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This link says that the relationship between Atlanta and Richmond has been a bit testy over the past few years. Has anyone else heard this? If it’s true what are the reasons?
Anthony Lerew has an ERA of 9 over 10 career big league innings. But even though it’s his first career big league start and last year he didn’t even handle the leap from Mississippi to Richmond well he can’t be any worse than Redman and his mutant “toe” right? This could get really depressing.
Although Lerew has pitched well in Richmond this year and is up against someone caomparable to himself, so we’ll see.
Wait, is Lerew starting tonight, everything that I have read says Villareal. Was Lerew called up because the Vulture pitched last night ?
Lerew is starting tonight. I think Lerew was called up because no one wanted to watch Kevin Barry.
My guess for the “testy relationship” comment is that the big club has been forced to pull players out of the minor league system either before or while they were contributing at Richmond. Nothing more.
At least we dont have to watch Redman trying to blow people away with his 78 mph fastball. We called up Barry for extra bullpen relief, in which, I’m glad he was never used.
Given our fifth-starter follies this year, I can’t say that my expectation level for Lerew tonight is terribly high. If he’s generally better than Redman, I can handle it.
That’s giving him a lotta wiggle room, but (as bad as it sounds) I guess 4 runs in 5+ innings would be just fine.
As somebody who lives in a Triple-A city (Albuquerque) I think the “testy relationship” comment is that the Braves have routinely skipped Richmond the last couple of years for their top prospects (McCann, Frenchy) and that rarely used to happen with Chipper, Klesko, Javy Lopez, etc. If the major league team doesn’t put a competitive product with a few “prospects” on the field, then the people that live there won’t support the team and come to the games, which upsets the owners of the team locally because without big television or advertising dollars, the gate is pretty much their only big source of revenue.
This is a reason why here in Albuquerque, the Isotopes, despite having one of (if not the best) new ballparks in all of Minor League Baseball, attendance is slipping. The Marlins have pretty much put roster filler types like Chad Hermansen on the roster for the last couple of years and have routinely skipped AAA for top prospects like Willis, Cabrera, etc. People don’t want to come out watching a bunch of 30+ veterans in the minors.
Just my opinion, thanks for the info on Lerew.
If Lerew has a couple of good starts, will the Braves shove him out the door for Redman when he comes off the DL?
Some random Braves team stats.
Offense
Runs: 5th in 16-team NL
HR: 3rd
BB: 2nd
K: 3rd most
OBP: 3rd (.352)
SLG: 3rd (.448)
AVG: 6th (.263)
Pitching
ERA: 10th best (4.12)
HR: 6th
BB: 13th best
K: 8th
H: 8th
Don’t have time to break down the Redman Factor on the pitching stats, but it damn-sure doesn’t help.
Going to see the Rangers at Yankee Stadium tonight. Maybe they’ll get no-hit.
The Braves have been threatening to pull out if Richmond for years because of the poor playing conditions. A season or two back they had to cancel several games because of rain.
I don’t see the point of bringing up Lerew tonight. He’s not close to being ready. This of course guarantees he’ll pitch 6 scoreless inning tonight. Thank me when this happens.
Free Joe Winkelsas!
What roster move did we make, out of curiosity? Did we send Barry back down to Richmond?
jj3bagger, That makes a lot of sense. I know that not getting to see McCann and Frenchy develop was probably not real exciting for the AAA ownership.
If Lerew gave us 5+ innings with 4 runs, then he would be better than our 4 and 5 starters this year. In fact anything better than batting practice is a notch above Redman.
JC, I’m curious as to why you think Lerew isn’t ready. His new approach is working and his endurance has been there the last couple of outings.
Lerew’s stuff has been major league caliber for awhile. It’s always reportedly been his control that is the problem. Another Kyle Davies?
I hope he does good tonight, or at least well enough for the Braves to win and for him to stick around.
way off topic, but just wondering…
Does capital gains still apply to selling your home. I bought my first house in Oct 2005 and I’ve been told 3 different things about selling. One, that I need to wait two years before selling to aviod paying taxes on the proceeds. Two, since I was a 1st time home buyer that will not apply to me. Third, no one has to pay any capital gains or taxes when selling and they can use the funds for any purpose.
Anyone?
Lerew isn’t King people at the AAA level; his K/BB is somewhere close to 2, which is pretty poor for an ML guy. For a minor leaguer, it’s worrisome. My only optimism stems from the fact that SD is also relying on an unproven commodity, and that our lineup is significantly better.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070508221832.nchuvvn7&show_article=1
Don’t know if that link’ll work, but yall should check out Schilling’s comments on Bonds. He took the gloves off just a bit. Wow. I do like Curt Schilling.
If anyone cares, Colyer sent down to Richmond.
Something scary about Bobby Cox calling yesterday “the best Chuck James has pitched all year.”
I’m not a stat geek, but I look at Lerew’s ERA and think that’s enough, at least for me, to give him a chance. His K-rate doesn’t worry me much, especially for a pitcher who throws a lot of sinkers.
Let’s see how Lerew does before dumping on him.
“If anyone cares, Colyer sent down to Richmond.”
Oh thank God. I’m not big on Kevin Barry to say the least, but Colyer has to go.
csg, for you:
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/real-estate/20041018a1.asp
Tonights lineups
Giles 2b
Giles rf
Gonzalez 1b
Bard C
Greene ss
Brayan 3b
Cameron cf
Sledge lf
Germano p
Johnson 2b
Renteria ss
Jones 3b
Jones cf
Francoeur rf
Thorman 1b
Saltalamacchia c
Harris lf
Lerew P
But… but… that means that the Braves will have only one lefty in the bullpen! How will we survive?
Preach it Schilling.
Bonds is a juiced up goon.
Mac, maybe Smitty can fill that role?
Any reason on McCann sitting? Just another day off?
I figure they are just using Salty as much as they can while he’s still here and before Pena comes back, but I don’t know.
I like Lerew, he struggled last year with injuries and his mechanics were off because of the transition to the bullpen in Spring Training. However, when he returned from injury he did well in AA and AAA. This year he has been excellent in AAA and I think he will make a good big league pitcher, probably a good number 3. On an unrelated note, I don’t get the Maddux video. I must be slow.
Yeah, I don’t get it either. I guess we’re both slow, reaganman.
“Hey Bulldog” – off the Yellow Submarine album.
Can’t complain about that!
How long has it been since the Braves hit a home run? It feels like weeks.
The Colorado series?
Niice, 1-2-3 for Lerew.
good start here…
A 69 mph breaking ball.
Are you kidding me.
There you have it Kyle B, the last time we homered was Chipper’s 2 HR off of Hamels.
Did you know there is no wikipedia page for skip cary? That is ashame.
That’s because it’s Caray.
Link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip_Caray
my bad.. just misspelled the last name.
This kid is pitching great.
well, fellas…he may or may not be ready, but I gotta say, I prefer this over Redman
Damn…
perhaps I spoke too soon?
He got out of it.
I think he’s doing fine. The KJ error didn’t help, and the Cameron shot was a mistake pitch.
He’s replacing Redman remember. He only gave up one run through three.
Wherever Redman is, he should unpack his bags. I think he’ll be staying for awhile.
Where did this Germano kid come from?
He’s going to lose, because nobody on this team seems to have any idea of how to hit.
Mac – How come when Langerhans left, the Braves started hitting like him.
Swing away, boys! If you hurry, you can get home in time for the end of “Dancing With The Stars”!
Thank you Mike…
Ok, Gameday is stating that Germano is throwing 69 mph pitches with an 18-19 inch break. For someone who visually can’t see the game, what exactly is he throwing?
Is it a circle change, or the slowest curveball ever thrown?
That’s a Redman-like speed, but it seems to be working.
This is getting ugly..
It’s only 2-0. Lerew is pitching well. We’ll have a chance. The problem is getting into their bullpen again.
We won’t have a chance if these bats don’t wake up..
Don’t worry, Woodward is on deck!
That’s what the Padres were thinking Mac…
I’m not sure if this Germano guy is any good or if we’re just that bad. Can anyone cite any time when we were facing a guy making his ML debut and we just bludgeoned him to death? I really don’t get it.
Well, regardless of what happens, Lerew has at least earned another start, and were it me making the decision, he would probably be the fifth starter until Cormier comes back, at which point I would evaluate.
I predict Lerew will start the 7th inning. I also predict that it won’t go well.
I predict that we go 1-2-3 in this inning
I’m getting a real June-of-last-season feel.
Fancy meeting you here Earnest Ragging…
There we go Renty….that was almost gone…
COME ON CHIPPER
A run!
Woot!
there we go drew!
Andruw! Finally!
Finally….
i really hope Andruw doesn’t hurt himself with those swings one of these days
Andruw!
Is it just gameday that’s miscalibrated, or does the ump have a reaaally wide strikezone?
-n
Damn…
So close
We have are behind one run and Yates gets the call. Oh well. We’ll get ’em next time.
Glad to see I was wrong.
Mac – Don’t even bring up the six win month.
Going, Going
Back, Back
To Kali, Kali
One more out and Kali’s ERA goes under 5.
5 pitch inning, haters.
Damn…once every few outings, Kali looks like Bob Gibson or something.
Wow. Let’s see if my critisim works on Thorman. You suck Thorman!
Should I be asking for definitions of the Good Kali and Bad Kali?
Good Kali = lucky bastard.
He pitched pretty well yesterday, too, keeping Gonzalez at second after the leadoff double.
Running out of outs here
And back to June Mode.
I liked it better when we were hitting.
On the bright side, folks, Pete Orr will lead off next inning.
That was a little bit more than luck, Courtney.
Crap…now we’re gonna have to score against either Linebrink or Hoffman.
Oh, excuse me…instead of Linebrink we get the guy with the 0.44 ERA who went through us yesterday like shit through a goose.
Joe Simpson has the world’s most irritating laugh.
Yay..a baserunner
Orr looked safe
Yeah, I think he got in there…
And we’re tied!
YEAH!!!
Gosh, you guys were comparing Edgar to Furcal as a hitter, so he goes out and hits a triple.
Edgar has the range of a stationary bike but the man can rake
Renty!
By the way, on the replay, Orr was CLEARLY safe…we should have no outs right now.
And we lead!
DRUW!
Joe just had a religious experience.
Simpson must be going crazy right now, an opposite field hit.
Yes, folks. Andruw should never try to hit the ball to right center. Totally ruinous results come from that.
I think Joe just wet himself…..
Time to warm up the chin hair.
Well, if it hasn’t been said in a while. I think Lerew has definitely earned himself some more starts. He was very good tonight.
Niice there’s one.
I agree, Alex. I was very impressed with him tonight, just those two mistakes but other than that he was great.
I still can’t believe we got Soriano for Ho-Ram.
WOO!!
JOBU!
Game!
As Johnny Drama would say…
VICTORY!!!!!!!!
Gotta love this bullpen!
Gotta love a finisher who can throw real heat. That’s what a closer looks like.
Oh hell, there’s Sturtze
I would personally like to thank Matt Diaz for providing some much needed instant offense to spark the comeback.
As usually, he’ll get overlooked.
Kyle,
Did you throw your hands up in the air like Johnny Drama?
Dude. Both hands.
Kyle,
I think all of us in BravesJournal have hopefully acknowledged what a valuable cog Matt Diaz hass been to this team. Love the guy.
Good work by Yates today…keeping the Pads down.
He’s a workhorse. And I didn’t mean overlooked by this community.
Time to root against the meets in San Fran…
Take care all.
It’s sad that Matty gets overlooked because he goes out there and usually does well.
That was a hell of a win. That’s two of those we’ve had in three days. Good to see that even when we don’t play well, we somehow find a way to win it at the end.
Incidentally, I’m not sure, but I think I heard from somewhere that Maddux and Smoltz are facing each other tomorrow night. Again, not sure I heard it properly, though.
Seriously though, the pumping of that match-up might have gone a little bit over the top when Joe mentioned in the middle of Soriano mowing people down that Jim Wolf (first-base umpire, for those who weren’t watching the game) would be excited to be behind the plate for tomorrow’s game.