Braves Case Study
The Braves have a enormous amount of pitching across all levels in the organization but it leaves the question who will fill the voids of the starting rotation.
Obviously Julio Teheran will be the ace of the staff but that means there are still four other spots available. Could a young prospects emerge out of Spring Training and fill the voids or will pitchers who spilt time between Triple A and the Majors move up in the starting rotation.
Last year Braves pitching was to put it in a nice way not so great. In a recent article the pitching staff was ranked 25 out of 30 teams, which is just awful and can not be happening.
The Braves have plenty of pitching taken but the question is who will fill out the back end of the starting 5.
In my opinion after Julio I think it will be Matt Wisler and newly signed Bud Norris after that Foltynewciz and Manny Banuelos will round out the starting 5. That is when after they both get healthy. …show more content…
While Buenos is recovering from elbow injuries that plagued him last season.
With two of the starting five questionable for opening day, the Braves could look to turn to recent trade acquisitions such as Sean Newcomb, Chris Ellis or veterans such as Chris Volstad, most well known for being on the Marlins 2003 World Series team.
One of the major things the Braves need to hope for is the starters Earned Run Average, which last year was not very good across the board. The lowest qualified was Teheran. While the rest of the staff was almost one and half runs above Teheran.
If the Braves can figure out the pitching woes and not have any serious injuries, I can see the team making improvements but not a first to last team like they were in the early
Obviously Julio Teheran will be the ace of the staff but that means there are still four other spots available. Could a young prospects emerge out of Spring Training and fill the voids or will pitchers who spilt time between Triple A and the Majors move up in the starting rotation.
Last year Braves pitching was to put it in a nice way not so great. In a recent article the pitching staff was ranked 25 out of 30 teams, which is just awful and can not be happening.
The Braves have plenty of pitching taken but the question is who will fill out the back end of the starting 5.
In my opinion after Julio I think it will be Matt Wisler and newly signed Bud Norris after that Foltynewciz and Manny Banuelos will round out the starting 5. That is when after they both get healthy. …show more content…
While Buenos is recovering from elbow injuries that plagued him last season.
With two of the starting five questionable for opening day, the Braves could look to turn to recent trade acquisitions such as Sean Newcomb, Chris Ellis or veterans such as Chris Volstad, most well known for being on the Marlins 2003 World Series team.
One of the major things the Braves need to hope for is the starters Earned Run Average, which last year was not very good across the board. The lowest qualified was Teheran. While the rest of the staff was almost one and half runs above Teheran.
If the Braves can figure out the pitching woes and not have any serious injuries, I can see the team making improvements but not a first to last team like they were in the early