This Week At Talking Chop

by gondeee on Nov 22, 2010 8:06 AM EST

It's reliever week at Talking Chop. We'll take a look at the guys in the Majors and then our top-10 minor league relief prospects.

Monday: Billy Wagner, Jonny Venters, Craig Kimbrel
Tuesday: Takashi Saito, Peter Moylan, Eric O'Flaherty
Wednesday: Kyle Farnsworth, Mike Dunn, Cristhian Martinez, Scott Proctor
Thursday: Braves Top-10 Minor League Relief Pitcher Prospects: 6-10
Friday: Braves Top-10 Minor League Relief Pitcher Prospects: 1-5
Saturday: Around The NL East

The Braves are actively working on getting some additional warm bodies for this spot on the team, and in the past week they have already added Jay Sborz. Perhaps they will oblige us during reliever week and add a more prominent name to the Atlanta bullpen.

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Wednesday looks like a throwaway day.

Looking forward to the write up on Venters and Kimbrel. Both were outstanding this year.

How does Fredi treat his bullpen? Will he trot the same guy day after day?

by Sparhawk on Nov 22, 2010 9:35 AM EST reply actions

You mean will Venters arm finally fall off?

I have an inferiority complex, but it's not a very good one.

by Tarkus on Nov 22, 2010 11:28 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

hopefully he doesn't hate Venters as much as Bobby haha

"That's my teammate, man... That's my quarterback"

by TurnerTheBurner on Nov 22, 2010 11:46 AM EST up reply actions

Ewww... I just thought of Dave Dravecky.

I have an inferiority complex, but it's not a very good one.

by Tarkus on Nov 22, 2010 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

So sad...

almost as bad as the former Rays farmhand (Saunders I wanna say was the name), that had it happen twice.

http://sportsandgrits.blogspot.com/

by Mr. Sanchez on Nov 23, 2010 8:32 AM EST up reply actions

What a relief..

"Check out this bitchin' homemade tesla coil!"

by bwellnjonesco on Nov 22, 2010 10:41 AM EST reply actions

Does Kimbrel still count as a “prospect”?

by joshmaurer on Nov 22, 2010 10:43 AM EST reply actions

u can skip Wednesday..

by wisco on Nov 22, 2010 11:36 AM EST reply actions

Have the Braves resigned Moylan? I haven’t seen anything about it.

-Yellow Jackets, Braves, Falcons, Hawks, and Thrashers fan!

by ChrisK562 on Nov 22, 2010 11:52 AM EST reply actions

I truly hope they do. He’s been an absolute work-horse for us, and if you read his blog, he seems to be working hard this summer to get in better shape. Not sure if that will impact his pitching or not.

My wife has a bit of a crush on Moylan, too. She likes guys who are particularly good with the jokes.

by Sparhawk on Nov 22, 2010 12:05 PM EST up reply actions