Tommy Hanson Toes the Mound in the AFL Title Game
by gondeee on Nov 22, 2008 11:42 AM EST
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The Atlatna Braves number-one pitching prospect will go to the hill one more time this year. Tommy Hanson gets the start in the Arizona Fall League championship game for the Mesa Solar Sox today at 2:30pm ET. Hanson has been blowing away everyone in the AFL this year and leads the league with 5 wins, a 0.63 ERA, and 49 strikeouts in 28 2/3 innings.
Hanson will not be the only Braves prospect in the game. The team was asked to vote on who should get the start and they chose four Braves to fill out the starting lineup (including Hanson):
- Matt Young (ATL) LF
- Jason Donald (PHI) SS
- L. Morrison (FLA) DH
- Jeff Larish (DET) 1B
- Tyler Flowers (ATL) C
- S. Cousins (FLA) CF
- C. Wells (DET) RF
- Van Pope (ATL) 3B
- Will Rhymes (DET) 2B
This is an important start for Tommy Hanson, as we'll get to see what kind of big-game pitcher he is. He's already shown some of big game creds when he struck out seven in three hitless innings in the AFL Rising Stars game last month.
If you have a subscription to MLB.TV the you can watch the game here.
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does this mean....
that the big league braves can now vote on who gets to play as well, if so blaine boyer should NEVER be allowed to play…
the braves play here hallalejah
by tomahawk on Nov 22, 2008 1:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I don't know whether to be excited or concerned...
about the number of innings he is throwing. It’d be good that he’s showing his durability, but I don’t know if he’s actually durable…and if he’s not, then he’s just going to burn himself up. Does anyone have any insight into this concern?
by soup du jour on Nov 22, 2008 2:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
This doesn’t really concern me. I think he is just throwing maybe between 25 and 35 innings, that is not going to hurt him too much in my opinion. That will just help with durability.
by DMac142005 on Nov 22, 2008 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Found out from watching
The Braves are in control of how many pitches Hanson can throw per game.
by someguy917 on Nov 22, 2008 3:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Matt Young K’ed to start the game. In the bottom of the inning, EY jr. got a hit off Hanson then was gunned down by Flowers trying to steal 2nd.
by DMac142005 on Nov 22, 2008 2:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the update, I can’t find the video on the site even after I paid 15 bucks.
by someguy917 on Nov 22, 2008 3:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
just for the hell of it.
THOMAS HANSON SEASON STATISTICS
166.2 IP, 212 strikeouts, 11.44 K/9, 59 BB, 3.59 K/BB, 95 H, 0.92 WHIP, 5.13 H/9, .143 BAA (that may not be accurate)
oh, and uh, he’s 2 months younger than me.
so yeah, he’s a pretty good ballplayer. i wonder if he’s a prospect or not
Following the Braves...one long hard drink at a time.
by bigjoe on Nov 24, 2008 2:07 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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