The hardest thrower in the Braves' system is...

by DwightSmithPinchHits on Jan 26, 2008 8:55 PM EST

Erik Cordier.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=705

I thought this story was interesting. Some names you'd expect, like Feliz, Kershaw, Scherzer, Joba, Jeffress, Poredo, McGee, F-Mo. Some unexpected ones. Felipe Paulino is 23 and throws 102, but strikes out only 8.8 per nine (I know that's excellent, but still).

A few elite arms from 2002 as well. I don't recall Zambrano ever throwing 99...but if he could still do that, with his movement...damn.

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Ok.......

But you can take this from two angles.

The braves got cordier as a steal because he was injured, as they got him from the royals for tony pena jr. If the case is that he can throw this hard, maybe his emergence is a reason why we where willing to give up all these young relievers. On the other hand, since he was injured all of last year... i may be wrong about that.... is this knowledge that he is the hardest throw in our system come from recent accounts know that he is healthy, or does it come accounts before he got injured... and we do not have an idea of how the rehab is going.

by bravessuperbeast on Jan 27, 2008 11:13 PM EST reply actions

Upon reading the article.....

It appears that the information comes before the 2007 season, so before we crown cordier as our hardest thrower, lets see how he bounces back this year from the injury.

by bravessuperbeast on Jan 27, 2008 11:16 PM EST reply actions