Braves Quote For The Day ... Three Young Aces In Three Years
by gondeee on Aug 6, 2010 1:26 PM EDT
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PrintBaseball America points out a nice side story to Monday's expected debut of Mike Minor:
The Braves unveiled Jair Jurrjens in 2008 and Tommy Hanson in '09. Now, get ready for stud rookie pitcher, v2010.
An interesting corollary to the number that's being retired at Turner Field tonight. I'll go ahead and remind you that the last time this happened it was Tom Glavine in 1987, John Smoltz in '88, and we'll go with either Kent Merker or Derek Lilliquist in '89, but then we got Steve Avery in 1990.
And just think, we've had Jurrjens in '08, Hanson in '09, and now Minor in '10, but we could just keep going and expect Julio Teheran in '11, Randall Delgado in '12, Carlos Perez in '13, and so on. Those future names are not too far off base. What other team can boast such continued pitching development? Maybe the Rays.
Those young pitchers from the late 80's built the core of the Braves that dominated the National League for years. It looks like we're building another nice young core of great pitching.
Baseball America continues their praise of Minor:
Triple-A Gwinnett LHP Mike Minor will make his Atlanta debut on Monday as he eases into the big leagues by facing the hapless Astros, ye of a National League-worst .667 OPS. With 10 strikeouts (against just four walks) this week, Minor pushed his whiff total to 146, fourth best in the minors. He allowed two hits over 8 2/3 scoreless innings as he tuned up for the big day. Minor will become the fourth first-round pitcher from '09 to make his big league debut this season, joining Stephen Strasburg, Mike Leake and Drew Storen
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Nice post...
Not to mention Medlen, Venters, Kimbrel…Etc…Wow…Combined with Prado, J-Hey, B-Mac, and Freeman this team can be amazing for many, many years…
+1000
Plus he might not be but i see alot of glavine in minor. Cant wait for monday, trutfully other than the rays/we have the best farm system bar none. People wait for us to let someone go on waivers so they can be claimed. i.e royals,pirates, etc…
Ruben Amaro,Jr..Is Frank Wrens Paper Boy..
by SkipTOoMyL0U_ on Aug 6, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions
As far as young pitching goes...
I would say that we are better than the Rays.
The only time the Mets win is in the offseason.
Truthfully** As do I...
But i didnt want to come across as to arrogant lol.
Ruben Amaro,Jr..Is Frank Wrens Paper Boy..
by SkipTOoMyL0U_ on Aug 6, 2010 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Note:
It is unlikely that things will turn out as well for these young aces as they did for Glavine and Smoltz. I want all the kids out there to remember this. Be excited, but don’t be insane.
BOOOOO!!!!!
Pessimist!! But seriously though, TINSTAAPP.
Don't kiss an ass if it's in the process of shitting on you.
"…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
In my eyes
There will never be another Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz period!
Though I hope all these young arms make a name for themselves and become icons of a new generation!
The good thing with that is...
that we have excess in reserve for anyone that fails to live up to their hype. In addition to Jurrjens, Hanson, and Minor, plus Teheran, Delgado, and Perez (that’s 6), there’s Medlen, Robinson Lopez, JJ Hoover, Brett Devall, Zeke Spruill, Andy Otero, Abraham Espinosa, and a handful of others working their way up through the system. Between those 13 names, and the rest of talented arms in the system, I’d say we’ve got a good chance at finding 5 quality starters.
other Delgado
Don’t forget about the second Delgado who could come back from his car crash injury to be another solid arm for the organization.
by JFP on Aug 6, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not sure exactly what to expect out of Minor because I definitely never expected to see him up so soon, but if he does as well as JJ and Tommy did their first seasons with us, I will be more than pleased.
"Chase Utley can't polish Martin's shoes right now" Joe Simpson
by sleezer1788 on Aug 6, 2010 1:42 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah. I’d put Medlen as this year’s stud pitcher (not sure if he’s technically still a rookie). Minor can be next year’s.
by redwards95 on Aug 6, 2010 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
We're so stacked
that people seem to forget about the Lopez/Delgado’s … those guys would be big names for other organizations
Yeah
And he was only the second best prospect from the yankees lol. Id say were loaded.
Ruben Amaro,Jr..Is Frank Wrens Paper Boy..
by SkipTOoMyL0U_ on Aug 6, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
This makes me smile.
It’s not crazy to think that the 2010-2020 Braves will be as good as the Braves of the late 90’s/early 2000’s.
The only time the Mets win is in the offseason.
Big difference here...
Where the Rays were finishing last in the majors for the better part of 15 years, we were winning division titles…
So, developing talent drafted lower over developing the 1st pick of every round for a decade should be valued more highly.
Screw the Rays….let us finish last for 5 years, and we’d have nowhere to put all of our performing prospects…
Braves scouts
Don’t get the credit they deserve.
"Look out Atlanta. Jason Heyward is going to wow you."
-Chipper
smoltz
when are the braves going to retire john smoltzs Jersey?
my guess is...
they’re giving each one their own season for number retiring, id be very surprised if it wasn’t next year
You're a towel
This stuff needs to be our main focus for the next few years.
Even if we take our lumps, like we did in ’89 and ’90. Hopefully, when Cox is finally shuttled off, we can stop chasing faded glory and get serious about the future.
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