Braves Quote For The Day ... Tim Hudson Could Start Season On Disabled List

I would be thrilled to see Meds in the rotation!! The guy earned the spot before. Atleast build the value in him for potential trade even though I would hate to see him leave.

because hes the worst manager in baseball.

If this is true, the braves should scrape together every nickel they have and make Oswalt an offer for a one-year deal. At least make an offer. He might take it.

It would be exciting to see Teheran out there

Not what I would prefer, but it would still be exciting.

I can’t see the master plan, but they are showing that they have it on their mind and w in their strategic options to be sure we have fresh aces down the stretch and in the playoffs..the rest is up to circumstance

This is why I’m very happy we didn’t trade JJ unless we got a great deal. It’s so important to have good pitching depth, especially when the pitching staff is the strength of your team.

how did it go from Hudson on the DL to start the season to Huddy, JJ, Hanson? Oh, that’s right, there’s nothing better to do than sling theoreticals everywhere. Nevermind…proceed.

It has to be Beachy. With the numbers and experience to play in big games, opening day should be no problem for him to perform, and win, with a good Offensive showing. I think it’s highly possible all three do start on the DL, even if just for the minimum to build arm strength and give the young arms some time on the field. I also agree that having those three on an early season DL is a blessing, two fold. 1) we get experience to the young arms when it counts less that they perform, plus show off an arm that could potentially be mid season trade bait for something we need. 2) the veteran guys we lean on later in the season will not have the high innings totals that caused these injuries last year.

I’m really pulling for Tim. He’s a great Brave player on the field, a leader in the clubhouse, and a fine example off the field. Back surgery has a poor rate of success, takes a long time to heal, and you can’t be sure of the final result until the healing is complete. I read a lot about it and consulted with a number of doctors, specialists, and surgeons before having my operation 4 years ago. I’m much older than Tim and my operation was a lot more complicated but did include removal and repair of herniated discs. Mine was not as successful as hoped and I am part time in a wheelchair. Having gone through the rehabilitation process, I know Tim will go through stages of getting back to what he can do. Once he starts pitch at the major league level, he won’t know if he can throw as many innings as he used to. He won’t know how well his back will hold up over the long haul of a season. I’m just worried and wishing him the best.

Ya know on almost any other team Medlen, Teheran, Delgado, and even Viz would entering the year as back of the rotation starters. The fact that none of these guys is in the rotation, is pretty amazing. And when you consider that guys like Gilmartin and Hoover are on their way, its pretty clear that at some point Wren is going to have to trade a couple of these guys, or they’re just going to end up rotting in AAA or be wasted in the pen.

If we would have won another game or two at anytime during the season last year we would have gone to the playoffs. I hate this logic. It seems that F.G. Has the same ho- hum attitude about early season games. You add ALL your wins up at the end of the season. A game here or there that just “gets away” has real consequences for a team like ours. We don’t have the offensive firepower that some others have, so we must be diligent in chasing wins.

When did this change?

everyone was so busy fawning over Hanson at the time,Medlens stats as a starter,adjusted for quantity,are very close to Hanson.I always thought he got the raw deal the year they were both rookies.

Granted,he has been poor out of the bullpen.But,as a starter,he was outstanding.

I wouldn’t mind at all,to see that rotation for a couple of months.I quite imagine it may be one of the biggest stories in baseball if the 20 and 21 year olds perform as i believe they will.

How cool would it be for the Braves to trot out a $2.5m/year starting rotation against the Phillies $75m,in a H2H series in April.

At this point in time Teheran and Delgado are less capable pitchers than the projected rotation. No one should be cheering to see either of them start 20, 15, or even 10 games this year. If either Teheran or Delgado is starting it means the others guys are either hurt or ineffective. That’s not good news.

Even if it were possible to put together a mlb-caliber rotation full of guys barely out of diapers that’s really not the way to construct a competitive rotation. Teheran, Delgado, Minor and even Beachy will all still have to work through some significant growing pains this season.

Weve got all these young starters that are great and have a young back end of the bull pen too but Kimbrel and Venters burnt out at the end of last season. There stuff wasnt nearly as kid. They both started to lose the strikezone and the both became significantly more hittable compared to mid season when no one could get bat on ball. Maybe that was youth and having not ever played a full 163 season or maybe it was inexperience but cutting down on their innings would be helpful
I like moving one of those big right handed arms to the pen to help cut down on the innings they have to throw. I know that not economically beneficial for us because we can get bigger money out of starters but I think adding another good arm to the back would keep us fresher so we don’t have a repeat of last year.