Post by Reddington on Feb 15, 2018 20:53:02 GMT -5
So while there is a great deal of uncertainty going forward we'll cover the recent past.
Over all the Braves arms get a solid A- grade for their season.
The starters where 6 deep as late in the season brianh pulled the trigger to bring an underutilized starter in from Baltimore to be able to move one of the rotation to the bull pin as Pat Dobson, ever the amazing pitcher, just wasn't physically able to continue pitching 7 innings a night every 5 days and maintain any consistent efficiency. While a starter Pat still was respectable with a 10-7 record.
Paul Hartzell entered the season as a hopeful to build on his 16-14 campaign of 78 and start to dominate the league, alas that was not to happen, and slowly he slid to the fifth spot in the rotation and finished with a 12-14 record and a marginal 3.81 era.
Jim McGlothlin finally lived up to what manager brianh thought he was capable of. When signed as a free agent brianh thought he had gotten a steal, however Jim went out and posted a 8-15 in record in 78. Rebounding in deuces, this past season he went 16-12 with a 3.13 ERA while collecting 220K's. When Jim was on the mound, he gave the team a chance to win.
John Matlack came over from Baltimore and took Dobson's spot in the rotation and initially was utterly amazing, but finished the season with a record of 5-3 and a 2.30 ERA from Aug 1st to the end of the season with Atlanta. At only 29 years of age, Atlanta inked him to a 4 year deal worth 26 million, hoping he can pitch like that over the course of 4 seasons for them.
Via free agency a high priced gunslinger came to town with the name of Harry Parker. Harry started the season as the ACE of the staff and for a while it looked like he should and would be signed to a multi year huge contract, and then reality set in, and he finished the season with a rather average line of 17-12 and a 3.38 ERA, which was middle of the road for the Braves staff.
The eventual undisputed staff ace was Tom Housman. Tom's season started a bit rocky with a 4.18 ERA at the end of April, but then he began to shut down opposing teams with ease, only losing due to zero offensive support from the fielders, as for example, in the month of July alone he had 2 losses where the final score was 1-0. For the season, he was 18-8 and a 2.12 ERA. The kid is special and should have an amazing career as Atlanta's ace.
Then there is the #1 pitcher for the year, closer Doug Corbett. What a phenomenal year, a year that is almost unheard of. while his league leading 44 saves isn't overly astounding, and only 4 blown save opportunities, he also had a knack of coming in and making the difference in tied games shutting down the opposition for an astounding 10 wins to go with the 44 saves and the ultra low 1.70 ERA
Oh btw the current #1 song is "Rise" by Herb Albert, but tbh I think it sucks so not even gonna link it
Over all the Braves arms get a solid A- grade for their season.
The starters where 6 deep as late in the season brianh pulled the trigger to bring an underutilized starter in from Baltimore to be able to move one of the rotation to the bull pin as Pat Dobson, ever the amazing pitcher, just wasn't physically able to continue pitching 7 innings a night every 5 days and maintain any consistent efficiency. While a starter Pat still was respectable with a 10-7 record.
Paul Hartzell entered the season as a hopeful to build on his 16-14 campaign of 78 and start to dominate the league, alas that was not to happen, and slowly he slid to the fifth spot in the rotation and finished with a 12-14 record and a marginal 3.81 era.
Jim McGlothlin finally lived up to what manager brianh thought he was capable of. When signed as a free agent brianh thought he had gotten a steal, however Jim went out and posted a 8-15 in record in 78. Rebounding in deuces, this past season he went 16-12 with a 3.13 ERA while collecting 220K's. When Jim was on the mound, he gave the team a chance to win.
John Matlack came over from Baltimore and took Dobson's spot in the rotation and initially was utterly amazing, but finished the season with a record of 5-3 and a 2.30 ERA from Aug 1st to the end of the season with Atlanta. At only 29 years of age, Atlanta inked him to a 4 year deal worth 26 million, hoping he can pitch like that over the course of 4 seasons for them.
Via free agency a high priced gunslinger came to town with the name of Harry Parker. Harry started the season as the ACE of the staff and for a while it looked like he should and would be signed to a multi year huge contract, and then reality set in, and he finished the season with a rather average line of 17-12 and a 3.38 ERA, which was middle of the road for the Braves staff.
The eventual undisputed staff ace was Tom Housman. Tom's season started a bit rocky with a 4.18 ERA at the end of April, but then he began to shut down opposing teams with ease, only losing due to zero offensive support from the fielders, as for example, in the month of July alone he had 2 losses where the final score was 1-0. For the season, he was 18-8 and a 2.12 ERA. The kid is special and should have an amazing career as Atlanta's ace.
Then there is the #1 pitcher for the year, closer Doug Corbett. What a phenomenal year, a year that is almost unheard of. while his league leading 44 saves isn't overly astounding, and only 4 blown save opportunities, he also had a knack of coming in and making the difference in tied games shutting down the opposition for an astounding 10 wins to go with the 44 saves and the ultra low 1.70 ERA
Oh btw the current #1 song is "Rise" by Herb Albert, but tbh I think it sucks so not even gonna link it
