Bigjoe might jump off a bridge if he reads this post.

I haven’t heard anything about this, but it is definitely intriguing. Witthout acosta, we would still have Smoltz, Gonzalez, Boyer, Bennett, Moylan, Soriano, and Carlyle. So I think the pen could take the hit. But can Acosta really start?

Let anybody take his place. I’d be happier with Jorge Sosa or Chris Reitsma

I don’t even want Acosta, or as I like to call him, “worthless piece of shit”, on our 40 man roster. I’ve never been happy to see a Brave get hurt, but when he pulled his hamstring last year and went on the DL I cracked open a beer in celebration. No way in hell is he a starter. His only usefulness is as a garbage time pitcher, days the Braves are either up or down by 10 runs.

Moving Acotsa to the rotation might be something to consider … if we didn’t have so many viable back-end-of-the-rotation guys (see: Morton, Campillo, Reyes, Morton, Hanson, Carlye, Bennett).

Mind you, I call them “back-end-of-the-rotation guys” in reference to where they currently fall in our rotation. Hanson will obviously be a legit number 3 at some pt.

acosta…rotation?

:jumps off bridge:

I think this bullpen could be something special with Moylan/Soriano/Gonzalez/Smoltz, provided everyone stays healthy. Acosta/Boyer et al make a pretty deep staff of power guys.

Aside from his rehab appearances for Richmond this year, Acosta hasn’t started since 2005, and hasn’t started with regularity since 2003. He didn’t pitch that much in 08 and I’d doubt that working back from an injury is the best scenario to try to stretch out his arm. Add in that he’s been pretty inconsistent, and this doesn’t have much chance of happening. He’s more likely to get non-tendered than become a starter.

Acosta jhasnt thrown enough strikes in the past to last as a starter. He has the stuff to be effective but not sure the command is there to keep in the game past the 4th or 5th inning. He is probably the best candidate out of our bullpen to move to the rotation though

I liked Acosta in 2007. Awful walk rate, but nasty stuff and a good K rate. In 2008 he’s not striking out anyone. In 2007, 96 MPH fastball, devastating 86 MPH change (that he didn’t through much, guess he can’t control it), and good slider. In 2008, fastball went to 94.4 MPH but changeup speed stayed the same, making it less effective, and slider was about the same. So really he shouldn’t have had too much trouble in 2008, but his strikeout rate disappeared.