and that's where talent evaluation comes into play, totally on Atkins and his scouts. The redflag for me was his low on base numbers - if you can't work the count, take walks the league will eventually figure you out - and they have
How are the batters caught off guard by Groves "stuff"? wtf
Espinal looked so surprised by that slider then has to reach just to make weak contact and ground out. He threw that pitch to every batter so far
Braves FO are a step ahead of us....
What if Iglesias goes down? now you have a late inning pitcher you can throw into leverage situations
What if Johnson gets an important out or 2 during the post season? either nail down a game or even to clinch a series. I'm sure it would be worth giving up those specs
AA is well aware of the limitations of a pitcher like this.
That's all this deal is
I like him as a decent back of the pen arm and he didn't cost that much - it's early in the tdl so I'm bored. Hopefully we get some good news on signings in the coming days