Braves sign Armas

by cbwilk on May 10, 2009 12:53 AM EDT

I hadn't noticed this, so it could have happend a while ago, but the Braves have signed Tony Armas to a minor league contract. He actually started for Mississippi Friday night, throwing a scoreless 4.2 innings, and was promoted to Gwinnett today.

You might have once known him as Tony Armas Jr., but, as he will very quickly point out, he has a different middle name than his father, former ML OF Tony Armas. The younger Armas pitched for the Expos/Nationals from 99 to 06, for the Pirates in 07, and the Mets in 08, compiling a 53-65 record with a 4.65 ERA in 185 games (167 starts).

We all know Gwinnett is very deep in starting pitching, but it never hurts to have another arm.

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isn't Bobby...

a big BIG fan of his?

says he has a great arm, etc…

by apoxonbothyourhouses on May 10, 2009 1:25 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah, I remember hearing that a lot. Looking at some of his numbers with the Expos before he got hurt, he was a very good pitcher. His ERA was inflated by playing for an awful team, which is why his W-L record is so bad, but he was always a good pitcher. It’ll be interesting to see what we can get out of him.

"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
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by cbwilk on May 10, 2009 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions

Say goodbye to any chance of seeing Hanson before September.

by Lennox on May 10, 2009 2:14 AM EDT up reply actions

I mentioned this in the live thread, seeing it in the M-Braves box on Friday…and I laughed, and laughed, and laughed…

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?"
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by bigjoe on May 10, 2009 9:04 AM EDT reply actions

Why not? Low risk, high reward signing.

The Braves front office doesn’t exactly have a long track record of missing on signing pitchers. It may kind of support that Atlanta isn’t quite ready to expose their young hurlers to the MLB just yet.

by kalesi on May 10, 2009 9:35 AM EDT reply actions

Rodrigo Lopez? Elmer Dessens?

by bigjoe on May 10, 2009 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions

albie lopez

by Doghnut on May 10, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Mark Redman

by Euruproktos on May 10, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

mike hampton...

by scottyboy10 on May 10, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Hampton had a couple of solid seasons before his body started exploding one part at a time.

by bigjoe on May 10, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions

true

but he wasn’t worth his full salary in those seasons

by scottyboy10 on May 10, 2009 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions

We also weren’t paying his full salary those seasons either. Thanks Florida!

"Ohhhh Shit."-Bobby Cox, 3/28/09

by 10-4 on May 11, 2009 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions

exactly

+whatever

MLB, ACC and national sports thoughts, from an idiot's point of view

by TheSportsIdiot on May 11, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions

Boutros Boutros-Ghali?

by !Vive la Francoeur! on May 11, 2009 2:56 AM EDT up reply actions

This

Armas used to have a very good arm before it was trashed in Montreal.

The epitome of a Low cost, high reward move. Come to think of it, we need an acronym for that. I vote for LOCHIR.

Formerly Uncle Charlie of Minor League Ball

by Yakker on May 12, 2009 2:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Just call it “LOCH” so we can say shit like “Tony Armas reeks of LOCHness,” which will usher a new era of reclamation players whom everyone can call their own LOCHness monsters.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on May 12, 2009 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions