March 26, 2010
cbwilk - March 26, 2010
To list all the talented young arms we got...
would take a while. But yeah, Otero and Brewer are in the mix as well, as is David Hale and several others. We’ve got over a dozen or more arms with significant upside in AA (to include Ortegano, Minor, etc) and below.
Mr. Sanchez - March 29, 2010
I’m dieing to get the season started. Its gonna be great. Living in ottawa ontario I plan on spending quite a bit of money travelling to see them play. Any donations appreciated hahaha. But seriously, heyward is gonna tear it up. How is chipper doing? Is he healthy? I hope he’s great as always this season. Let’s go braves!
David G. Little - March 26, 2010 via mobile
Chipper is looking pretty good this spring
He still hasn’t K’d this spring and has 9 or 10 BB. He looks like he has his power stroke back as well.
Jay212033 - March 26, 2010
hopefully get to see him soon
When he hits AA and comes to Jax. This little blurb brought a smile to my face.
FW – FTW!
Darin H - March 26, 2010
Are you referring to Jackson, TN?
J-Freak - March 26, 2010
nope
We live near Jacksonville, FL (St Augustine actually), just moved here a few months ago, so I didn’t get to go to any Suns games last year for Heyward/Freeman when the M-Braves came to town. I’ll be taking my son to his first game this year though. Should be a lot of fun. I plan on going to at least one game a year when the AA Braves are in the visiting dugout :)
Darin H - March 27, 2010
Dang
had my hopes up. I’m stuck up in here in Jackson TN (with the aptly named West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx) and I’m waiting for the M-Braves to visit also.
J-Freak - March 28, 2010
Love hearing about the mL guys!!!
Vizcaino is going to be really special if he remains healthy. Shanks also reported a couple days ago that Teheran looks like he’s picked up a mph or 2 on his FB and his stuff looks terrific as well.
Jay212033 - March 26, 2010
Hey......we got CY young winners over hear!
Looking like the 90’s are coming back baby!
Step into it!
RipHard - March 26, 2010
Okay
That’s Avery at the top, and I think that’s a very young maddux there, but the guy in the middle perplexes me. Pete Smith?
Bronn - March 26, 2010
No, maybe it's Mercker
Just hard for me to say.
Bronn - March 26, 2010
Yea
That’s him Pete
BravesMania - March 26, 2010
cbwilk - March 26, 2010
Nice…I wonder what keeps happening to the right of our Braves pitchers? BTW, Teheran looks like he is oozing confidence right here..
CB…Your teasing us with these comment pics, when are your ST pic posts coming???
bwellnjonesco - March 27, 2010
-When will then be now?!?
-SOON!
cbwilk - March 27, 2010
Who is that?...
buddy on the left looks like he’s 13 or 14. Both look pretty young.
Mr. Sanchez - March 29, 2010
I assume it is Vizcaino
bighop - March 29, 2010
So...
I’m trying to understand the Vazquez deal from the Yanks’ perspective. Either they didn’t believe that Joba could be a starter (and thus needed another arm) or they felt that Vizcaino was not going to be valuable… Now it’s obviously early, but pitchers talented enough to just “toy with” equivalent-age hitters don’t grow on trees. Wouldn’t the Yankees probably have been better off starting both Joba and Hughes and keeping Vizcaino and Melky? Regardless, it looks like the deal could be a huge win for us.
Jacob Peterson - March 26, 2010
Or
They think Javy will continue to do what he did last year (or close to it) and arent worried about resigning him because they have an unlimited checking account. I doubt they care about having Vizcaino in the future when they have a chance to string together 2, 3 or 4 championships with this team.
Even if Javy doesnt replicate last year, CC, AJ and Javy is a good 1-2-3 punch.
Doghnut - March 27, 2010
The truth is
We really only need 2 of Vizcaino/Teheran/Delgado to work out. We’re going to have Hanson for another 5 years, and Jurrjens for another 3, and Mike Minor should be ready pretty soon as a 3/4. We’ll still have at least 4 years of Kris Medlen as well, who I’m convinced can be a good starter. And we’ll still have Hudson through 2013 as well.
The future of Braves’ pitching is taken care of.
Bronn - March 26, 2010
plus we got a lot of guys rated just a tier below, like spruill, hoover, etc., and if any of them pan out, we’re gonna be in reeeally good shape.
Bravely going forward - March 26, 2010
Great pitching was the key to our streak of NL east championships, imo
I see that streak starting back up this season.
HEYJUDE - March 26, 2010
Perhaps
I’m really excited about this Braves team in the future, but it looks harder than ever to compete, even within our own division. Back in the 90s, we had basically the two best pitchers in the National League. Right now, we don’t have the best pitcher in our own division. Or the second best pitcher.
Maybe in three years, once Halladay has gotten older, and assuming Santana’s health continues to go downhill, Hanson might be better than either, but for now it’s more the depth of pitching rather than front end which we’re relying on. And the playoffs are all about good pitching at the front end. The Diamondbacks, for instance, simply parleyed two super starters into a championship.
Bronn - March 26, 2010
Our division is just tough right now.
The Phillies are peaking and are very good. We have a shot, but it won’t be easy. Give it a couple of years and the Phillies will start to lose pieces due to salary.
cavebird - March 26, 2010
McLouth
Going 2-for-2 yesterday puts Lil Mac over .100 for the spring. He’s creeping up on Francoeur, who’s hitting .179 for the spring.
Buddy Holly - March 27, 2010
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