Braves Sign Julian Tavarez
by gondeee on Jul 8, 2008 4:38 PM EDT
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Hot off the presses:
The Atlanta Braves today signed free-agent right-handed pitcher Julian Tavarez to a contract through the remainder of the 2008 season. Financial terms were not disclosed. Tavarez is expected to be in Los Angeles in time for the Braves’ game versus the Dodgers tonight at 10:10 p.m. ET.
Tavarez owns an 84-72 career record with 22 saves and a 4.46 ERA in 750 games. He has appeared in 16 games this season (nine with Boston and seven with Milwaukee) and is 0-2 with a 7.50 ERA. Tavarez has not allowed a home run in 20.0 innings pitched this season and has limited right-handed batters to a .213 (10-for-47) average.
The Braves are Tavarez’s 10th major league club. He broke in with Cleveland in 1993 and has pitched in the postseason five times, including twice in the World Series (1995 with Cleveland and in 2004 with St. Louis).
I spit on this move.
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oh man
i have NO idea if this is good.
What a horrible situation, but b/c he’s not given up an HR in 20 innings, i’m overlooking his 7.50 ERA. THAT’S NOT RIGHT!!!!!
by traphicg on Jul 8, 2008 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
cringe
At least it’s an arm that can start or relieve.
No matter, this is how I feel about it:
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 8, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I love the spin
Tavarez has not allowed a home run in 20.0 innings pitched this season
But 0-2 with a 7.50 ERA indicates that a lot of runs are still scoring.
has limited right-handed batters to a .213 (10-for-47) average.
But what is his split against lefties? .520??
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 8, 2008 4:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha, I cannot believe how close you were. Check it out:
vs. RH – .213/.339/.234
vs. LH – .525/.574/.600
I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.
by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 8, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHAT...THE...FUCK...
...I don’t want that child molester on my team.
I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.
by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 8, 2008 4:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hahaha
I always called him “Dhalsim” as in the street fighter character from india with the stretchy limbs.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 8, 2008 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would never insult Dhalsim like that. Guile was still my favorite.
I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.
by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 8, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you SERIOUS???
Guile had like the worst moves in the game. Good ol’ Ryu was almost at an unfair advantage with how good he was – until M. Bison came along…..
by traphicg on Jul 8, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Didn’t mean for this to turn into some street fighter discussion. Besides, I’m like Pujols with Ken. Used to beat hordes of preppy Asian kids at Springfield mall for hours, back before it turned into the mall that Chris Rock based all his jokes off of.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 8, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What are the chances...
...that bigjoe played as Zangief?
I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.
by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 8, 2008 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
big joe played mortal kombat and killer instinct, thanks. SCORPION AND CINDER FOR THE WIN!
by bigjoe on Jul 8, 2008 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn’t have a Sega so I never really got into Mortal Kombat. Killer Instinct though…now that was a good game! Can’t remember the name of my guy, though…
I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.
by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 8, 2008 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please...
...worst moves? Sonic boom and flash kick PWNED. Every once in a while I dust off the old Super NES and challenge anyone within shouting distance. I was undefeated in college.
When the Braves come to play the Nats you have to come up and hang out with me and royhobbs at the game. Then we come back to my house and get wrecked playing Street Fighter 2…it’ll be AWESOME.
I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.
by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 8, 2008 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You want competition?
Georgia Tech is full of the most hardcore, insanely skilled video gamers I’ve ever met in my life. Go on youtube, and put in like “combo videos street fighter” and watch the insanity. GA Tech students play like that. . .
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 8, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This might be the best fight I’ve ever seen in that game.
I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.
by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 8, 2008 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
But playing against those guys is annoying. You see the knee-jerk movements of the characters? Imagine the people behind the joysticks. They’re doing head fakes and jarring of the joysticks, because everyone plays defensively, and they chip their opponents to death. It’s really quite lame. . .
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 9, 2008 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If wren keeps saying that the pitching really isnt the problem, and that we need a bat why do they keep picking up players like this. Brian Lawrence, Julian Taverez, where does he fit in. The pen? the rotation for now instead of Morton
by gopherbroke on Jul 8, 2008 5:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The retreads keep on coming...
Welcome to the club, Julian. I’ll re-evaluate my position on you if you turn in some quality innings.
- Oh, Bobby. -
by sdp on Jul 8, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Waaaaaah!
Julian Tavarez cried in the dugout after the Indians lost the 95 series.
Enough said.
by VegasAces on Jul 8, 2008 6:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This is SO bad
But it could be worse. The big bat Wren picks up could be … Barry Bonds. sigh
by rawleigh on Jul 8, 2008 6:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
at least barry bonds is a great major league player, albeit with questionable morals.
tavarez isn’t even that
by bigjoe on Jul 8, 2008 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Bonds might help the team win. I’m not sure what Tavarez and his 7.50 ERA are gonna do.
by jjcollins on Jul 8, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As bad as this signing seems to be, I wonder.....
.....if the purpose is to replace Jeff Bennett as a long releiver? I’m certainly not saying it’s a good move, but I guess it does make some sense. But why not give Todd Redmond a shot? I know he’s not on the 40 man roster, but neither was Tavarez….
by secondbass on Jul 8, 2008 7:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
CC to the Brewers...
Haren to the Cubs…
Taveraz to the Braves.
Hold on to your butts.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Jul 8, 2008 7:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
just realized I made a pretty big typo there...
HarDen to the the Cubs…not Haren.
Pretty much ruined my post. wish you could edit these darn things.
"Have you ever had your heart broken?"
"Yeah, when we lost the pennant in '87."
by jug on Jul 8, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
It’s alright…in my drunken state I still laughed.
I'm gettin' out of this town alive...even if it kills me.
by Smoltz's Beard on Jul 9, 2008 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Inevitable
Pujols, this guy sucks so much. Yesterday was immediate justification for everyone here who dreaded this guy’s arrival. I figured that the only point of his existence on the roster is, because he’s certainly not going to be 1/100th as effective as Jeff Bennett is against righties (Andruw Jones got a hit), to take pressure off of Boyer, Acosta and any other reliever who is under a lot of heat right now.
Sounds like a childish, sarcastic claim, but honestly, after seeing him pitch for us, there’s really no other reasoning. Everyone on the open threads had something bad to say about Julie, but that’s one less negative thing we have to say about Acosta or Boyer. In fact, I would’ve preferred to see Acosta come in to relieve Julie, and prevent us from having to use our closer in a redundant situation, but it was evident Bobby was in “Eff this” mode, and had to get the game done.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 9, 2008 9:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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