Tim Hudson to start for Atlanta Braves on Monday
by gondeee on Aug 27, 2009 4:53 PM EDT
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Veteran starting pitcher Tim Hudson will make his regular season debut for the Braves on Monday against the Marlins.
The Braves have decided to have Hudson skip his final Minor League rehab start, which was scheduled for Friday.
The right-handed Hudson, who is coming back from Tommy John reconstructive surgery on his throwing elbow, will replace Kenshin Kawakami in the Braves rotation. The Braves have not indicated how Kawakami will be used upon Hudson's return.
I was wondering why they were pushing him back until after rosters are set. If (big IF) the Braves make the post-season, we certainly want Hudson to be eligible. Kawakami had pitched decently, better than Derek Lowe, but he becomes the odd man out.
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Lowe is making too much money, they won’t kick him out of the rotation.
Why'd the Mets, of all teams, have to draft John Maine!?!?
Good for Huddy
but would’ve like 6 man rotation. maybe KK can be a good bullpen guy now
Yunel is the Queen of Hearts
We may need to think about shutting Hanson down.
He’s gotten lots of great experience this year, but I don’t see the need to pile innings on a young arm if your odds of making the postseason are 5% with Hanson, 3% without.
No way
We’ve gotta pile up the stats, we’ve got our next 300-game winner/3000-strikeout guy
by BravesRaleigh on Aug 27, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Neither will Tommy Hanson
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
all irrelevant in ROY consideration...
sad but true.
Rate stats
Laroche .390 BA, .480 OPB, .707 SLG
Conrad .344 BA, .382 OPB, .688 SLG
McCann .290 BA, .359 OPB, .511 SLG
MVP for the Braves = Laroche, with Conrad a strong 2nd (and Diaz nipping McCann for 3rd).
Of course not.
that might be one of the dumbest things ive ever seen on this site…
no one has ever said rate stats were the end all be all… you need to use them in context… which means that Laroche and Conrad wouldnt be considered because they didnt play a majority of the season with the team… Which leads us to McCann who actually is the MVP (in terms of position players)….
Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?
by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST
I don't vote for Hanson today.
VORP
46.6 J. Happ, big non-fraudulant best rookie, 13th best SP in MLB, less than a 10th of point below Vazquez.
31.3 R. Wells
24.8 A. McCutcheon, a better half year than Hudson
and you can only vote for 3.
22.5 T. Hudson 4th best.
It’s Rookie of the YEAR, not Rookie of the second half.
Long term, I’ll take Hudson, but this blind homerism denigrating Happ is pathetic. What’s next, McCann over Pujols for MVP?
Oh God, no. Big mistake here!
"Actually, Justin was right."
by bigjoe on May 15, 2009 9:04 AM PDT
by justincredubil02 on Aug 27, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions
The only reason i like this move is for this reason only:
It will save KK’s arm in 2010. He has a history of breaking down after 140 innings or so, and we definately dont wanna pay a guy $16MM if his shoulder/arm is bad. I’d rather put Lowe or Huddy in the bullpen, but at least we help ourselves out a bit by saving KK.
Frank Wren for GM of the Year.
YES!!!!!!!
Also, Carlyle got called up and Acosta is back down. Thank the lord.
Gotta love Tim Hudson, hope to god he pitches good enough so Wren picks up that option.
why? So we trade Javy? No thanks. JV > TH
"Actually, Justin was right."
by bigjoe on May 15, 2009 9:04 AM PDT
by justincredubil02 on Aug 28, 2009 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions
She was just released by the Red Sox.
If Dunn walks 30 fewer times, he'll drive in 15 more runs. This is thanks to the scientifically proven formula: RBI = (this is nonsense) (I made it all up).
Here's a stat: Wins as manager: Dusty Baker, 1,162; Bill James, 0.
That's like saying a little league pitcher sucks because Pujols took him deep
It means NOTHING. Next thing you know, you’ll be saying Lincecum sucks because Randy Gress took him deep. Sheesh.
"…aren’t worthy enough to hold his (Pujols) ass cheeks apart while Playboy models wipe him with thousand dollar bills after he craps out the cure to whatever previously-incurable disease." by royhobbs 1/7/09
I'm shocked that this blog doesn't have a Ted Kennedy post...
every other blog or internet site has something on him.
go to the other blog then
Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?
by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST
that was rude of me… but to clarify… the moderators do a very good job of not allowing politics to seep into our conversation… any post on Ted Kennedy.. is bound to elicit opinions that are going to be politically biased (on both sides of the aisle)… and that is generally unwelcome here. If we wanted to discuss politics and politicians we would go to CNN or FOX’s blog
Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?
by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST
I DO NOT want to bring politics into this
BUT I just need someone else to either say I was crazy or correct. In ESPN’s chat on August 27th with Keith Law, the chat was began as such by Keith:
I heard Ted Kennedy died yesterday … and the Mets put him on the 15-day DL.
Now I think that is wrong. I sent in a comment to Law, but of course he didn’t choose to answer it. without any answers besides yes or no, because again, NO POLITICS, do you think that was wrong of Law, or was I overreacting? (ONLY answer yes or no as to avoid politics)
Yunel is the Queen of Hearts
No, because its one of those ‘too soon’ things. In 6 months it would be totally kosher.
by soup du jour on Aug 28, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
This
"…aren’t worthy enough to hold his (Pujols) ass cheeks apart while Playboy models wipe him with thousand dollar bills after he craps out the cure to whatever previously-incurable disease." by royhobbs 1/7/09
a tough choice
but i guess KK is the logical one. even though he has been pitching better then DLowe lately, he is not used to the workload where DLowe is a 200+ innings a year guy every year.
This
If he pitches effectively, it helps the playoff chances. If not, the more starts he gets, the greater the data from which to evaluate the team option.
Completely agree
Having Hudson spot start and give everyone (‘cept maybe Vazquez) a rest I think is a good idea — if he’s great, we don’t lose any performance and the tired guys (we could have 3 200IP pitchers this year) get a blow during the WC race. If he can get 5-6 starts the rest of the year that is at least something to help the FO make some decisions this offseason.
Upcoming pitching probables look tough
Hanson vs. Pedro goes in our favor, but after that:
Lowe Vs. Cliff Lee
JJ Vs. Blanton
Hudson vs. Josh Johnson
Not easy times.
?
JJ is 10x better than Blanton and who knows what we’ll get out of Huddy on Monday. Not to mention DLowe has pretty much dominated Philly all year long.
Frank Wren for GM of the Year.
by Scott Coleman on Aug 28, 2009 12:32 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
You are underrating Blanton
He hasn’t been great in the past, but he is very solid this year. That will be a tough game.
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